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The City Council awards the Golden Shield of the City of Totana to the company of "The Arm" on the occasion of its 250th anniversary (08/03/2015)

The City Council today handed Shield Gold Loyal and Noble City of Totana to the company of "The Arm" during a solemn official ceremony was held in the parish of Santiago coinciding with its 250th anniversary.

The event was attended by members of the Municipal Corporation, religious leaders and members of the 17 brotherhoods that make up the Illustrious Cabildo Processions Superior de Totana.

The initiative is to comply with the full agreement of the Mayor, acting unanimously in July last year on the occasion of this anniversary;

and is one of the main signs of identity of the local Easter and are present in it since the eighteenth century.

It also constitutes one of the most showy and colorful traditions, and at the same time most beloved and ancient preserved today in the town of Totana;

and whose exercises include "The puntoná" and "The Wheel of snail".

The event was held at the end of the Mass and the proclamation that took place in the parish church and starred Don Antonio Pintado Cabrera;

and after delivery of the new flag of "The Arm" that was previously held at the gates of totanero Consistory.

The Mayor of Totana, Isabel Maria Sanchez, presented the Golden Shield to the current Chief of the Society of the Knights "Arm" of Totana, Juan Antonio Andreo, representing 52 armaos that now form the company in Totana.

For his part, Minister of Education and Culture, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, presented a commemorative scroll to the president of the Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus and the Holy Sepulchre, José Munuera, whose images historically escort members of this company.

The Brotherhood of Our Fathers Jesus and the Holy Sepulchre, which this year carries out the poster for Easter Totana, has program a series of liturgical and cultural activities to mark the 250th anniversary of this company, among which is a magnificent exhibition and publishing a commemorative book.

The councilor stressed in his speech that "The Arm" are "an expression of our cultural identity transmitted by the inhabitants of this city and its presence is irreplaceable in our social and cultural heritage".

Sanchez said that "the City of Totana pays tribute, with the faith that is born of the soul, traditions as representing" The Arm "that cofieren our Easter that peculiar hue and those unique characteristics."

The mayor has called for continuing the challenge to "continue to project and prestige to the witness received for our Easter remains proud and twinning totaneros and totaneras, and visitors."

Finally, wanted to have a word of remembrance and tribute to the "Arm" no longer with us but who contributed to what is now the company, a hallmark of Easter totanera that "sure to be very proud of this recognition and they and their families also belongs part of this shield. "

The mayor concluded the event with the following thought: "I hope that the echoes, sounds and movements Puntoná and the Wheel of Caracol remain in our eyes, our ears and our hearts forever and restrained emotion that accompany them, do get all our visitors welcome sincere generosity, friendship and hospitality extended this tradition. "

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Fotos: Totana.com

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