San Diego's main day in Lomo de Montijo: 7th Paseo Romero with San Diego and San Roqueverified
Sunday 15 is the main day of the 13th San Diego festivities in Lomo de Montijo, in El Escobonal (Güímar). In the afternoon the 7th Paseo Romero sets off with the statues of San Diego and San Roque, accompanied by folk groups, a parranda and the village string band, with candles and firecrackers along the way. In the morning there is a mass in the parish church of San José.
Lomo de Montijo, in El Escobonal (Güímar), celebrates its 13th festivities in honour of San Diego, and Sunday 15 November is the main day. The highlight is the 7th Paseo Romero in the afternoon: the statues of San Diego and San Roque are carried around the San Diego area accompanied by the folk group Flor del Valle, the Parranda Brisas de Agache and the Rondalla El Escobonal, with candles and firecrackers set off along the route.
Programme for the day: at 08:00, church bells rung to the rhythm of the tajaraste; at 11:00, mass in honour of San Diego in the parish church of San José in El Escobonal, celebrated by the parish priest of Agache, Cosme Piñero Cubas, and sung by the folk group El Paseo de San Juan, ending with the blessing of the statue of San Roquito del Risco; at 16:30, San Diego and San Roque are brought down to the entrance; at 17:00, the pilgrimage walk leaves from the San Diego chapel on the Lomo de Montijo road. The programme does not give an end time. Organised by the parish of San José del Escobonal.
