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At the end of the year in Murindó the traditional Catholic festival of the Holy Innocents is celebrated, commemorated according to the liturgical calendar on December 28, also known in Murindó as the “Day of the Matachines”. The matachines are an ancestral tradition of the town.
According to legend, there was a man in Murindó who hid in the banana plantations, camouflaging himself with the leaves of this plant, which caused panic among the farmers.
On the day of the Holy Innocents, some people from Murindos dress up in dresses made of dried banana leaves and horror masks and go around the town with rods and riding crops, hitting the people they find in the streets.
The inhabitants of Murindó leave plates of food on the doorsteps of their houses so that the matachines can leave them alone. After touring the entire town, the matachines return to the banana plantations, having collected all the food with which they make a great preparation for everyone who wants to join in the feast.
The Matachines festival is one of the most emblematic traditions of the municipality and its celebration keeps alive year after year one of the most curious ancestral customs of the region.
