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The Multipurpose Room of the Museum of Ethnography and Natural Sciences will host until 6 April, the exhibition of old costumes Arm of Jumilla, with a total of 25 costumes, some with more than two centuries old, and almost twenty illustrative panels.

The inauguration took place last Friday, by the Councillor for Culture, Maria Dolores Fernandez, who was accompanied by Cayetano Herrero, Director of the Museum of Ethnography, and Pascual Ruiz, president of the Brotherhood of Christ at the Column Amarrao.

After a brief contextualization of the recent history of arm yourselves, its president, Pascual Ruiz, expressed the desire of the brotherhood of recovering the sections that have been lost.

"We need to get back those days when it was a dress Armao pride, and school to Christ tied up to the Column. They feel the need to wear their costumes, like to dress Nazarenes. Sisterhood is willing to make the efforts that are needed to move forward with this project. "

Meanwhile, María Dolores Fernández, Councillor for Culture and Tourism, stressed as this act is in addition to the request to get the armaos are recognized as Intangible Asset of Cultural Interest.

"A well deserved statement, since the trajectory and history of armaos, sustains well, as Jumilla has never dropped this tradition. Throughout time, there are always situations that have been lost, but in recent years, have managed to implement the missing parts of the centuries, and it would be a luxury that over time we will again have all the training at its best. "

With the exhibition of old costumes "Arm of Jumilla" the Multipurpose Room of the Museum of Ethnography recovers its activity.

Suits captain, officers, sergeants and strength, as well as antique costumes section of bugles and drums, nineteenth and early and mid-twentieth century, are some of the items included in the exhibition, and the regulations dating from 1912.

In addition, complementing the exhibition have 17 panels with images of armaos processions, original documentation on its foundation, records, publications, books, and miscellaneous unpublished material, which will run until April 6.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla