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The "Bethlehem City" opens Totana (05/12/2015)

The new "Bethlehem City" opened last night at the Municipal Exhibition Hall "Gregorio Cebrian", whose act was attended by a large audience and belenístico artisan area of ​​Totana and the Region of Murcia.

The event was attended by the mayor, Juan José Canovas, the CEO of Craft, Francisca Cabrera, the Councillor for Culture, Eulalia Moreno, and other representatives of the municipal corporation, the belenista teacher who has made the work during these months, Pedro Navarro Diaz, and members of the world of crafts and pottery totanera.

Municipal workers have been working since last October in the construction of "municipal Bethlehem" and was inaugurated in the program of festivities, according to sources from the Department of Celebration.

Workers of the Department of Services and Maintenance of the town have made this work during these weeks on a platform that supports the work, whose area exceeds 90 square meters.

The realization of the Nativity has been carried out for over a month and a half so it can be open to the public to coincide with the official start of the festival of Santa Eulalia and remain so throughout the Christmas and Epiphany.

The preparatory work for this staging has been directed by maestro Pedro Navarro Diaz belenista, which is renewed every year to be more attractive.

The same has employed more than 400 figures and scenes belenísticas fifteen.

To prepare this crib are used, among other materials, about 6,000 kilograms of land and many other stone and more than a hundred bolardas cork and many other materials.

This year has released the Egyptian port where entry is recreated boats across the Nile River to allow raw materials.

In addition, the crib becomes more monumental this year to raise nearly two meters also renovated the castle of Herod and expand the cave of Jesus' birth.

The schedule of the municipal crib is between 18:00 and 21:00 hours respectively;

Sundays and holidays from 12:00 to 14:00 hours and 18:00 to 21:00;

and special Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, in the evenings from 18:00 to 20:00 hours.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana

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