This weekend Guajar Alto has held its annual summer fiesta in honour of its patron saint Virgen de la Aurora. As usual the village was packed with visitors, mainly emigrants from the village returning to share the festivities with their families. Smartly dressed relatives living in Barcelona and Madrid stood out from their siblings who have spent their lives in this little village.
The economic crisis has had its effect even up here and the mayordomos (stewards) were unable to raise enough money to lay on the amount of entertainment we have had in previous years. Nevertheless, the firework display on Friday night was as spectacular as ever, the band of young musicians from Nigüelas entertained us morning and afternoon, the pop groups kept up their noise all night long and the communal paella today was enjoyed by all.
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