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The Mayor of Murcia was appointed Ambassador Moro, Ginés Martinez embodies the Christian
The Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, returns tonight to the Middle Ages and will together with the entire town of Cieza, that during this weekend the Festival live Shield, of which House and Ginés Martínez-director of the Regional Service Employment and Training "embody the Christian and Moorish ambassadors, respectively.
The festivities start this evening at 20 hours, with the opening of the Medieval Market and subsequently the delivery of power to the Commander by the Mayor of Cieza, Antonio Tamayo.
Following the opening of the camps will be the turn of the Embassy Mora, by Miguel Ángel Cámara.
The Shield-parties including the National Union of Organizations festive, are organized and coordinated by the Brotherhood of St. Bartholomew, patron of Cieza, and the local council.
In contrast to the rest of Moorish and Christian holidays, they shall overcome the Moors.
For three days, Cieza back up to 1477, when the city underwent in the early hours of Easter Sunday, looting by troops Nazari, an event remembered in the arms of the town, where you can read "By passing the bridge we death resulted. "
Three days of intense party
On Saturday it is time for the parade which, starting from the Plaza de San Bartolomé, and on arrival at the corner of Convent, celebrate the "troanera."
In the afternoon it's time the main event of the celebrations, the Invasion, which portrays the Arab incursion took place on 6 April 1477 and plotted on the Iron Bridge, the Balcony of the Wall and the Plaza de San Bartolomé.
In this act, Abu-l-Hassan Ali, head of the troops, stars of history and of legend.
Since the bridge is routed to the population and are staged in the chapel of the Holy Office.
This is where the action begins, as legend has seen a change as the troops approached Granada and in their eagerness to tell, entered the temple and called "Moors are" going all out to meet the troops.
They face an unequal struggle, when the Moors much larger.
After a brief struggle, the Christians are imprisoned.
Once in the plaza, violate the doors of the shrine, and "wipe out" everything in its path.
On Sunday, an offering to the patron and a grand parade of festivals to put the climax to three days of intense celebrations.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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