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The popular festivities of La Algaida begin on Saturday, September 13, with the traditional collection of Queens and the 2008 edition for his coronation, accompanied by brass bands and hundreds of people.
The parade ends at the Municipal Tennis Ball, which is hosting the Inaugural Proclamation this year Guillén Anselmo Rios (Sercom businessman and adviser.)
After reading the proclamation, are presented and placed on identifying the various bands to Queens and later opened to by the parties Algaida-2008.
Celebrations as an important new feature this year include the I Tablachos Launch Contest with great prizes for the best pitchers.
This new event with traditional and old race tapes and the feast of 'Azulete' make up the largest and most popular activities of the festivity of the algae this year 2008, in honor of the Virgen del Rosario, to be held from September 13 to October 7, and are organizing more than 75 years with the same patterns and scripts for events and celebrations.
The procession of the patron through the streets of the hamlet and the classic parade of bands and clubs make up a schedule that follows the same pattern of participation and popularity as decades ago.
In the forties and fifties of last century its Cattle Fair was well known in many Spanish provinces.
The ribbon race will be held on Monday, September 22 and as usual, a large number of young people as old-fashioned, cycling and keeping the necessary balance must take a rope embroidered ribbon that a great height are placed.
As for the Feast of Azulete, the most popular and busy event will take place at the site of the Dead River Canal on Tuesday, September 23.
Here thousands of youth should not be stained smear their opponents with azulete.
A very 'deep blue', which formerly was used for washing clothes with water from canals and rivers.
Last year attended this event several thousand people.
This year, as new, will present the launch of tablachos of irrigation canals.
(Sunday, 14, 12.00 pm) There will be awards and gifts for the best pitchers.
During the 20 days during the festival, also held parades, charamitas, parade of floats (Saturday, day 20), procession of the patron (Sunday, 21), and sardinazas gachasmigas contest, among many other acts.
The Algaida is a district of Archena, which is about three kilometers from the town center of this town and has a population of about 3,000.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Archena
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