Portal de Aguilas
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"El belén de Águilas"]
One of the traditions with more arraigo and spectacle in aguilas during the Christmas dates, is the placement and opening of the monumental crib of antonio garcia ayala.
This year, antonio has set up the traditional belen in the old place of benetton, in the street marin menu, counting with the help and support of the city council of aguilas and the cofradia of the blue passage since san francisco de asís mounted his first representation in Its native shade and passing through the Neapolitan custom of the great imaginary salzillo in murcia, it has been a few centuries before and we continue to see through this lavish assembly that the Murcian spirit of the nativity has continuity under the artisan hands of antonio garcia ayala , Well-known entrepreneur of eagles.
The traditional Nativity scene that already belongs in a way peculiar to aquiline Christmas and whose opening awaits impatient thousands of children and adults, counts each year with some new scenes and some new building.
Antonio garcia ayala, a teacher with 55 years of experience, is responsible for the final finish and general aesthetics of the popular representation.
From his childhood he felt this love for the nativity scenes, developing it later in lorca, where every year he set up for his children a splendid little crib.
During military service in Melilla, where he was a carpenter, he set up his first stage, and in 1966 he built the first nativity scene in the windows of the first furniture store in San Jose, on the avenue of florida-blanca street, being awarded in the years 70 on different occasions by some associations of belenistas de murcia and lorca.
Therefore, we can assure you that Aguilas has for 50 years been one of the most beautiful and interesting cribs in our region, and possibly thanks to the contribution of Antonio Garcia, a hobby and tradition has been reborn in This made sense very remarkable.
The fantastic recreation of the biblical environment counts on almost 180 buildings and palaces of the place.
The plants and the moss are natural and appear about 450 figures of clay and cloth in total.
It also has a generous palm grove, prickly pears, 3 mosques, 4 fountains strewn with water, tomatoes and miniature lettuce plantations, and a mighty river that runs through the whole complex and moves with an ancient Arabian wheel.
There are numerous figures that attract attention with their curious movements and that make the scenes have real realism;
Such as the carpentry of San Jose brushing the wood and its accompanying sawmills.
The passage of the flight is installed basjo a palm tree with a collector of dates that goes up and down.
It is also worth noting the two smithies with the workers working horses, pickers, farmers, women washing and laying clothes, the farm with a collection of freshly made vessels, the collection of The olive, the choirs of shepherds singing, markets and the typical slaughter of the pig with the drying of hams and black puddings in the background.
A more original originality is that within this geography perfectly recreated and proportioned, one can observe the miniature installation of some monu- ments and enclaves characteristic of aguilas such as the mound of the Arab castle of san juan, the chimney of the hill , The tower of the pigeons, the tower of cope, the mill of sagrera and the church of san josé next to the scene of the presentation of the child in the temple and after a meticulous roundabout with the pava of the raft and a charming market- Where they sell everything.
In short, this is a work of exceptional hard work and cost that is certainly worth visiting to breathe every year the authentic spirit of Christmas with this "our great belén".
For Antonio, the biggest prize is none other than looking behind his nativity scene and seeing the faces of the thousands of children who in these 50 years have come to contemplate the wonderful recreation.
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