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Groups from the Region of Murcia, Granada and Slovakia participate in the XXIX Festival of Folklore of San Javier that is celebrated from the 22 to the 25 of June (07/06/2017)

The folklore of Eastern Europe will be present at the XXIX Festival of Folklore of San Javier, which is celebrated from the 22nd to the 25th of June, in the Spanish Square of San Javier, with a guest group from Slovakia together with folkloric formations of Murcia, Yecla, Huéscar (Granada) and the local group of Choirs and Danzas Mar Menor, as host.

The mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo and the Councilor for Culture, David Martinez accompanied by the president of the Chorus and Danzas Mar Menor group, Salvador Campillo, and the president of the Federation of Peñas Huertanas, Juan Pablo Hernández, presented today In the Nautical Club of Santiago de la Ribera the Festival that includes an ethnographic and gastronomic enclosure, next to a ceramic exhibition that can be visited during the Festival.

The Councilor for Culture, David Martinez reported that the ceramic exhibition "El Poveo", at the entrance of the City Council, will open on Thursday June 22 the program followed by the opening at 21:00 h of the ethnographic and gastronomic huertano enclosure, which Will install in the square of Spain with the collaboration of the Federation of Peñas Huertanas.

The site will reproduce garden prints in which crafts and the way of life in the garden will be recreated from the eighteenth century until the first half of the twentieth century, explained Juan Pablo Hernández.

La Peña "El Perejil", in La Paz, Murcia, will install an huertana hut in which the typical dishes will be served huertanos.

On Friday, June 23, the first of the two finery of the Festival will be held free of charge, at 22:00 with the participation of the groups "La Zaranda", Murcia and Arabí, Yecla and the Choir group And Danzas Mar Menor.

At 00:00 a fireworks will open a party of San Juan that will continue with a verbena with orchestra, in the square of Spain.

The second gala of the Encuentro, presented by journalist Encarna Talavera, with the participation of the local group, next to the folkloric formation of Huéscar, Granada and the international invited group, of Slovakia, will take place on Saturday 24th.

On Sunday, June 25, the Festival moves to the esplanade Barnuevo with an exhibition at 12:00 of the group of Choruses and Danzas Mar Menor and the Slovak formation.

The mayor of San Javier, José Miguel Luengo highlighted the popular support for this Festival that "last year was revitalized passing from September to June and taking it from the auditorium to the Plaza of Spain with an attractive ethnographic venue that was a success as we are sure Which will be in this 39 edition ".

Salvador Campillo, president of the Choral and Danzas Mar Menor group of San Javier, organized by the Department of Culture, the Festival thanked "the support of the City Council to maintain the traditions" and was convinced to repeat the success of the last edition , After emphasizing the style "breaker" of the invited groups.

The Federation of Peñas Huertanas returns to participate in the Festival with the installation of the ethnographic and gastronomic venue following the line of collaboration with the City Council, from which the invitation to the folkloric group of San Javier began to participate in the last Bando de la Huerta and Which aims, according to its president, Juan Pablo Hernández, to support traditional events in the villages of the Region to unite them through folklore.

David Martínez recalled the impulse given to the Festival since the last edition with a great response from the public, and remarked the ultimate objective of the event is to enrich the cultural offer of the municipality while encouraging the maintenance of traditions and history of The Region of Murcia through folklore, and the customs and customs of its population.

Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier

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