Lloseta

Pancaritat in the hermitage of Cocó

Lloseta

Pancaritat month: abril
Date: Easter Wednesday
Start: Lloseta
Destination: Ermita des Cocó (Lloseta)
Events and celebrations: In the hermitage, mass and blessing of the size of the Virgin Mary (colored ribbons the size of the image). In addition, there is a dance of the Offer and, in the evening, "ball de bot". On this day, there is the custom of buying hazelnuts and also that of sticking one's fingers into a hole in the rock, under the oratory, with the intention of curing oneself of diseases. This pancaritat is one of the busiest in Mallorca.

Sanctuary or destination point

The carving of the Virgin of Lloseta is one of the oldest images in Mallorca; its discovery, in the thirteenth century, would have given rise to the construction of a first medieval chapel. However, the current hermitage of El Cocó was built in 1878 on the estate of Son Ramon, and today it has been almost swallowed up by the urban fabric, which has grown considerably in this direction.