From December 3 to 8, you will be able to enjoy a photography exhibition, an informative talk that includes an exhibition of ancient instruments, a conference by the documentalist on the history of Santiago and Zaraíche and performances by Mujeres Troveras and the group of the districtSantiago and Zaraíche will not be left this year without their Gathering of Squads which, due to current circumstances, will be transformed into a cultural cycle under the name 'The roots of the party'.The Councilor for Culture and Recovery of Heritage, Jesús Pacheco, thanked the Municipal Board of the district "for their tireless work so that Santiago and Zaraíche become a cultural reference in the municipality, and the Cuadrilla de Zaraíche for not letting an edition pass target and organize a series of cultural activities around the meeting ".The cycle, which will take place from December 3 to 8, consists of a photography exhibition that will be presented by its authors Joaquín Zamora and Tomás García; an informative talk that includes an exhibition of old instruments and others made by luthier Pascual García, a guitar maker; and a conference by the documentary maker Tomás García that will close the "theoretical" part.In the entertainment section, you can enjoy an evening of Women Troveras at the Cultural Center and a performance by the titular gang, co-organizer of this cycle and host of the next gang meetings in Santiago and Zaraiche, with a performance in a place as emblematic for the district as El Palmeral de ZaraicheThe performances and events at the Municipal Center will be at 8:00 p.m.
on December 3, 4, 5 and 7, while the performance of the Zaraiche Squad will be in El Palmeral de Zaraiche at 12 noon, on December 8 .Given the particular circumstances as a consequence of Covid-19, extraordinary security measures will be adopted, all of them included in the 'Guide of good practices for the restart of scenic and musical activity in Spain.
Measures and recommendations in the face of the Covid-19 health crisis' published by the INAEM and permanently updated and the Public Health protocols of the autonomous community and the Murcia City Council.
The main measures are the following:- Reduced capacity, below the indications of the health authorities.- Access control personnel to guarantee the limit of the capacity and the respect of security measures- Mandatory use of a mask to access the venue- Distribution of masks and disinfectant gel at the access- Minimum distance of 1.5 meters between the seats of the non-living spectators- Signaling measures for entrances and exits, areas of action and areas for the public- Use of PPE by the workers involvedThe complete program is as follows:Thursday 3.20 hours, at the Cultural Center- Inauguration of 'Party time', an exhibition by Joaquín Zamora and Tomás García, a photographic project focused on festive groups: Cuadrillas, Auroros, Troveros and everything related to Easter time through pilgrimages and social events.Friday 4.
20 hours, at the Cultural Center'Traditional string instruments.
From the Manzanera family to the Ayala family.
' Exhibition talk by Pascual Ayala, who in recent years has been training as a guitar maker recovering and perfecting those old instruments that his ancestors made during the 19th and 20th centuries.Saturday 5.
20 hours, at the Cultural CenterHistorical - festive route between the garden and the city of Murcia: the case of Santiago and Zaraíche.
Talk by documentary filmmaker Tomás García in which he will talk about El palmeral, the festivals, distributed throughout the calendar, its festive ritual groups such as squares or auroros, and religious spaces such as the Ermita de Puche.Monday 7.
20 hours, at the Cultural CenterTroubadour Women.
Performance by the Agrupación feminine de trovo, a project that emerged as a result of the V Conference on Trovo in La Arboleja, which seeks to underline the importance of Women in this art of poetic improvisationTuesday 8, 12 hours, in the Palmeral de Santiago and ZaraíchePerformance by the Cuadrilla de Santiago y Zaraíche that offers their sones por aguilando at Christmas and the pieces of the loose dance such as jotas and malagueñas.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia