Hello @dahpilot, since you invite us to comment on some local tradition, I will tell something about a Madrilenian tradition that I know from my mother, who was a modistilla.
Every June 13, the modistillas of Madrid went to the Ermita, deposited 13 pins in the holy water font, then put their hand in the water and pressed their hand against the pins. The number of pins they stuck was the number of suitors they would have that year.
I don't know if the tradition continues, I suppose it does, but now without modistillas.
Waiting for more stories about Havana, I bid you farewell.
A very strong hug.
I was reading about the tradition and I loved what it's about.
My great-grandmother was a modistilla too; I grew up among fabrics and needles here in Havana, which is why I enjoyed reading about this tradition. From what I read, it has become a tourist tradition just like ours with the ceiba
That said, I marked it on my calendar to live it soon. Madrid, always Madrid
I believe that on that calendar date there will be someone waiting in Madrid.
Abrazo.