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the Holy Virgin. At one o’clock p.m. all went to the church, the poor and the children attending as well. It is since these days that a sister faithfully bears the name of sister St Roch. Every year, at the anniversary of this great saint, the whole community gathers and burns candles all day before his portrait. At night, there is a farewell and the benediction of the Holy Sacrament.


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