This is the biggest and most important holiday in Villamañán. It takes place in early September, usually between the 5th, 6th or 7th and the 11th, 12th or 13th of the month. This holiday is celebrated in honor of "Virgen de la Zarza" or the "Virgin of the Blackberry", who happens to be Virgin Mary, known as "Virgin of the Blackberry" because of the legend that says she appeared on a blackberry shrub in Villamañán and told the people who saw her to build a church right there in her honor. The holiday is celebrated between those dates because those are the dates the legend says the "Virgin of the Blackberry" appeared on. Even though the holiday originally comes from something religious, the current way the holiday is celebrated absolutely lacks anything to do with religion, nor are the people who celebrate it religious or interested in religion at all for the most part.