A festival declared of National Tourist Interest and of Cultural Interest Asset. In Elche de la Sierra, this unique tradition is celebrated the weekend following Corpus Christi Thursday, with more than 50 years of history where sawdust becomes art.

The religious and aesthetic dimension, together with the work of an entire town, come together on this celebratory night to create the most beautiful sawdust carpets in our land. People both young and old participate in the making of the carpets, which are in principle works of sawdust, shavings and other similar materials, generally coloured, with which certain streets of the town are decorated so that the procession can walk through them on Corpus Christi Day.

The carpet-making groups work for weeks with the different textures of sawdust, colour mixtures, sketch making, and moulds, and finally on the Saturday night these groups of friends take to the streets of this town to fill the 27 blocks and 3 squares through which the Corpus Christi procession passes with colour and beauty.

The carpets are made during the early hours of Saturday to Sunday, a job that is carried out throughout the entire Saturday night, ending on Sunday morning around 10 a.m.

The streets are embellished with these impressive traditional sawdust carpets from Elche de la Sierra for a few hours. At noon on Sunday morning, the carpets are trampled on as the procession passes by, so it is recommended to get up early, so as not to miss this spectacle of art and colour.

You can also see them at any time of the year by visiting the Serrín Carpet Museum, located on the Calderón de la Barca street in Elche de la Sierra. There you can enjoy an immersive experience of the sawdust carpets that you won’t forget.