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The Moorish and Christian Parade brings together around 10,000 people in the streets of Benidorm

 

 

• Yesterday, Sunday, the Parliament took place that sealed peace between both sides
• The third day of the Moors and Christians of Benidorm has brought together thousands of people, around 10,000, according to sources from the Local Police) in the centre of Benidorm to enjoy the most multitudinous event of the festivities, the Moorish and Christian Entrance.

 

Shortly before 8:00 p.m., on Tomás Ortuño Street at its confluence with Ondulada Street, there was the hustle and bustle of the members of the comparsas and musicians who were preparing to parade in the central event of the festivities. On the Moorish side, Nazaríes, Tuaregs, Tagarinos Muslims and Benidarhims; on the Christian side, Cavallers de la Baronia and Cruzados, sides reinforced with the 'filaes' formed by the ladies of the Courts of Honor of the queens of the Festes Majors Patronals 2024, Valentina Almodóbar and Laia Zamora.

 

They were not the only reinforcements that the squads received. The Crusaders were joined by the councilors of the Government team Jesús Carrobles, as corporal, Francis Muñoz, Jaime Jesús Pérez and Ana Soliveres.

The main representatives of the 2024 festivities, the Moorish queen, Verónica Rivelles, and the Christians, Antonio Jesús Díaz and Marifé Montoya, paraded in separate floats before the attentive gaze of local residents and tourists. They were preceded by the squadrons, first the Moors, with a slow pace; behind them, the Christians, with a more agile pace. In between, the music bands.

 

Upon reaching Gambo Street, in the tribune installed by the Town Hall, the authorities were waiting, with the mayor, Toni Pérez, and the Councillor for Festivals, Mariló Cebreros, at the front, flanked by a good part of the municipal corporation and the regional deputy, José Ramón González de Zárate. Also present were the presidents of the Comissió de Festes Majors Patronals and the Associació de Penyes Verge del Sofratge, María Dolores Cano and Jaume Cortés.

 

The Moors and Christians festivities in Benidorm continued yesterday, Sunday, with the Parliament of Peace that took place at noon, in the castle located in the Plaza de SS. MM. los Reyes de España and, then, the floral offering to Sant Jaume, patron saint of Benidorm, and subsequent mass. At 8:00 p.m., the Retreta begin, a cavalcade and parade of floats that will repeat the route of the entrance, and at its end, the Moors and Christians festivities 2024 will came to an end with a bouquet of fireworks.