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Taiwan, Togo, Netherlands, Colombia and Albania will be present along with folk groups Murcia, Lorca, Aragon and Asturias

Eleven groups will participate this year in 44 Festival of Folklore in the Mediterranean, the event this country's oldest.

The festival declared of Regional Tourist Interest, will feature in folk groups of Murcia, Lorca, Aragon, Asturias and countries such as Taiwan, Togo, Netherlands, Colombia and Albania.

Sample folklore, exhibitions, evening Trovera, films, fashion shows, seminars and exhibitions in places are some of the activities proposed.

The festival will be held from 5 to 9 September.

The act of lighting of the Torch of Friendship will be held on September 6, at 19.30 in the Plaza de Santo Domingo.

Upon completion, participants will groups parade through the streets of the city (Santo Domingo, Tatters, Plaza de la Cruz, and Belluga Salzillo).

On Thursday, September 8, at 1230 hours, participants made an offering of flowers to the Virgen de la Fuensanta in the Cathedral.

The festival will end on Friday, September 9, at 21 am with the Parade of Friendship (Santo Domingo, La Merced, Santo Cristo and University Place), and the closing session in the University Square, from the 21.30.

Participating groups are: Songs and Dances of Murcia Regional Association 'Francisco Salzillo' (Murcia), Cho-shui River Art Dance Ensemble (Taiwan); Ballet Balafon (Togo), Coros y Danzas de Lorca (Lorca - Murcia); " Hengelo Spöllers in Daansers' (Netherlands), Chorus and Dance Association Jovellanos (Gijón - Asturias); yore.

Folk Integration Colombiana (Colombia); folk group "La Parra" St. Basil the Great (Murcia), Friends of the Arts Association Jota de Teruel (Aragón) AS Folk Tirana (Albania) and Grupo Folklorico 'Virgen de la Vega '(Murcia).

In addition, the traditional planned outdated cycle, which is held in the courtyard of City Museum, at 24 hours, and that is the reading of poems and literary texts from various authors of all time.

The series is coordinated by Soren Peñalver.

Also held the series 'Film and Folklore', with the screening of 'Sevillanas', 'Flamenco' and 'Fados' by Carlos Saura, the Folklore and Ethnography seminar which will discuss topics related to folk medicine, the change patron saint of Murcia, the popular game and the symbolism of the dinner Salzillo, exhibitions, evening Trovera, 'Come dance with us,' performance of groups in different places and places of the municipality and traditional activity in Corpus Christi Archena.

Folklore Festival in the Mediterranean, led by Manuel Fernández Delgado, acts as an integrating element between the different federations and associations of folklore.

This initiative has a strong popular content and proximity to citizens.

The poster for this year was made by Antonio Martinez Mengual.

The goal is about the folklore to the public by presenting an easy and enjoyable, while people take in its field, tried to achieve a symbiosis with the city.

Also brings the character of modernity with tradition, and gives, content and philosophy of a larger cultural contents and study and research.

It is also an element for promoting the city of Murcia, customs and heritage.

All participating groups become ambassadors of Murcia.

These days the city becomes a living stage and continued through the implementation of activities such as parades, the lighting of the Torch of Friendship, conducting performances in streets and squares off the stage, as a way to pleasantly surprise the citizen.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia