The Albatalía will host this weekend its traditional Gang Meeting that this year celebrates its XXVI edition.
The Councilor for Culture and Heritage Recovery, Jesus Pacheco, has indicated that "this sample of traditional Christmas music, with a long history, has become a success, consolidating and gaining popularity year after year."
The objective is to bring up to this district of the municipality of Murcia the wide popular culture of the municipality with a high quality of the participating crews.
Thus, throughout this time the most representative crews of the different regions of the Region and neighboring areas have passed through La Albatalía, all of them faithful conservatives and exponents of the rich folklore of their places of origin.
In this edition the Cuadrilla del Raiguero (Totana), the Cuadrilla de Zaraiche (Murcia) and the Cuadrilla de La Albatalía - Arboleja (Murcia) will participate.
The Meeting is organized by the Municipal Board of La Albatalía with the collaboration of the Cultural Center of La Albatalía and the La Albatalía-La Arboleja Gang.
The complete program is as follows:
December 13 / 8:30 p.m.
Sample of traditional instruments from the garden of Murcia.
Torreagüera Gang Collection
Presentation of the album From the garden of Murcia II of the La Albatalía-La Arboleja Square
Book presentation From the move to the passage of Miguel Ángel Montesinos
Huerta folk dance show
Assembly hall Municipal Center of La Albatalía
Free entry until complete seats
Sunday December 15
XXVI Gang Meeting of La Albatalía
10:30 a.m.
Welcome to the participating crews
12 h
Mass sung by the gangs in the Parish of the Sagrada Familia.
13 h.
Performance of the gangs in the Mariano Velázquez Jiménez Garden.
2:30 p.m.
Popular food.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia