Yesterday cooperation agreements between the City of Jumilla and groups festive with the presence of the mayor of Jumilla, Juana Guardiola, and representatives of the four associations were signed: Maria del Carmen Jimenez, president of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Assumption, Francisco Javier Vazquez, president of the Federation of Peñas the Harvest Festival, Jose Ortega, director of the National Festival of Folflore and Claudio Gil, president of the Association of Moors and Christians Don Pedro I of Jumilla.
The aim of the four conventions is to establish the conditions and commitments applicable to the direct award by the City of Jumilla of grants under the Municipal Budget 2016. In the case of the Brotherhood of Our Lady the amount is 1,402 euros to collaborate with cultural activities, promotion and everything that has to do with their participation in the festivities, as well as maintenance of the trousseau and beads of the brotherhood.
The Federation of Peñas receives an amount of 19,852 euros to assist in the realization of cultural, festive events, horseback riding, promotional activities, exhibitions and everything that has to do with the activities of the Harvest Festival in Jumilla as a spring strategic dissemination and promotion of wine through popular culture and traditions of the municipality.
The amount of subsidy to the National Folklore Festival amounts to 15,820 euros to collaborate with all activities related to this event, conducting promotional activities the same, sound, lighting, as well as board and lodging of the participating groups with the aim of strengthening the popular culture of the municipality at the national and international levels.
The Association of Moors and Christians receive 8,930 euros to assist in the realization of all acts that have to do with this party as well as cultural and tourist promotion of Jumilla, promoting the image of the municipality abroad and strengthening the Moors party and Christians as part of the history of Jumilla.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla