CULTURE AND FUN

The first stanza of the pasodoble "Meiga Mayor", by the unforgettable Pirulo Iglesias, "Meiga Mayor, you are the good witch of the month of San Xoán verbena of culture and fun …"

And that symbiosis, that combination was precisely what inspired, since 1970, the work, first of the Promoter Commission and later of the Association of Meigas, in the time of programming each and every one of the editions of HOGUERAS.

The San Juan has to be something more than a macro-bottle on the beaches since a very important part of the citizenship, the majority, do not like, for the reasons that are, of this type of activities of which however they like others As it could not be otherwise.

That is why the symbiosis of "culture and fun", in perfect harmony, served as inspiration for many programs. It was always tried to make everyone live the night of San Juan; In fact, there are many who do not know, that the first that we asked the City Council, years ago, to donate wooden trucks destined to the use of those who wanted to burn their bonfire on the beach, we went, although at that moment our request did not Was attended. It was also us who moved to the city to demand that day 24 was festive, something that was finally achieved. Consequently no one can say that our desire was another far from the mere to enhance the party of the HOGUERAS.

Therefore, we also think of those families who, every night of June 23, go to the platforms of the Paseo Marítimo to watch the Cavalcade or the parade of bikers accompanying the entourage of the Fire of San Juan and that at the conclusion of the burning Of the Hoguera return to their houses without caring that others continue having fun jumping bonfires or eating sardines in the sand.

The San Juan, the HOGUERAS , has to be for and for all, not only for a few who sympathize with this or that political option, hence the symbiosis of culture and fun.

(Photo: The School of Dance Carmen in the Feast of the Poetic Aquelarre Carlos Mª Vallo)