Cascamorras

   Dear guests, in this post we move to a town of Granada, Baza. Baza is located in the centre of the province of Granada. It is bordered by the Granada municipalities of Caniles, Cúllar, Zújar, Freila, Guadix, etc. Baza currently has a population of 20,430 inhabitants.

Now that we have introduced the town where the Cascamorras is celebrated, we are going to explain what the Cascamorras is. The Cascamorras is a festival of "International Tourist Interest" .

There are different versions of the Cascamorras. The origin of this celebration was when the Virgen de la Piedad was discovered. In an old church where the church of La Merced is nowadays. The Cascamorras was a labourer from the village of Guadix (near Baza). He found the Virgen de la Piedad and fought to have it in his possession. But the Virgin stayed in Baza. So, the tradition started here. A person from the city of Guadix had to enter the city of Baza, this person had to get to the church without being stained by the people of Baza. If this happened the city of Guadix could recover the Virgin.

This celebration takes place on the night of the 5th of September in Guadix (the Cascamorras comes out) and on the 6th of September in Baza (the Cascamorras goes in).

The city of Baza is wating for you next year.