• Lavada de la Plata 

For more than two centuries, in the first hours of every December 6, the welcoming of pilgrims who arrive in El Viejo for the traditional Lavada de la Plata, a religious rite that symbolizes the cleansing of the soul of pilgrims.It has a spiritual meaning because it cleanses our hearts and purifies our souls. How shiny the metal is, our hearts must remain when we leave this place.

The chandeliers that adorn the altar, the silver house in which the image rests and rests, the pedestal, the processional litters. As well as chalices, glasses, snowflakes, among others, they are vehemently polished to arrive with a clean and resplendent soul at La Gritería.

Faithful to their Virgin, the parishioners keep the cotton, rags, handkerchiefs or other instruments that they used for that purpose.

Santa Ana

On July 26, the Catholic people of Chinandega celebrated Our Lady Santa Ana. Monsignor Rodrigo Urbina, presided in the morning a Mass in the church of Chinandega. On Wednesday night, the families enjoyed a music and dance show. joins the Cerena in honor of our lady of Santa Ana.

Santo Domingo 

It is said that in the year 1885, a lumberjack named Vicente Aburto who worked on the property of Mr. Inocente García Lara, found the small image of Santo Domingo inside the hollow of a black wood tree, surprised he ran to tell his employer.

This is how the first party started.

On the eve of the festivities, the ship's candle is celebrated, which will transport the saint, the traditional Palo pike and the election of the queen. The festivities begin by handing over to the Mayordomo de las Fiestas, a tajona, a wooden instrument and leather strings that are used to flog the poorly behaved and which is blessed by the priest.

The Mayordomo of the patron saint festivities, makes a tour of Hornos in the regions of Membreño, Esquipulas and Las sierritas, where families prepare typical foods such as nacatamales, Indian Viejo, rosquillas, chicha among others, to celebrate the candle of the Saint.