Santo Domingo de Guzman.
Santo Domingo de Guzman: It is celebrated from August 1 to 10, these festivities are very colorful, fervor and joy, it is a space where the most representative of the culture and folklore of Managua is expressed. They are the most popular religious festivals and with the greatest identity in Managua, they have been held for more than a century.
On the pilgrimage of the first of August, the venerated image has traveled from The Little Sisters of Managua to the church of Santo Domingo, it is animated with music of marimbas and folk dances. The traditional "Sailing of the boat" and the pike stick are also developed on July 31 at night until dawn on August 1 and from August 9 to dawn on August 10. This Santo Dominguito day, he returns to his home, in Las Sierritas de Managua.
The Screaming: It is a Nicaraguan festival in honor of the Immaculate Conception of María, it begins the first week of December, the day of the Gritería is 7 and ends the next day.
Altars to the Virgin Mary.
Devotees walk the streets and visit different altars in honor of the Virgin Mary, in temples and private homes, praying, chanting and burning gunpowder with traditional rockets and fireworks while shouting "Who causes so much joy?" and is answered "The Conception of Mary!". The inhabitants of the houses receive the devotees with a "toast", popularly called "the cap". As part of the tradition in Managua, altars of the Immaculate Conception of Mary are built in the Avenue From Bolivar to Chavez, a place where the religious fervor of the people is evident.
This avenue is filled with color, lighting and music alluding to the festival, a promenade where thousands of Nicaraguans come to celebrate these festivities. At Christmas time, they are exhibited on the same avenue, nativity scenes and births of the Child Jesus, as well as the altars to the Virgin MaryNativity scenes are one of the attractions of this avenue, a place where thousands of people from Managua and from all over the country attend.
Altar to the Birth of the Child Jesus.
It is tradition to celebrate on December 24 the "Midnight mass" or Christmas to greet the birth of Jesus; Mass of the Divine Child is also held, parents take their children to the procession, for which it is customary to dress them as angels and shepherds.
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