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Not even the inclemencies of the time could stop the IV Livestock March of the Azohía, that in spite of the annoying wind, with strong rages, managed to congregate to more than 140 people, among them were added the mayor of Cartagena, Jose Lopez, the deputy Regional Andrés Pedreño, and representatives of various associations such as Pilar Rubio, the Pact for the Mar Menor and Héctor Quijales, Ecologists in Action Abarán, and who all went on a trip to complete a round trip of a total of four Kilometers between the square of the Pozo Egea and the barracks of Campillo de Adentro - declared Well of Cultural Interest -, where they were met with a herd of goats, in a day of recovery of the migratory customs of the zone.
In the four years that this march has been taking place, the participation of the public has been growing progressively, according to Josué Pérez, member of the Association for the Defense of the Natural Environment of the Azohía (ADELA) and one of the organizers of the event.
It was precisely he who was at the head of the hikers to guide them along the route and go glosando the traditions and peculiarities of each point of it.
Not in vain, the purpose of this trek, whose itinerary passed through the National Park of La Muela-Cabo Tiñoso, is the demand that the canes be valued, protected and pastors allowed to travel through these Old roads with their cattle without being fined, according to one of the major participants explained.
In short, to recognize as a cattle route this route that in its day was a real path that led from Mazarrón to the slaughterhouse of Cartagena, passing through La Azohía, with several stops in wells to drink the cattle, given that in In 1953, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment changed the castings and royal gullies and this was one of those that suppressed, leaving this one without protection or demarcation, since it is already little traveled.
The day passed with brotherhood and the people who joined the march had the opportunity to enjoy a unique landscape truffled with dreamy scenes with almond blossoms and an intense aroma of rosemary, thyme and lavender, since the last rains have Made to regrow the flora so Mediterranean of this zone.
Josué Pérez highlighted this good environment, taking into account that this was one of the main objectives pursued with the organization of this activity, "join the neighbors of the area, remember the transhumance of this corner" and try to recover this environment as well As "its public use" and to achieve the "extension of the plot" of the Egea Well, which was a trough that collected water from the ravine runoff in times of rain and was in an ejido of almost 8,000 square meters in the Which once grazed the beasts, according to one of the shepherds gathered there.
Now, lamented Perez, "has been built" and "have lost the ejidos," so from ADELA ask "to be taken into account in the urban plans that this was a trough for livestock, that this road can be considered a Arm of the Cedacero Wash, an explanatory poster and expand with adjoining lands ".
The mayor of Cartagena, Jose López, for his part, recalled that "the maintenance of these castings does not depend on the City Council," although he acknowledged that from the Consistory can be "help to promote" this type of initiatives.
In relation to the recovery of the Pozo Egea and its square, he said that it should be better enabled, demarcated, put a cartel, "because if not not appreciated."
In the same line as Pérez, the first mayor emphasized the "walk through a beautiful setting and a place", which invited everyone to know, yes, "respecting the environment."
The mayor applauded that this activity serves "to re-know part of the cultural heritage of the people, through their traditions."
He also expressed his agreement with the use of these glens by the cattle ranchers, among other issues to "take care of the mountain itself" and fire prevention.
"The use of livestock in a sustainable way with the environment is ideal, it is much better than the heavy machinery," he argued, and in this connection he called for "finding the point of balance".
Back to the starting point, a tasting of local produce and a vegetable rice, accompanied by a muscat wine and the improvised performance of the Murcia singer Jesús Cutillas, with themes about Murcian traditions and urbanistic speculation in the natural areas, closed the Acts of a day of recovery of the cattle traditions that grows every year.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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