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Last week, the classroom culture of Caja Murcia week dressed as Santa to present the activities to celebrate its 600 anniversary in 2011, making it one of the oldest in Spain.

It was also released the book "Sculptors and carvers of the Easter Jumilla."

The event was attended by hundreds of people, representatives and members of the Central Board of the Brotherhood, political and religious leaders, including several council members of the corporation and the Mayor of Jumilla Francisco Abellán.

The event, presented by the president of the Brotherhood of Drums Bernabeu Molina Maria Angeles, began with the intervention of Vicente graying who made a journey through the history and life of Vincent Ferrer and his time in Jumilla.

Following the preaching of St. Vincent Ferrer, which took place in Jumilla days 18,19 and 20 April 1411, "in loco de Jumilla" (in place of Jumilla), as the text says sermonary manuscript San Vicente Ferrer kept at the Royal College and Seminary of Corpus Christi in Valencia, come Easter processions in Jumilla.

Then, Cayetano Herrera was commissioned to publicize the program of activities and events planned to celebrate the 600 year history of Easter Jumilla.

Events and Activities 600 Anniversary

For his part, Cayetano Herrero, Central Board of the Brotherhood, presented the program of activities for the anniversary and spoke of promotion, exhibitions, cultural events, publications, conferences and special processions.

In terms of promotion, has released a promotional DVD, with a duration of 5 minutes, with the title story of passion, together with a tourist program, will be the business card and promotion of the 600 anniversary.

You will issue a commemorative stamp in 2011, and postmarked roller for one month all mail that comes from Jumilla, and special postmark will be working during the days to hold a stamp exhibition of religious subjects.

Also will go on sale one tenth of the ONCE and one from the National Lottery in 2011, with themes of the sermons of St. Vincent or Alcazaba de Jumilla.

As there will be an extraordinary procession of the 'Great Burial' and will feature a procession of the Holy Burial with all the imagery that plasma from the Passion to the burial of Christ.

A procession of 40 groups of sculptures only approximately.

Given this important event, the procession in that year would suffer a change of day from Friday to Saturday, to encourage people visiting from elsewhere.

Also be held the 'Procession of San Vicente' consisting in recovering the procession after the holy sermons, was made in Jumilla, and would be taken as a reference and the germ of our Easter.

The date will coincide with the feast of the saint and will present both the image of San Vicente as the Our Lady of Grace, early patron of Jumilla and which, at the gates of the chapel, in the walled the Alcazaba, the three sermons were delivered.

The itinerary will be of the parish church of Santiago into the ancient Citadel of Jumilla.

Book 'Sculptors and carvers of the Easter Jumilla'

Then Joseph Tevar was put in charge of presenting the book 'Sculptors and carvers of the Easter Jumilla', which he described as "landmark revaluation of our sculptural heritage."

Tevar also spoke of the book as a work "arduous, tedious and committed" to "put in a kind sculptural propaganda value of a particular religious ideology."

This is a book, authentic document Jumilla Easter texts have been written by Isidora Navarro Soriano and Santiago Rodríguez López and photographs were taken by different photographers Jumillano.

The president of the Central Board of the Brotherhood of Holy Week, Jose Carrion, handed memories both José Vicente Tevar as graying, which was a replica of the Red Guide.

Carrion stressed the importance of Holy Week celebrated its 600 anniversary and thanked all the institutions and collaborators for the effort being made to bring forward this project.

The event was closed by the Mayor of Jumilla Francisco Abellán who congratulated the people involved and the authors of the book.

Also encouraged the Central Board to carry out all projects that are involved in this celebration.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla