The most important day for men and women of the sea, the feast of the Virgen del Carmen, began yesterday with a Mass in the Lonja in which, as in previous years, the appointment of the new costaleros of the patron of fishermen.
The emotional act marked the beginning of a day that reached its most significant moment with the traditional maritime procession in which different boats of the fishing fleet of the town participated;
a traditional event attended by, among others, the mayor of Águilas, Mari Carmen Moreno, the government delegate in Murcia, Diego Conesa, and the senior employer of the Fishermen's Association, Domingo Díaz.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas