Sacramental of Cue

The town of Cue, located 2 kilometres from the capital of the council, Llanes, celebrates its patron saint's day on the 24th of June.

After days of hard and intense work by the villagers, on the 24th the streets of the town are decorated with floral carpets that lead to each of the two altars and through which the processions take place in the early afternoon and after mass. The procession is greeted in each neighbourhood with a generous volley of voladores. The making of the carpets involves a small friendly competition between Barrio de Arriba and Barrio de Abajo to make the most colourful and eye-catching one.

Each of the neighbourhoods has its own particular characteristics in the making of its carpets. Thus, in Barrio de Abajo, whose floral symbol is the immortelle, other perishable materials such as cut grass and peat are also used. In the 'Barrio de Arriba', whose floral symbol is the carnation, water-dyed grijo, cenoyu and bulrushes are also used. Religious motifs predominate in both.

The sacramental is undoubtedly one of the most colourful, aromatic and ritual festivals in the whole of eastern Asturias.