President Danilo Medina and First Lady Candida Montilla de Medina attended the Altagracia Day mass yesterday, Tuesday, 21 January at the Basilica Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia in Higuey.
Thousands of pilgrims also went to Higuey, with the roads leading to the east of the country busy for several days prior to Altagracia Day. The National Police increased security and Civil Defense deployed 14,000 members in a series of measures aimed at preventing road accidents.
Mass was celebrated at several times throughout the day and a procession through the streets of Higuey at 4pm.
Diario Libre reported that a full house mostly of Haitian immigrants attended mass in Creole at the Basilica on Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians live in the Punta Cana area after migrating there to work in the construction of resort hotels.
www.diariolibre.com/noticias/2014/01/21/i447441_feligreses-rinden-hoy-culto-virgen-altagracia.html
www.elcaribe.com.do/2014/01/21/presidente-medina-encabeza-misa-por-dia-altagracia