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| The Plenary Hall hosts the awards ceremony for the activity 'This Christmas, you teach us your Bel n '| The two winners of the raffle 'This Christmas, you teach us your Bel n', in which 45 people participated through social networks, received their prizes this morning in the Plenary Hall of the City Council: two births made by master craftsmen from Puente Tocinos, respectively. “Murcia is the cradle of the Bel n.

This activity has promoted a tradition that is lived in so many Murcian homes, transmitting the essence of the nativity scenes of our land ”, highlighted the mayor of Murcia, Jos Ballesta, who attended the event accompanied by the Councilor for Culture and Heritage Recovery, Jes s Pacheco. Of the 45 participants, 29 registered through Twitter and 16 through Instagram, uploading a publication with their nativity scenes, with the hashtag # EnseñaBelenMurcia2020 and tagging the City Council -the raffle closed on December 25-. Specifically, the winners of the initiative, framed within the City Council's Christmas program, are Antonio Lled , selected through Twitter, and Ginesa Pag n, through Instagram. In charge of the master craftsmen of Puente Tocinos The births that the winners have received have been carried out by the Murcian company Maestro Artesanos de Puente Tocinos, directed by Pepe Griñ n -son of the artisan Juan Antonio Griñ n-, from where they maintain the Nativity scene wealth of the Region , following the artisan manufacturing that dates back to the year 1750, when the King of Spain commissioned the master Salzillo a monumental Nativity scene with 556 characters and 377 animals. It should be noted that, during Christmas, the City Council has broadcast videos on the manufacture of Bel n pieces through its social networks, in which Pepe Griñ n has participated.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia