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The Saturday events are much more communal, involving families traveling around and exchanging gifts and stories with each other. These gifts usually take the form of whatever the family can produce on its own, such as blankets or cheese or woodcarvings. While traditional for travel to take place within a single neighborhood or town, some choose to make day-long journeys to other municipalities and provinces in the spirit of the day. Saturday is a reflection of Saint Abrosius' travels as a young man spreading wisdom and facilitating exchanges of good will and necessities between the people of Andora. It is thisthus known as the ''errante.''

Sunday is the most lively of the festival days, known as the ''asceniónascensión''. It celebrates the miracles and holy wisdom of Saint Abrosius as he, according to tradition, was blessed by Deus to heal the divisions between the nations of Andora through faith. Public spaces, streets, and the outsides of houses will be decorated with colored streamers, ribbons, and flags. Churches and other religious establishments of the Andoran Deus Church will open their doors to the population and host celebrations in lieu of the traditional Sunday mass. All regardless of status or religion are welcome to these events, which often include free food, entertainment such as movies or puppet shows, and priests reading scripture about Saint Abrosius. Varying importance on certain miracles can be seen across the country. Some communities will have celebrations in public squares with a large drinking fountain made to look like a boulder, to evoke the story of Saint Abrosius calling forth water from rock to help a town whose well dried up. Other areas place more importance upon the story of the Saint calling forth a wave that carried fish to starving coastal towns, and celebrate it by holding fishing competitions and communal seafood cooking. All festivities on Sunday involve large public dances, live music, and the signing of hymns at sunset.

Elements of the Corric Diasporadiaspora also celebrate this holiday. Depending on the size of the community, festivities may be restricted to a floor of an apartment building, a street, or even entire sections of towns. The largest Corric community outside the nation is in Arkalarius, followed by Packilvania, and these see moderately sized celebrations that are quite similar in scale and scope to that of their homeland. The Fiesta de Santo Abrosius' good cheer, inclusivity, and gift giving are credited with easing the acceptance of Corric immigrants in many nations.