The hamlet of Tébar aquiline hosted last weekend traditional festivals in honor of St. Anthony Abbot, patron saint of animals.
The rain and cold did not stop the program acts desarrollase as planned, achieving great success with the public in each of the quotes.
The festive day began on Saturday night with a concert by singer Maribel Castillo, winner of the "A tu vera" followed by sympathetic performance of comedian and ventriloquist dolls and Lolita Torres.
On Sunday morning, the mayor of Eagle, Bartolomé Hernández, along with a large group of councilors of the Municipal Corporation, attended a Mass after which a posthumous homage was paid to the two presidents of the neighborhood association Tébar Jose Carrillo and Domingo Hernandez, the latter also pedáneo mayor until last year.
Commemorative plaques were handed over by the mayor, Bartolomé Hernández, and the current president of the neighborhood association, Blas Carrasco, and collected the son and nephew of the honorees, one of them, Juan José Méndez, like new village headman .
The event continued with the blessing of animals and the procession with the statue of San Anton Abad, where as usual the right to port it and carry the banner of the Holy auctioned.
After the fellowship meal, the party continued late into the evening with a dance Bid and Songs of Easter, which involved the crews Marina de Cope and Cuesta de Gos, ending with the traditional "You send Easter".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas