Las fiestas de la "Mare de Déu de la Salut" de Algemesí (Valencia): una tradición convertida en Patrimonio Inmaterial de la Humanidad

Abstract

In the following project, the local festivities of the municipality of Algemesi, celebrated on 7 and 8 September have been investigated, and they have become a centennial celebration thanks to the maintenance, continuity and strengthening of the elements forming it. After a number of awards given by various organizations and institutions that began in 1977 with the Declaration as well tourist attractions, in the last five years, it has received one recognition after another, until in the year 2011 it was declared Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. This tradition has its roots at medieval times, because in the year 1247 the image of the Virgin was found in a mulberry (this is calle “troballa” in Valencian language), located, according to the most accepted theory where the Capella de la Troballa was built.