On Wednesday, September 15 ended the festivities of the traditional Marfagones Molinos day of the patron, in honor of the Virgen de la Soledad.
On September 3 began with the proclamation by Diego Ortega Madrid, president of the City Neighborhood Council and the troubadours.
During these days the neighbors have been enjoying the traditional table games, to a magnificent ballroom dancing contest or the Latin sounds that brought the Cuban Son Latino.
Noted that for the first time it has developed the county's football tournament, whose winners have qualified for the national final of a Grand PRO contest, the winner won a PlayStation3.
Prizes were also awarded Miller the Year, falling the miller in 2010 in neighboring known Mariquita, almost nonagenarian.
They were granted a special mill Lhicarsa the company that manages the municipal cleaning service.
In the words of Alfonso Rivera, president of the Neighborhood Association, with the Year award Molinera wanted to recognize the work, joy and vitality of Mariquita, as is always the first that is in all village affairs, as the Club of the Third Age or in the place where local collaboration is required.
With the distinction Lhicarsa wanted to recognize for their part, the attention afforded by our people and educate the neighbors since it is not cleaner cleaner who but some less dirty, Rivera added.
As every year, also held the traditional procession through the streets of the town, resulting massive as the previous year, the patron saint of Molinos Marfagones not visited their neighbors by inclement weather.
As a novelty, and after conducting a research project, the neighbors pulled from the trunk of memories the traditional costume of millers and millers.
The festivities were final, as has become tradition, the day of the patron, which took place a wreath at the Virgin and a field mass, officiated by the pastor Donato Zuniga, in the courtyard of the sports center of town, which was enlivened by Rocío Romero Jara group, which rehearses at the offices of the parish.
A Mass was attended by the Decentralization and Health Councillor, Nicholas Angel Bernal, District Councillor and Consumption, María Dolores García Nieto and the President of the Neighborhood Council Municipal Marfagones Mills, Diego Ortega Madrid.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena