 The whole route of the Virgin's procession were not only brightly-lighted but carpeted with expensive rugs and were covered overhead by canvasses and sails of boats to protect the participants from getting wet in case of rain.Genoveva Edroza Matute, a writer in Filipino, stated that the grandiose celebration of the fiesta of San Diego in Rizal's Noli Me Tangere was based on the fiesta celebration of Cavite.Thus, the "Virgen de la Soledad" was called the Queen of the Whole Province of Cavite.