Two hundred dancers for a Rocio lived in alegria

Tout l’art de la Sévillane. MLG

Kiara, 13 months old, experienced her first fashion show in her mother's arms. MLG

Les jeunes danseuses entraînées par leur professeur, Chely la Torito. MLG

L’incontournable défilé a rassemblé un public familial, massé en haie d’honneur de la place Montcalm à l’église Sainte-Perpétue.

At 13 months, surrounded by Amapola dancers, Kiara will have experienced her first Rocio in the arms of her mother Adeline: with her red ruffled dress, her floral bun and her fan in hand, the little girl, one of the youngest participants in the procession, is ready to follow the Sévillanes classes next year alongside her godmother Audrey.

Sevillians who, this morning, delighted the families, gathered in a guard of honor from Place Montcalm to the Sainte-Perpétue and Sainte-Félicité church. "The dancers are so beautiful in their outfits. I never miss this event, confided Marianne. The outfits, a real challenge for the Rocio participants. "Each of us must have a different one, as is the tradition of the Andalusian pilgrimage", detailed Julie Serrano, professor of dance which, at each break, led its group into a fiery ballet.

For an hour, to the rhythms of guitars, songs and "olés", there were two hundred dancers and dancers to honor the Virgin del Rocio, carried at arm's length, before she enters the choir of the church for the Sevillian mass. "We are happy to have experienced this parade in alegria and sharing, surrounded by all generations", admitted , moved, to tears, Maguelonne, a believer from Montpellier who, with her companion Christophe, is a devotee of this unmissable event of the feria.