KAORU KATAYAMA

Los niños de la Huerta
(Orchad's children)

Duration: not defined
Cast: the lecturers and the public

1. 01.05.2010    Festival SOS 4.8, Murcia

Orchard's children was designed as one of the artistic activities inside the SOS4.8 Festival of Murcia. The action was consisting of celebrating the tradition from Murcia "The proclamation of the Orchard"*1 and to introduce the alcoholic drinks and show restraint in a round table where the lecturers and the public interact by means of dialogs.

*1 "The proclamation of the Orchard" ["Bando de la Huerta"*] is the name of the parade which takes place in the city of Murcia on Tuesday of the Spring holidays, celebrated a week later to Easter. The cavalcade is composed by bands of music, gigantes y cabezudos, groups of dance and coaches thrown by tractors, showing typical elements of the orchard in Murcia. From these coaches, people wearing epoch dresses gives food from the gastronomy of the region, such as puddings, sausages or beans and drinks as wine or beer. Also it is possible to taste local dishes since they are: michirones, pipirrana or zarangollo, without forgetting the paparajotes.

The name "Bando de la Huerta" it is used for designating also to the same Tuesday in which the parade takes place, in this case meaning the general celebration that this day ago in the whole city, which includes that a very raised percentage of people from Murcia spend the day in the street. The parks of the downtown fill up with young women who meet to do "botelleo", allowed during this day.