Three years into a long-term drought for parts of Spain, some farmers are looking up to the sky with prayers, bringing back the faded practice of invoking for rain.
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in Catalonia. If it doesn’t rain in the next two weeks, he says there’s little chance of saving the harvest.On Sunday, around 250 residents brought back the faded practice of a special Mass and procession to pray to Our Lady of the Torrents, a local virgin associated with rainfall. , the country’s weather agency said this month. Last year was Spain’s sixth driest — and the hottest since records began in 1961.Catalonia, in the country’s northeastern corner, is among the worst-affected regions. Agrotourism and farming are the primary sources of income for the 260 inhabitants of L’Espunyola, an hour and a half north of Barcelona.
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