The Festivities of San Nicolás, in Bari

Every year in the city of Bari is celebrated, on May 7, 8 and 9, the calls Festivities of San Nicolás. Let us remember that Saint Nicholas is the holy protector of the innocent, children and fishermen, in addition to helping women find a husband. It is not known for sure when he was born and when he died but he was born in Lycia, present-day Turkey.

The Festivities of San Nicolás that are celebrated every year in Bari remember the 62 sailors who set out in search of the mortal remains of San Nicolás and their return to the city. On the 7th the festivities begin with a procession in which the statue of the saint is carried throughout the city, on the 8th there is a caravan of floats recreating the history and the miracles of the saint and finally on the 9th that moment is recreated in the that the fishermen return with the bones of Saint Nicholas with a beautiful procession in the sea.

Those who make this procession come out of a raffle that is held before among local fishermen so all the fishermen of Bari want to participate at some time. Every morning on May 9, the miracle of the bones of Saint Nicholas occurs, when they begin to exude liquid. Is named Holy Manna and it is the bearer of miracles, it is collected in different containers, made of wood, glass, and they are venerated generation after generation.