The Casino de Cartagena hosts on Sunday 12 February I Bolilleras Meeting, organized by the Association of Housewives, Consumers and Users, which you can see live how to make bobbin lace and health benefits those who perform them.
The meeting will begin at 10 am and will be assisted, scheduled for 11.30 hours, the Councillor for Women, Clara Hall, ending the event at 2 pm with a meal in the main restaurant.
The bobbin lace in Spain dates back to the sixteenth century, and there are now a long tradition in the region of Cartagena, where associations, such as bobbin Lacemakers of La Palma, still maintain and expand this work.
The maintenance of the tradition itself, add the benefits, experts said, is doing work, such as lace, for people with bone diseases such as arthritis, because it exercises the muscles of the hands.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena