St. Agatha in Alarba
alarba.com February 04, 2007
On February 5 Alarba women hang aprons (though not all) and dress up: Agatha is the patron saint of nurses, but by extension it is of all the women and hence men are excluded from acts, almost all gourmet, which take place that day. Ladies Alarba held this year on the day of St. Agatha with a meal (zarzuela and, for dessert, the traditional theta) and dinner (appetizers and assorted pastries).
The day is completed with a Mass to worship the holy and to keep us healthy women, and should not fail to fire, that does not turn on until the kids come home from school, because they love to jump it.
On February 10 is celebrated with the rest of the associates that are outside Alarba.
The story goes that St. Agatha had it all to be happy: beauty, money and faith. Senator Quintianus was obsessed with her, she always refused. Furious, Quintianus ordered the girl to cut her breasts. Finally died in Sicily when he was buried in coals. St. Agatha is venerated by Catholic women, who ask especially fertility and good luck in partos.Dice and the song: "A St. Agatha holy (or sacred) will come to sing, pa" that we keep the teat and the lug the sacristan. "
News submitted by Azucena Peiro, Alarba correspondent. '
