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Jódar 'for the effort we are making to celebrate this year's Easter and because Lorca need a shock of this magnitude to boost its social and commercial life, we hope that visitors will join us for a unique look at the world "

The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, has appeared before the media in Madrid to take stock of the state of the municipality 21 months after the occurrence of the two earthquakes that caused the disaster the largest urban disaster in Spain since the Civil War.

Jódar recalled that "the earthquake damaged 72% of the houses in the village, forcing demolished in the months after nearly 1,500 homes and 500 businesses also suffered considerable damage. Schools were deeply beaten, to the point that 2 institutes had to be demolished later. healthcare infrastructure also were affected, including the demolition of the main health center in the city. Not to mention the rich cultural lorquino suffered damage estimated at almost 50 million euros. "

Jódar stressed "since May 2011 Lorca is fighting bravely for his recovery. Nowadays, of 1500 demolished 1,000 homes have green light to rebuild and made about 400 are already under construction, and some single-family homes completed , with all that this implies for families left homeless. Such is our top priority. The Lorca, with its town hall to the front and the collaboration of the autonomous community of Murcia and the Government of the Nation, we are taking important steps in this process. But there is still much to be done and we need lots of help so we can recover all the lost ".

The mayor pointed out that "in addition, the floods of September were a new disaster destroying 10,000 hectares of farmland and causing the withdrawal of 200 tons of animal carcasses and infringing damage worth over 100 million euros."

"But despite all the misfortunes, at Lorca not lose hope and face forward recovery Sun City want our city to teach Spanish and introduce them to the collective effort we are making to recover. We want to show the progress we are making and they know all the attractions of this town. therefore encourage all Spanish to work with visiting the town of Lorca, "said the first.

In this sense, Jódar said that "undoubtedly the best time to be in Lorca is for the celebration of Easter. Thanks to the collective effort of the steps, fraternities, brotherhoods and all Lorca we can celebrate the most important issue in this show centenary of which we hope will become a driving factor in Lorca. "

The Mayor stressed that "Easter Lorca is a International Tourist Festival and embroidery in processions aspiring Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Lorca Only, you can see a few parades that combine the biblical and the passionate. since the boxes, the visitor participates in a parade in Babylon, the tribes of Israel, the Egypt of the Pharaohs or the Roman Empire come together. characters like Ptolemy, Moses, Nebuchadnezzar, Julius Caesar, Augustus or Constantine raised with splendor and parade through our streets. Our procession was built through a special language in which horses stand just a few feet from the audience while demonstrating the best dressage riders perform acrobatic skills on their mounts. stand also the beams, intrigues, chariots, and follow quintigas, cars driven by the fury of the horses that vibrate to the stands. Another special Lorca parades are gigantic floats where Meiamén, Queen of Sheba, the Antichrist, Cleopatra or Nero back to life. Another major factor is the passionate music and playing upbeat music bands and musical groups, which they interpret the songs of the strides sow madness among the brothers. And is that Easter lorquina is healthy rivalry between steps, white and blue, embodied and purple, black and resurrected, who strive to create the best procession together. "

But mostly, Jódar stressed that "what defines us lorquino embroidery is an art almost miraculous centenary where hand embroidery in gold and silk paints the most beautiful works of art. Such point reaches the quality of these embroidery 12 of them, including robes and banners, have been declared of cultural interest. past two years we are working on the bid for the embroidery lorquino in biblical processions is declared Intangible Heritage by UNESCO. "

Lorca Mayor recalled that "celebrate four major processions: Good Friday, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Recollection also three other such as organized by the Curia on the first Saturday and running through the beautiful historic the city, the Procession of Silence at dawn on Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday. Lorca But Easter is much more than processions, so that visitors can see during these exposures embroidery steps, meetings , acts brethren, praying the Stations of the Cross and a very long list of other activities heartfelt. "

Finally, the mayor Lorca said that "for the effort we are making to celebrate this year's Easter and because Lorca need a shock of this magnitude to boost its social and commercial life, from Sun City We encourage everyone to participate with us in our processions, visit our Easter and meet the unique cultural heritage that we are rehabilitating lorquino. Above all, we encourage you to support a city that is recovering but without a strong support can not complete this process. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca