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This local festival will be held for the 33rd time this year on the last weekend of April, coinciding with the feast of the Virgen de la Cabeza (patron saint of the village). And this year it is a fiesta with a special event because, after unanimous approval by the plenary of the municipal council, the Virgen de la Cabeza will be officially appointed eternal mayor of Canillas de Aceituno on 30 April next. During the ceremony on Sunday, the symbolic handover of the baton to the Virgin will take place.  
  
The weekend, with all the customs surrounding it, has been declared a provincial tourist uniqueness by the Diputación de Málaga in honour of the Virgen de la Cabeza. It is an established festival on the calendar of fiestas in the province, besides being one of the oldest and also the most visited.

During the weekend, many people will be in the heart of the village to enjoy, besides a lot of music, a tour of the historic Moorish quarter and historical sites such as the Casa de los Diezmos or the Casa de la Reina Mora, the Mirador de la Virgen, the old public washrooms and the 15th-century church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario. On la Plaza de la Constitución, between the town hall and the church, the Canilleros hand out free paella to visitors on Saturday afternoon and the local delicacy blood sausage (morcilla) on Sunday afternoon, accompanied by a nice beer and local muscatel wine.   
  
Since people from the area come especially to Canillas de Aceituno for this fiesta, it will be pleasantly crowded, with the consequence that parking can be challenging. But, if you have the opportunity to visit the festival this weekend, you won't regret it.

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