TRADITION OVER ANY REASON
San Clemente, one of the villages in Piura, which belongs to the Province of Sechura is located 40 miles south of the city of Piura ... Today this town is about 205 years of existence, name is spreading all over Peru, for its traditional religious festival "THE LORD OF MIRACLES, which is celebrated every November 23 of each year at the village of San Clemente.A through oral sources most of its inhabitants old San Clemente have started to emerge back in 1830 when several families started coming mostly from Sechura due to rain phenomenon that affected at that time settling in a giant sand dune exists .... As previously stated, San Clemente, is known for its traditional festival of the Lord of Miracles, year after year, attracts thousands of Catholics. But we wonder how this holiday originated? How to appear? and that makes the faithful come to his sanctuary.
The stories of the inhabitants indicate that when developing the feast of Señor de los Milagros, 23 November 1965, three people who came to this town guests to play a football game were shocked to see the number of people coming from surrounding villages due to the large crowds gathered to Sanclementinos Commission decided to form a fair that would coordinate with the relevant authorities to make this a great fair Religious Party, which from 13 to 30 November organized various events and shows ...
For years it was decided one of the activities to be undertaken each year is this horrific and cruel spectacle for the enjoyment of the wealthy and "important" in the city of Piura and surroundings, who Year after year, this peaceful place to enjoy these bloody spectacles ...
is now clear that no one could describe this event as a traditional event ... given the short time that has been done with less and less rooted in the population of the place ...
On Sunday 23 and Sunday 30 November, we speak out as a few years ago to San Clemente, confirming that bullfighting is performed outside of all traditional people, will be credited as the 'procession Lord of the Miracles, the patron of the city ... As the procession relaizar while it was home to bullfights, a gesture that was rejected outright by the people the people, by people who spend every day on the land whose customs do not resemble the cruelty that is in the bull rerflejada ... while the procession passed in front of us we were 20 meters from the bullring protest and awareness to people right through flyers, we witnessed the rejection of these humble people because cponsideraban a lack of respect for his image is due to the excessive noise coming from inside the square ...
