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The celebrations of Carthaginians and Romans have begun the celebration of its XXVIII edition and first as declared festivals of International Tourist Interest.
A day that has begun with the various acts of the Fire of the Sacred Fire and culminated in the Town Hall square with the acts of the Party Preach that has been followed directly by the YouTube Channel of the City.
LIGHTING ON THE SACRED FIRE
The fire has first arrived at the Roman Theater in Cartagena, where the ceremony with music and dance has been held in which the vestal priestesses have staged the arrival of the Fire of the Gods, which has collected the president of the Federation of Troops and Legions, Jose Antonio Mecca, to move it next to a retinue formed by festive dresses of period and authorities of the city.
Then they went to the top of the Archaeological Park of Molinete, while the Elegy of the Punic Priestesses was celebrated in the Temple of Isis, recently opened to the public for their visit.
At the top of the windlass has been celebrated the ceremony of the burning of the Sacred Fire, which has concluded as it is traditional with five castles of fireworks launched from the five hills.
PREGĂ“N
A sacred fire that has then been transferred to the Palace Hall, where it has lit a stone on the stage that will be on during the 10 days that will last the holidays.
The proclamation has begun with a show of lights, pyrotechnics and music that has illuminated the facade and the square of the Palace Hall and that has ripped the applause of the public.
Next, the presentation of the troops and legions has been carried out, each of them carrying a flag-bearer with the emblem of his troop or legion.
Alfredo Carvajal, president of El Corte Inglés, was officially in charge of receiving the title of Festero Honoris Causa for this company, a title that has materialized in the reception of a symbolic tunic of that recognition.
He thanked Carthaginians and Romans for their work that has made these holidays the "best historical holidays in the world" and has expressed the commitment of the company that represents these parties since his arrival in Cartagena 13 years ago.
Then Anibal and Scipio, along with their wives Himilce and Emilia Paula, have come out to announce their role in the development of these holidays.
Anibal has harangued his troops by expressing his intention to "protect Qart Hadast" from the arrival of the Roman legions, and has encouraged his soldiers to honor this land, expel the invader, and gain the glory of defending this city.
On the part of the Roman legions Emilia Paula has been the one in charge to throw the first words of encouragement.
For his part Scipio has begun his speech to the Carthaginians.
"I speak to you, here comes the smell of your fear of the Roman legions," he spat.
In addition to expressing his desire for the battle for the conquest of Qart Hadast, he has invited the public to enjoy this passage from Qart Hadast to Cartagonova and all other acts.
There has also been presented to Anibal and Himilce and Scipio and Emilia Paula infantiles, future of the parties of Carthaginese and Romans who, a little nervous, have answered the questions of the presenter of the event.
From the main balcony of the Consistorial Palace, the president of the Federation has been in charge of initiating the turn of authorities.
A few words he has started by congratulating the festers for the declaration of the holidays as an International Tourist Interest.
A congratulation that has extended to all the cartageneros by the work during all these years, that "it has awakened a healthy envy throughout the world like one of the best historical parties".
He also wanted to dedicate part of his speech to the solidarity side of the festivities, reminding Juancho, a festival that suffers from leukemia and for which he has asked for an applause, and recalled the success of the donation campaign of blood and marrow " The battle for life, "which received the donation of 200 people and had to be located many that could not be attended to come another day.
The Councilor of Festivities of the City of Cartagena, Juan Pedro Torralba, has replaced the intervention of the mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón, who has not been able to perform because of his advanced state of gestation.
He remembered how he lived the holidays last year with the birth of his second daughter, living the ceremony of the Nasciturus.
"I want to encourage you, both Carthaginians and Romans, to fight to the death if necessary to get our parties to continue growing as they have done so far, being an example for other cities and flying the flag of originality, respect for history and fun, "said Torralba.
The president of the Autonomous Community, Fernando López Miras, a town crier this year of the holidays, wanted to make a tour in his speech for the history of the city.
He has remembered important figures of his history as the four saints, Isaac Peral, Carmen Conde or Antonio Oliver.
"Here, in Cartagena, is where history takes root.
Where we can proclaim to the neighbors of the North, as one day a French emperor when arriving in Egypt, that thousands of years contemplate to you.
And that nobody, no one in miles around, even reaches to match the antiquity and history of Mastia, Qart-Hadast, Cartagonova "has said.
He has also had a memory of the years he spent in the city where he learned, formed and became a man.
He remembered his childhood in Trafalgar Street, where he lived one of the holidays and "I saw neighbors coming out of their homes who during the course were dressed in formal clothes and dressed in togas, robes and armor.
Some people who "made Cartagena look back with pride, and who wanted to put into value what they had previously called contemptuously stones and then, with admiration, vestiges of a time of glory."
After the proclamation a video has been projected in the building of the Commonwealth of the Taibilla Channels that has recalled the history that remembers Carthagineses and Romans and has congratulated the city of Cartagena for having made possible the declaration as a Festival of International Tourist Interest.
In the same one that have happened images of the heritage of Cartagena, different editions of the Festivities of Carthaginians and Romans and reconstructions by computer of the city of Qart Hadast and the development of the Second Punic Wars.
At the end of the act the Troops and Legions have paraded towards Campamento Festero where the first official evening of the parties has begun.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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