Procession of the Virgin Mary on Ferragosto

I am catching up a bit with some photos taken days back.

Back on the 14th of August, on the eve of Ferragosto, in Tortoreto Lido they hold a procession of the Virgin Mary.  The procession starts at the church, a few blocks from the sea, and goes down to the sea.  The Virgin Mary is put on a fishing boat and undertakes a brief tour at sea, then returns to shore and the procession proceeds a few tens of yards to a piazza on the Lungomare Sirena, where the statue is set up to watch over an open air mass.

Here are just a few photos of the boats at sea and the statue of the Virgin Mary coming back on to the beach.