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The Cabinet has given its approval to the designation as a Site of Intangible Cultural Heritage of tradition embroidery Lorca.

Also protected are the real and personal property related to the tradition of embroidery.

The existing literature reveals the importance of the art of embroidery was in this city until the Renaissance.

A mid-sixteenth century, Lorca was an important production center embroidery, mainly for making garments for religious ornaments, well they were for the liturgy or worship.

Embroidery, whose inspiration the 'point figure' or 'needle painting' Italian, evolved during the nineteenth century through the biblical processions.

Specifically, after the ecclesiastical confiscation sculptures disappeared, so the brothers began to wear robes decorated in memory of moments in the biblical tradition.

It thus emerged a unique cultural event in the region and a tradition that has continued to the present by-biblical passion, parades each year in improving design originality and quality embroidery.

The embroidery is characterized by the application of work in high quality fabrics using natural materials such as silk and gold.

For the development of these techniques are used embroidery like silk nuanced, in which the drawing is outlined on the tissue paper and placed on the canvas and then begin to embroider.

Another technique, called 'golden comb', is done on a base with enhancement for phytomorphic and geometric motifs inspired by classical antiquity.

The most common types of gold are glossy, matte and briscado, which can be added pearls and precious stones.

Also, working with short golden point, known as flat spot.

These hats are made directly on the final fabric, either satin, velvet or otherwise.

Safeguarding the tradition of embroidery in Lorca intended that this trade does not go away and pervivan knowledge transmitted from generation to generation, not only regarding the artistic direction but also the embroidery craft workshops.

Source: CARM