The Mayor, Miguel Angel House, presided this morning the traditional exchange of gifts with 46 groups participating in the International Folklore Festival in the Mediterranean.
The event, held this morning at the Plenary Hall, was held at the Plenary Hall, and also attended by the Councillor for Culture, Rafael Gomez and festival director, Manuel Fernández-Delgado.
The eleven participants in this issue groups have handed the Mayor a gift your local traditional, while House, meanwhile, has gifted a typical ceramic Murcia.
Joining representatives of Spanish folklore, from Ciudad Real, Valencia and Cartagena, Murcia addition, also take part in the festival groups from Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Armenia, South Africa and Panama.
All of them wished the Mayor a 'very happy stay in Murcia, in a city that surely will leave a pleasant memory "and praised the role of the International Folklore Festival in the Mediterranean can offer" an ode to tolerance and harmony through music, culture and our customs. "
In this 46th edition folk groups involved Virgen de la Vega (Murcia), Geghard Folk Dance Ensemble (Armenia), Grup de Danses de Moncada (Valencia), Folk Group City of Cartagena (Murcia), Folk Group delle contrade Sbandieratori Storici di Cori (Italy), Zulu Folklore Dance Ensemble (South Africa), Chorus and Dance Association Mazantini (Ciudad Real - Spain), Chorus and Dance Group Christ of Mercy (Murcia), Folk Dance Company "Panama Strong Raza" ( Panama), Folk Dance Ensemble CAJAVEC (Bosnia Herzegovina) and Songs and Dances of Murcia Regional Association "Francisco Salzillo" (Murcia).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia