La Chinita Fair

La Feria de La Chinita is the name of a festival of religious origin whichtakes place every year for three days, from 17 to 19 November in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo and spreads to other parts of Zulia State. Inthis celebration commemorates the miracle of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá,note 1, which is the patron of Zulia state, whose celebration is observed bythe Holy Catholic Church every November 18.
a tradition relates that, on the shores of Lake Maracaibo appeared a little board that he found an old woman who took her home. Trancurridos fewdays, November 18, 1709, the old woman heard several knocks on the wall of his home on which hung the small table. At first ignored these blows, butas they were becoming more insistent, he decided to approach the placefrom which came the shock and realized that on the surface of the tablet hadappeared the image of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá and she sprang frombright light. Given this phenomenon, the old woman went out and startedshouting: "Miracle, miracle" .1
The woman told the story to the locals, who began to worship is dedicated to the Virgin. Subsequently, it was decided to build the monument to the Virginin the exact place where it was this woman's house, located opposite the Basilica of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá.