Program of Festival of the Cuadrillas in Barranda

Year 2023

It celebrates: From 26th January to 28th January
Place: Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia)

At the end of January the Fiesta de las Cuadrillas is held, where the streets of Barranda host the clash of the cuadrillas and the different bands perform traditional songs and dances of the most joyful and entertaining kind.

Program of Festival of the Cuadrillas in Barranda

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Programme of the Festival of the Cuadrillas de Barranda 2023

Friday 27th January

21.00 h. Pepe Salcedo Cultural Centre

Welcome and presentation.

BARRANDA FOLK:

21.30 h. Pepe Salcedo Cultural Centre

Concert:

Mujeres con Raíz (Women with Roots)

Free entrance until full capacity is reached.

23.00 h. Pepe Salcedo Cultural Centre

Dance of Cuadrillas

With the Cuadrilla de Torres de Cotillas (MU).

Saturday 28th January

Workshops:

  • 10.00-11.30 h. Percussion workshop (CEIP Virgen de la Candelaria).
  • 12.00-14.00 h. Dance workshop (Pepe Salcedo Cultural Centre).

Study day on the culture of oral tradition:

10.00. CEIP Virgen de la Candelaria Primary School

Conference: "New contributions to the historical-ethnographic and musical study of Alan Lomax's recordings in the Region of Murcia".

Emilio del Carmelo Tomás Loba. Doctor in Hispanic Philology, secondary education teacher.
Juan Francisco Murcia Galián. Doctor in Musicology, professor at the Conservatorio Superior de Música Manuel Massotti Littel de Murcia.

11.15. CEIP Virgen de la Candelaria Primary School

Lecture: "The safeguarding of traditional music through the Atlas of the Intangible Heritage of Andalusia".

Aniceto Delgado Méndez. Doctor in Anthropology, Master in Architecture and Historical Heritage and researcher at the Centre of Documentation and Studies of the Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage.

12.30. CEIP Virgen de la Candelaria

Round table: "Processes of patrimonialisation of traditional genres".

Participants:

Manuel Luna Samperio. Doctor in History, professor of Anthropology at the UCAM, researcher and musician.
Aniceto Delgado Méndez. Anthropologist and researcher at the Documentation and Studies Centre of the Andalusian Historical Heritage Institute.
Anabel Ponce Gea. Doctor in Education and History, Teacher in the Department of Education of Murcia. Professor on leave of absence at the University of Alicante.
Moderator: Julio César Valle Perulero. Art Historian, manager of Intangible Cultural Heritage. LABRIT PATRIMONIO Consultancy Area.

16.30 h. CEIP Virgen de la Candelaria Primary School

Lecture: "Guitar making in Carava at the end of the 19th century. Definition of a school based on the instruments".

Joan Pellisa Pujades. Guitar maker and researcher.

With the music of the Animeros de la Posá de la Compañía.

FOLK BARRANDA:

19.30 h. Pepe Salcedo Cultural Centre

Double concert:

Juan José Robles.
Luar Na Lubre

Admission: 15 €. Limited seating.

Sunday 29th January

THE FESTIVAL OF THE CUADRILLAS:

  • 09.30 h. Mass sung by the Animeros de Cehegín.
  • 10.30 h. Reception of the "cuadrillas" and authorities and presentation of souvenirs. Door of the church of Barranda.
  • 11.30 to 14.00 h. Music and traditional dance with the "cuadrillas" in the streets of Barranda.

Participating cuadrillas:

  1. Animeros de Caravaca.
  2. Animeros de San Blas.
  3. Cuadrilla of Aledo.
  4. Revetlers.
  5. Cuadrilla of Torreagüera.
  6. Panda de Verdiales Primera de Montes. Malaga.
  7. Cuadrilla of San Juan Bautista de Pedro Andrés.
  8. Cuadrilla de la Cuesta de Gos-Águilas.
  9. Animeros de Cehegín.
  10. Ronda de los Llanos.
  11. Cuadrilla de Ánimas de Cúllar y sus anejos.
  12. Aguilanderos de Barranda.
  • 16.30 h.  Cuadrillas in Calle Mayor.
  • 18.30 h. Dancing in the Pepe Salcedo Cultural Centre until the end.

Organised by: Aguilanderos de Barranda.

The organisation of the Fiesta de las Cuadrillas reserves the right to modify the programme without prior notice, making this known in the relevant media.

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