CELEBRATION:

The Fair begins with the lighting in Bella Vista Avenue Maracaibo. On the night of November 17, in different parts of the city of Maracaibo, the popular and performed traditional "pipers sunrises" marathon of concerts throughout the morning, as the name, interpreting traditional instruments especially the bagpipes characteristic of the region of Zulia, including Furr, four, maracas and drums.

On 18 November, the day of the celebration of Mass the fair, and performed the official papal "short procession," which includes a lake tour of all the springs of the main ports of the state. Next week takes place the famous "procession of the morning", which takes the image of the Basilica at three o'clock, the day you receive the street. That Sunday, the image is sent back to the altar.

Other activities also include the "Grand Gala of Beauty", a beauty who is elected annually to the Queen of the Fair. The event is broadcast by Venevision through its "Sensational Saturday.