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| It will have groups from Colombia, Kenya, Macedonia, Portugal, Serbia, Santander and different parts of the Region | The different activities, among which there is an itinerant virtual exhibition and the conference '75 years of EXPERIENCES with our Patron ', in addition to the performances of the participating groups, can be followed through the social networks of Coros y Danzas de Lorca, both on YouTube, like on Facebook, Instagram and TwitterThe mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, and the vice mayor, Francisco Morales, presented, this morning, together with the Councilor for Culture of Lorca, María Ángeles Mazuecos, and the president of the group Coros y Danzas de Lorca, Antonia Martínez, the XXXI International Folklore Festival 'Ciudad de Lorca' that will be held until next Sunday, November 15.The mayor of Lorca has indicated that "this 2020 edition, as usual, is marked by the pandemic situation that we are experiencing caused by the coronavirus, even so, the International Folklore Festival has established itself as one of the main artistic and cultural events in our city ".Diego José Mateos has detailed that "this year's will be a different, different edition, but not for that reason, less special, and as the organizers themselves tell us, it arrives full of enthusiasm.
We have to highlight the courage and decision of the Choir group and Danzas de Lorca which the health situation will not prevent from holding their festival, in this case virtually, keeping our traditions and roots alive, even in times of pandemic, something that will undoubtedly serve as a incentive for these days that are being very difficult for everyone and in which we will be able to enjoy folklore, despite the circumstances we are experiencing ".Francisco Morales, for his part, wanted to "thank the Coros y Danzas de Lorca group that this year the Festival highlights the Casa del Artesano de Lorca, a fact that reinforces the role of this House, recently inaugurated, as the common home of the artisans of the municipality of Lorca, a place to learn and from where to spread the ancient trades so that they last over time adapting innovation ".The deputy mayor stated that "this year's edition of the festival has innovated and reinvented itself allowing us to connect with corners of the entire planet, in the same line that we are doing from the City Council with the digitization of services and products of the councils.
We have to to highlight the role that Coros y Danzas has always had as an ambassador for Lorca, positioning our land at an international level, attracting groups from all over the world and becoming a benchmark that transmits and promotes our native folklore and, with it, Lorca ".This edition will feature the participation of the Compañía de Danzas Quetzal de Colombia; Tarumbeta Africa Cultural Group of Kenya; "Orce Nikolov" from Skopje (Macedonia); the Camacha Folkloric Group of Madeira (Portugal); the Bogatic Cultural Center of Serbia; Choirs and Dances of Santander, Choirs and Dances of Cieza; Choirs and Dances of Jumilla; Choirs and Dances of Murcia; Choirs and Dances of Santomera; Choirs and Dances of Yecla; and the host group of Coros y Danzas de Lorca ".For her part, the president of the Coros y Danzas de Lorca group, Antonia Martínez, explained that "this year's edition will be fully telematic and the different activities can be followed virtually through the social networks of the Grupo de Coros y Danzas de Lorca: on YouTube: Coros y Danzas de Lorca; through the Coros y Danzas de Lorca Facebook; as well as on Instagram @cydlorca and Twitter: @cydlorca ".Antonia Martínez recalled that "this festival has belonged for 26 years, as a full member, to the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Traditional Arts, CIOFF, a body dependent on UNESCO, which ensures quality and purity of folklore.
"Regarding the program, for this afternoon at 8:00 p.m.
the opening of the traveling exhibition "Choirs and Dances of Lorca with Lorca traditions" is scheduled, a virtual exhibition by different museums and cultural and tourist spaces of Lorca, which you can also enjoy In person, the Lorca residents and all those who visit Lorca during the next few days at the Visitor Center, Lorca Castle, Archaeological Museum, Holy Week Blue Museum, Paso Blanco Embroidery Museum, Paso Encarnado Museum and Nicolás Salzillo Museum, at the scheduled times for each place, whenever the sanitary circumstances allow it.
An exhibition in which cultural and tourist values ??and our Holy Week in Lorca are combined with the folklore of our land,through a demonstration of the traditional costumes rescued by the Lorca Group of Choirs and Dances ".Already for tomorrow, Wednesday, at 20 hours the Live Folklore section will take place.
"Lewa"; For Thursday, at the same time, the conference "75 years of EXPERIENCES with our Patron" is scheduled.
Friday, also at 8 pm, will be the first session of the XXXI International Folklore Festival "Ciudad de Lorca".
For Saturday, at 12 noon, a tourist visit to the City of Lorca is scheduled in three languages, Spanish, English and French, which will tour the entire area of ??Plaza de España and San Patricio, the Synagogue and Jewish Quarter of Lorca, and the different museumsfrom the city.
At 8 pm, the activity Come dance with Coros y Danzas de Lorca.
"Seguidillas Manchegas"; And for Sunday, at 8 pm the closing of the XXXI edition of the International Folklore Festival "Ciudad de Lorca" will be held.In addition, as usual every year, Coros y Danzas de Lorca will pay tribute to artisan work during the broadcasts on Friday and Sunday, this time this traditional activity will be dedicated to the recently inaugurated 'Casa del Artesano', in support of all the artisans of our land.
The Lorca embroidery, esparto grass, clay and ceramics, jarapa, basketry, false and gastronomy have passed through this festival.Finally, as is customary every year as a souvenir of the edition, it should be noted that the Coros y Danzas de Lorca group has given a gift to the mayor, which in this edition has been a replica of the mantle of the Patron Saint of Lorca, the Virgin de las Huertas, which Coros y Danzas de Lorca performed on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of its canonical coronation, and which displays the embroidered shield of the city in the workshops that this folkloric group has.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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