Feria Patronal Sabanagrande

Sabanagrande, in Honduras's Francisco Morazan department and known nationally as the rosquilla capital for its corn-and-cheese pastry, has an unusual patronal calendar: its official patroness is Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7, but rainy-season timing has pushed the actual fair to early February, honoring the Virgin of Candelaria instead.

Sabanagrande, a Francisco Morazan department town known as the rosquilla capital of Honduras for its production of the ring-shaped corn-and-cheese pastry sold across the country, presents an unusual case among Honduran patronal fairs: its official patroness is Our Lady of the Rosary, whose solemnity falls on October 7 and whose image is housed in a church built in 1809 and reconstructed in 1877 after damage, but the town's actual fair has been moved to early February, running roughly from January 30 to February 8, in honor of the Virgin of Candelaria instead.