Assumption Day-La Digue Festival

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Assumption Day/La Digue Festival

Assumption day takes place in the middle of August, mainly in La Digue. This celebration occurs in every island but the grand celebration is at the church of La Digue with mass and procession. To commence the festival, houses are decorated, the statues are repainted, and altars are elegantly decorated in order to offer prayer and thanks in the honour of Virgin Mary. As La Digue is main stream of this day, localities from Mahe and Praslin gather here on 15th August. During these three days retreat some fun events are conducted say bicycle tour, the Miss Fun Park pagent and also some sports events, dance and competitons.

refer to our Seychelles national holidays and festivals to see all the festivals celebrated in Seychelles.

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