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Songs and Dances Virgen de las Huertas of Lorca, losCoros and Dances of Arnedo (La Rioja) and Songs and Dances "Aires del Júcar" (Albacete) will perform at the Teatro Guerra from 20:00.
The Councillor for Culture and Celebrations of the City of Lorca, Augustine Llamas, and the president of the Songs and Dances Virgen de las Huertas, Mari Huertas García, reported that "three sets of Songs and Dances of different provinces participate Saturday in the X National Folklore Festival "Lorca Sun City", to be held from 20:00 at the Teatro Guerra ".
Specifically in this event will act a hundred participants of Songs and Dances Virgen de las Huertas of Lorca, losCoros and Dances of Arnedo (La Rioja) and Songs and Dances "Aires del Júcar" Villalgordo del Jucar (Albacete), both members of Cluster FederaciónEspańola Folklore (FEAF) to which they belong.
Songs and Dances of Arnedo was established in the year 1983, in order to recover and promote the dances, music and costumes of Arnedo and La Rioja.
Was achieved successfully recover the jack of Turns Arnedo and the typical suit sanjuanera city, dress suit the pilgrims return to the festival of San Juan which is the Monastery of Vico in cars decked with green branches of poplar and garlands and flowers.
The group has toured with their dances all Rioja geography and some of the Casa de La Rioja as San Sebastian, Barcelona ... has visited other regions.
Also he participated in the First Cultural Youth Meeting in Parthenay (France) with other countries such as Ireland, Portugal, Germany .. The greatest achievement for the group has been consolidating a National Folklore Festival around the Rioja Day (June) in collaboration with the City.
His repertoire is rich and varied.
It consists of jacks, dances, quadrilles, dances and religious pilgrimage, as the Folklore of La Rioja Alta Rioja is very different from the Rioja Baja.
Run with various items such as belts, sticks, handkerchiefs, sticks, bows, etc ... Turns Jack of Arnedo, Rioja Alta Jota Jota Logrońo ....
For its part, "Aires del Júcar", founded in 1993, offers a wide selection of Albacete folklore, both dances and their costumes.
The mayor explained that "access is free until full capacity", while recalled that "this year marks the tenth edition of this festival that emerged for the 20th anniversary of the promoter group and has continued to be held coinciding with the celebrations of pattern Lorca, San Clemente.
Agustin Llamas said "the Department of Culture bid to our traditions with the celebration throughout the year of various folklore festivals, always in the hands of cultural groups in the municipality. The folklore is one of the hallmarks of the We must continue strengthening of Lorca. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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