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12 groups, from 7 cities and 4 countries -España, Mexico, Colombia and Puerto Rico-, will star in the XXIII International Competition of Tunas del Barrio del Carmen, to be held on 4, 5 and 6 July at the Artillery Barracks and that is organized by the District Tuna of the University of Murcia.
To the tunas of the Faculty of Medicine, Letters and Teaching of Murcia will be added, as guests, the University Cuarentuna of La Coruña and the Tuna de Empresariales de Barcelona.
In addition, the Tuna of Agronomists Engineers of the UMH of Orihuela, the University Women's Tuna of Almeria, the University Cuarentuna of Malaga, the Tuna Confraternidad de Zipaquirá (Colombia), the University Student Potosina of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) will participate in the contest. and the Tuna Cardinals of San Juan (Puerto Rico).
This year, the General Air Academy was chosen as Grand Master, on the occasion of its 75th anniversary, and as a Godmother to the murcian comedian Raquel Sastre.
The poster announcer is the work of Murcia artist Manuel López Menárguez.
Admission is free and every evening there will be tastings and surprises for the attendees.
The enclave in which the Contest will take place is the Artillery Barracks that will have 2,000 seats, free Wi-Fi and a children's area.
The festival can be followed live through the festival's new website www.certunasmurcia.es.
The Councilor for Culture and Heritage Recovery, Jesus Pacheco, explained that "this event, which involved nearly 300 people who will perform rounds and parades in different areas of the city inviting Murcia to join this great show, luce The emblem of Marca España has been in use since 2015. Only this event and the International Festival of Cante de las Minas have this recognition ".
Pacheco added that "in this contest, created in 1997, nearly 3,000 people from 126 groups from 67 cities, 11 countries and 3 continents have already participated, which supports it as the international benchmark in its category."
The program will start on July 4, at 9:30 p.m., with a free tasting of meat cake and Estrella de Levante beer to subsequently open the contest with the performance of tunas invited out of competition.
On Friday, July 5, at 13:30, will be the official reception at the City Hall and the presentation of the Grand Master and the Godmother.
In the afternoon at 8.30 pm there will be a round and an offering to the Madrina de Honor of the Contest, Nuestra Señora del Carmen, in the Iglesia del Carmen.
After a tasting of veal and beer sausages, scheduled for 9.30 pm, the appointment of the Grand Master and the Godmother will be made and, in an extraordinary way, the Music Unit of the General Air Academy and the Tuna de the University of Murcia.
To end the day will be served paparajotes and coffee pot.
On Saturday, July 6, the last day of the contest, a crispy puff pastry tasting will be offered at 9:30 p.m., while at 10 p.m., the official contest with the participating tunas will begin.
After the awards ceremony will be offered a tasting of Galician queimada and the largest 'parliamentary' in history (bacon ham sandwich and spicy chorizo, tomato and olive oil) prepared for a thousand people.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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