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The patron of Cartagena for 340 years, San Ginés de la Jara, already has a liquor in his honor.
The mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, presented it this morning in an event that also involved the coordinator of the project, Tomás Martínez Pagán, the Brother of the Brotherhood of San Ginés de la Jara, Victor Javier Navarro, the Brother of the Brotherhood of Romeros, Andrés García, the consiliary of San Ginés de la Jara, Lázaro Gomariz and the president of Roniwesk, José Antonio Bernal.
The creation of this liquor, called 'Licor de la Jara', was born from a proposal of the pilgrims from San Ginés de la Jara to Martínez Pagán, and this one assumed as a commitment that made public in the romería of the last year of which Was a town crier, he explained.
Likewise the Brother of the Brotherhood also wanted to remember that anecdote, adding that he told Pagan that San Ginés was also the patron saint of winemakers, and that it would be a good idea if he had any spirits in his honor.
The liqueur has a base of ginger and lemon, a mild taste and 20 degrees of alcohol.
An initiative that has very positively valued the mayor as a union of wills and with which she has indicated "feel very attached."
The drink seeks to become a drink "indigenous with the seal of Cartagena," said Martinez Pagan, who has hoped to like it and soon be consumed both in the city and elsewhere.
The Romeros of San Ginés will be able to taste it during the pilgrimage, informed the Brother of the Romeros, an occasion to spread the liquor, since last year the carts and wagons "formed a row of almost 3 kilometers".
Garcia took from 13 to 15 of this month the drink to the celebration of San Ginés in Sabiote, Jaén, where he said that it was already a success.
For his part, the president of the distillery that has been in charge of its elaboration has indicated that it has been "an honor" to embark on this project that has been dedicated a "hard work" and that has expected that it supposes a small grain of sand in The history of Cartagena.
The liquor can be purchased at a promotional price of 5 euros during the pilgrimage of San Ginés de la Jara, and will be released in the coming weeks at a slightly higher price
ROMANCE OF SAN GINÉS DE LA JARA
Also it has been used to give some brushstrokes of the pilgrimage of this year in honor to San Ginés, that will be celebrated the 26 of August.
After the celebration of a Eucharist at 8:30 in the morning, he will leave the parish of San Ginés, La Aparecida, the hermitage of Roche, the Camachos, the Straits San Ginés and Llano del Beal before finishing at the foot of Cabezo de San Ginés where they will celebrate their great verbena.
It has also been announced that this year will be a children's romería, whose date and acts are yet to be determined
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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