It consists on many activities, being the most representative the Civic procession held in Valencia since 1338, when it was instituted by Peter IV of Aragon to celebrate the centenary of the Kingdom of Valencia, and to demand protection to Saint Denis in the middle of a famine caused by poor rains.[4] 9 October is also the Lover's Day in the Valencian Community, and it's a tradition to give frutta martorana as a present to a beloved person. This tradition is known as Mocadorà, being Mocador the Valencian word for handkerchief, where the marzipan fruits are held.[5][6][7]