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Balestrate · Palermo · Sicily
On 15 September Balestrate celebrates Our Lady of Sorrows with a procession through the streets; on 29 June the fishing village also celebrates Saint Peter and the sea, with a fish festival and the procession of the "vara".
The patron of Balestrate is Our Lady of Sorrows, celebrated on 15 September with a procession through the streets and Mass at the chapel by the western entrance to the village.
On 29 June Balestrate, a fishing village, also celebrates Saint Peter and the sea, with the traditional fish festival and a procession of the saint on a boat called the "vara".
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