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Cardboard, plastic, paper ...

together with the imagination of boys and girls are enough elements for families to make their costumes, cars and floats and participate, next Friday, May 8, in one of the most endearing events of the city, "although this year is in a very particular way." The Councilor for Youth of the City of Lorca, José Ángel Ponce, has encouraged, together with the Youth Council and the youth associations of the Lorca brotherhoods, the boys and girls of our municipality to participate, from home, next Friday, 8 May in the Paper Procession. The mayor of Youth recalled that "this year the Paper Procession is not suspended, but we have to live it differently, from home, but with the same enthusiasm and involvement that our young people bring.

This year, due to the situation caused Due to the coronavirus, it has not been possible that, as is tradition, thousands of young people from the municipality get involved during these weeks in the elaboration of the most emblematic costumes and elements of this charming procession to be able to wear them during the traditional parade through the center of the city.

city". José Ángel Ponce has pointed out that "as is tradition, on the first Friday of each month of May, one of the most endearing events in the city is celebrated in Lorca, in which thousands of boys and girls recreate the Biblical-Passionate Weekly parades Santa, on Corredera street, but with the peculiarity that all the costumes, cars and floats are made by boys and girls, using materials such as cardboard, plastic and paper.

" Ponce Díaz stressed that "however, from the City of Lorca and by the Council of Youth and the youth of the Lorca brotherhoods have not wanted this tradition to decline this year despite the obvious difficulties for its celebration, so that encourage us to, for this 2020 edition, the boys and girls with their families recreate this unique parade from home, and make their costumes with material that is within their reach ". "This year we will not be able to celebrate our beloved Paper Procession on the street, but this situation will not take away the illusion of being able to recreate this wonderful parade from home," said the councilor for Youth. Cardboard, plastic, paper ...

together with the imagination of boys and girls are enough elements so that, from home, families can make their costumes, cars and floats.

In this sense, from the Department of Youth they encourage to be very attentive to the social networks of both the Department, as well as the Youth Council and the Lorca brotherhoods to take ideas and follow recommendations in order to develop these unique elements.

In addition, the Department of Youth, through its website (lorcajoven.es) has made available to participants downloadable links with the shields and symbols of the different Steps. In addition, to live and recreate this procession, they encourage that on Friday, May 8, starting at 6:00 p.m., families share on their social networks both the elaboration and the parade of these unique costumes from house, as well as images of the procession in previous years.

"A different way of experiencing this procession, from home, with the hope that next year we will return to live together, on the street, bringing to our city the illusion, enthusiasm and color that our young people bring each year through the paper procession.

" The objective is that each participation is made, through social networks under the hashtags # ProcesionPapel2020 and #LorcaJovenEnCasa.

In addition, this morning the announcing poster, the work of graphic designer Héctor Chiarri, was also presented.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca