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People dressed up as "Guanches", the aboriginal Berber inhabitants of the Canary Islands, perform the apparition of the Virgin del Socorro to natives of Tenerife, on the beach of El Socorro, on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife, on September 7, 2013. The pilgrimage of the Virgin of the Socorro is one of the oldest romerias of the Canary Islands and gather more than 70.000 people each year. AFP PHOTO / DESIREE MARTIN (Photo credit should read DESIREE MARTIN/AFP via Getty Images)

People dressed up as "Guanches", the aboriginal Berber inhabitants of the Canary Islands, perform the apparition of the Virgin del Socorro to natives of Tenerife, on the beach of El Socorro, on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife, on September 7, 2013. The pilgrimage of the Virgin of the Socorro is one of the oldest romerias of the Canary Islands and gather more than 70.000 people each year. AFP PHOTO / DESIREE MARTIN        (Photo credit should read DESIREE MARTIN/AFP via Getty Images)