The Federation of Peñas Huertanas organizes the event that begins tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. in the Carmen neighborhood and in which hundreds of members will participate
About eighty floats, some in which typical scenes will be represented and others from which products from the garden will be launched, and which will go to the queue, will participate tomorrow in the parade of the Bando de la Huerta de Murcia, which will begin at 5:00 p.m. hours on Mozart street in the Carmen neighborhood and will conclude in Juan XXIII square, after going through the main streets of the city. If time allows it.
The person in charge of the Bando in the Peñas Huertanas Federation, organizer of the most important event of this traditional Murcian celebration, Juan José Gallego, explained today to LA VERDAD that “the illusion and the desire”, they have them in abundance after two years of a pandemic, and that neither the bad weather of recent days nor the carriers’ strike “or anything” have been able to beat them. Because to have everything ready they have worked the hours that the day has allowed.
Gallego highlighted the parade on Tuesday morning, a holiday in the Murcian municipality, the recovery of “prints or scenes” typical of the garden that had not been out for years. For example, a float will show the raising of silkworms and how this material was collected and subsequently worked; another in which a master craftsman makes esparteñas; and a third, with the ‘boyfriends of Patiño’ in which they will wear the typical costumes with which they married in the garden in the 19th century.
«There will also be a nod to the Mar Menor, and to the Week of the Huerta and the Sea of Los Alcázares, and to the salt tradition of San Pedro del Pinatar; and we will show how the paprika peppers were dried and later ground”, added the person in charge of the Huerta, who highlighted that the popular Huerta games, such as bowling, will also have a specific float.
Manuel Baena, better known as MAN, who gave life for many years to the singular character from the huerta, Tío Pencho (‘El Perráneo’) in the historic comic strip published by LA VERDAD, will have a float to honor his work. He will take number ten in the parade.
There will be no lack of participation of folk groups from the municipality and other towns in the Region to liven up the parade, such as those arriving from Mula, Yecla and Jumilla, among others.
“We wanted to give quality above all and try not to take too long,” said Gallego, who wanted to highlight the collaboration and “hand-in-hand” work that they were having with the Local Police, so that everything takes place without incident.
“We know that people are very eager, like us, seeing how they have filled the barracks and how they watched the children’s band yesterday afternoon, it was impressive,” he concluded.
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