He Court of Instruction No. 2 of Tortosa (Tarragona) has summoned those responsible for the ‘Santa Baldana’ procession that took place at the beginning of June in Tortosa (Tarragona) and in which a Virgin appeared to testify, following a complaint from the Christian Lawyers association. surrounded by blood sausages. Five people, identified by the Mossos de Esquadra as those responsible for the ‘performance’ and members of the ‘Konvent’ collective, must declare themselves under investigation on January 15 for a “possible crime against religious feelings”, according to what they say from the association of lawyers.
The president of Christian Lawyers, Poland Spanishcelebrates the judge’s decision. In statements to the media, he assures that “the Government wants to eliminate the crime against religious feelings so that all these attacks against Catholics go unpunished. It is intolerable that this show that mocks Christians and their beliefs is endorsed by the Ministry of Culture. It is something intolerable. “To put on a show it is not necessary to mock the beliefs of Catholics.”
The ‘performance’, baptized as the ‘Santa Baldana procession,’ was denounced by Christian Lawyers understanding that it was “an attack on religion” and an offense to believers. In its complaint, the entity considers it “intolerable” that the Government, specifically the Ministry of Cultureorganizer of VII Culture and Ruralities Forum within the framework of which the action was carried out, “tolerate this type of ridicule.”
The controversial procession is part of the artistic project ‘The Great Bacchanal’, promoted by ‘Konvent’, a collective of artists located in a former nunnery that organizes transgressive artistic manifestations. In the reported action, the false devotees dressed in black could be seen carrying the Virgin, and during the journey a blasphemous prayer called ‘Prayer to Saint Baldana’, denounces Christian Lawyers. The events caused great indignation among believers, the entity notes. The transgressive act was curated by Rosa Cerarols, Pep Espelt and Eduard Finestres. The artistic direction is by Josep Piñol.
According to the promoters, “eating and drinking are inseparable from our existence, the engine of life”, also “celebration and ritual. “It can be a bacchanal,” adds the entity, which said it had considered “revisiting the imagery of the bacchanal, giving it space and time to share, renegotiate and jointly experience what we links to enjoyment, drunkennessto the celebration of life from the place and from what the environment has in store for us.
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