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Antonio Ayala "El Rampa", during his performance, surprises with the singing of a Saeta a la Virgen de la Piedad composed by him for this event.
The National Saetas Contest of Cartagena, organized by the Association of Portapasos of the Blessed Virgin of La Piedad, was presented yesterday, Saturday, at the International Tourism Fair (FITUR), in Madrid.
A representation of the Portapasos de la Piedad, accompanied by brothers from the Groups of Our Father Jesus Nazareno, the Blessed Virgin of Solitude and the Blessed Virgin of La Piedad accompanied the singer Antonio Ayala "El Rampa" and Luís Teba, at drum, during the singing of one of the bolts that are heard in our streets during Holy Week in Cartagena, at the stand of the Region of Murcia in Fitur.
The Marraja delegation was headed by the president of the Agrupación de Portapasos de la Santísima Virgen de la Piedad, José Jesús Guillén, accompanied by the president of the Agrupación de Nuestra Padre Jesús Nazareno, Manuel Hernández;
by the president of the Association of the Blessed Virgin of Solitude, Pedro Antonio Pérez;
and, by the president of the Association of the Blessed Virgin of Piety, Francisco Castillejo.
"For us in all an honor to be able to present in the framework of FITUR, the most important international tourism fair in the world, the VII edition of the National Saetas Contest of Cartagena. I want to thank the Autonomous Community of Murcia and the City Council of Cartagena that They have given us this space to make our contest known to the world, "Guillén said.
José Jesús Guillén took advantage of the occasion to invite the public to attend the semifinals and the final of the National Saetas Contest and, of course, to meet and participate in the Holy Week in Cartagena.
Before saying goodbye, the president of the piers of La Piedad, wanted to have a few words of thanks for "a contest where there are many interveners such as the Agrupación de Portapasos de la Stma. Virgen de la Piedad, the Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus Nazareno (Marrajos ), the City Council of Cartagena, in the Department of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Culture of the Region of Murcia, the Catholic University San Antonio UCAM, the Folk Group "City of Cartagena" of La Palma, and the Groups of Our Father Jesús Nazareno, Stma. Virgen de la Piedad, Portapasos de la Stma, Virgen Dolorosa, de la Verónica and Santa Faz de Cristo and Stma Virgen de la Soledad. With the support of the Cante de las Minas Foundation and La Unión City Council, as well as the Port Authority of Cartagena and Hidrogea ".
For their part, the presidents of the Stma Groups.
Virgen de la Piedad, the Nazarene Jesus and the Stma.
Virgen de la Soledad transferred to the attendees the beauty and grandeur of our Holy Week marked by light, order, flowers and religious feeling while they process our images through the streets of Cartagena.
The presentation had its finishing touch with the performance of the singer Antonio Ayala "El Rampa", accompanied by Luís Teba.
"El Rampa" surprised all attendees performing, for the first time and exclusively, a bolt composed by him dedicated to the Blessed Virgin of Mercy.
"EL Rampa" has received countless awards throughout his career, among which are: La Union Mining Lamp, Flamenco Fan of Barcelona, ​​Saetas de La Unión Competition and the Melon de Lo Ferro Gold, among others .
Luís Teba has been participating uninterruptedly since he was 8 years old, and they are already 44 years old, in the processions of Holy Week in Cartagena.
He founded the Cartagena Percussion Youth Association to teach to mark the step that accompanies the processions of Holy Week in Cartagena.
During the performance of the cantaor, they were distributed among the assistants "rollicos of San Antón" and it was possible to taste the typical "Reparo" cartagenero.
Until January 28, the deadline to register for the contest whose bases are already available on the Contest website (www.portapasospiedad.es) and its social networks will be open.
It will be Friday, February 7 and Saturday, February 8, when the semifinals will be held at the Casa del Folklore in La Palma.
The Church of Santa María de Gracia will once again witness the final on Saturday, March 21.
The National Saetas de Cartagena Contest is endowed with the following awards:
FIRST PRIZE, endowed with 2,100 Euros and Trophy made by the sculptor D. Fernando Sáenz Elorrieta.
SECOND PRIZE, endowed with 1,050 Euros and Trophy of the Agrupación Nuestra Padre Jesús Nazareno.
THIRD PRIZE, endowed with 750 Euros and Image of the Pieta de las Agrupación de la Stma.
Virgin of Piety.
ACCÉSIT, endowed with 450 Euros and image of the Dolorosa Virgin of the Grouping of the Dolorosa Virgin.
Source: Agencias
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