On October 9, the Community of Valencia will fill the streets of different municipalities with festive events. Celebrate your community’s day. This day commemorates the men and women of Valencia Jaime I’s official entrance into the city of Valencia in 1238This meant the liberation of the city from Muslim rule and the reign of the Arab king Abdul Djumayl Zayyan.
A hundred years later traditional Moors and Christians parade In commemoration of this landmark that has been realized in the city of Valencia for years without interruption. This procession has hundreds of participants wearing costumes from the times of reconquest.
During this holiday, The community flag “Senyera” is also respected.represents the figure of King Jaime I. But the only representation of this flag next to this king is in the fresco from the Aguilar Palace in Barcelona, preserved in the National Art Museum of Catalonia. This painting is seen from the end of the king’s life and during the siege of Mallorca, sitting in a shop door waving a flag with two red bars on a yellow background.
Generalitat Valenciana, from last October 1 to the next 9 October, lots of cultural and festive events Saturday night fireworks or the opening of the main palaces in the cities of Valencia, Castellón, Alicante and Orihuela are some of them.
this celebration It coincides with the day of Sant DonísThe day of Valencia lovers. During this day, it is typical for men to give women the traditional “Mocadorà” or “Mocaorà”, which consists of marzipan candies collected in a handkerchief and closed with a knot or ring in the form of a bunch. On the occasion of this tradition, the patisserie chefs of the community prepare thousands of marzipan figurines every year. As a curiosity, they prepare More than 70,000 kilos of marzipan are then used to make 200,000 “Mocadorà”.