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A total of 400 seniors celebrated the carnival with their traditional costume party last Friday, February 21, in which members of senior citizens' clubs enjoyed the beautiful in the Jardin de Los Molinos.
One more year, the Department of Social Services has celebrated the Carnival with the Elderly.
During the months of January and February, the workshops in Barriada Virgen de la Caridad, La Manga, La Palma, Molinos Marfagones, San José Obrero, La Aljorra and Santa Ana have been developed. The costumes, accessories and dances and choreographies have been rehearsed, to debut at the traditional Carnival party, attended by the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón;
the Councilor for Social Services, Mercedes García, the Councilor for Culture, Carlos Piñana, and the Councilor for Security, Participation and Celebrations, Juan Pedro Torralba and the president of the Federation of Seniors, María Beteta.
Then the contest of groups took place, where the seven registered groups from the neighborhoods named above performed and the candidates for the Carnival King and Queen paraded.
Subsequently, there was a dance entertained by the Showman Pedro Luís García Cove.
In addition to the 400 seniors from the different municipalities of Cartagena, 55 seniors from the town of Ogíjares de Granada attended as guests, accompanied by the Councilor for the Elderly, Fiesta and Tourism of that town.
The event ended with the appointment of the King, the Queen and the carnival ladies of greater 2020, with the comparsa of Molinos Marfagones as winner and the awards ceremony by the jury to: Originality, Sympathy, Staging, Elaboration, Greater Participation, Better Interpretation and Creativity.
The final touch for the elders was on Saturday 22, when the groups of elders returned to the streets to participate in the great parade of Cartagena, accompanied by the float of the king, the queen and their two ladies.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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