Festivals in Burjassot

Local festivals of Burjassot

Burjassot celebrates every 16 August a Sant Roc, patron saint of the town. Its most unique tradition is the ceremony formed by the Pujà and the Rodà, declared a Festival of Local Tourist Interest of the Valencian Community. After the high mass in the church of San Miguel Arcángel and the procession through the old town, clavarios, bearers and rocketeers accompany the image with music and gunpowder during the Pujà and the subsequent Rodà.

The programme runs over several days in August and culminates on the 16th. Transfers of the patron saint pass through neighbourhoods, parishes and fallas; the main day brings together the clavarios, high mass at San Miguel Arcángel, the procession and a pyrotechnic finale, with the participation of the Clavaría de Sant Roc, the Department of Festivals, Agrupación Musical Los Silos, bearers and rocketeers.

• Tradition of the Pujà and the Rodà de Sant Roc