The 28 aspirants to Reina de la Huerta for children have moved to Puerto Lumbreras today to participate in a day of coexistence.
Early in the morning they received the Councilor for Culture and Tourism, María Victoria, to welcome them to the municipality.
The Queen of Huerta 2018, Alba Ros, accompanied by her bridesmaids, also attended the event.
Among the activities that have been carried out, the floral offering to the Virgin of the Rosary and the tourist visits to the most outstanding places of the local Lumbrerense as the Castle of Nogalte, the Cave Houses or the House of the Duendes.
Afterwards, a meal was held in the facilities of the Hotel Riscal and the candidates were interviewed by the jury that will award the title of Queen of the Children's Garden 2019.
The next February 24 will be the candidates for Queen of Huerta mayor 2019 who will visit Puerto Lumbreras to know its main tourist attractions.
The gala of election of the Queen of the garden child and greater will be held on March 23 at 20.00 in the Plaza del Cardinal Belluga de Murcia.
After the days of coexistence, the candidates will know this day the name of those chosen by the jury, as well as their respective bridesmaids in a very special gala.
The City Council of Puerto Lumbreras will be present on stage through screens that will be installed in the square, in addition the municipality will be represented with the assistance of the mayor of the town and the Councilor for Culture.
The Bando de la Huerta, the big day of the Federation of Peñas Huertanas, will take place on April 23 from 17.30.
Horses, carts, esparteros and groups of choirs and dances will delight the hundreds of thousands of people who will witness this parade full of light, color and joy.
The City Council of Puerto Lumbreras, a guest municipality this year, will also have a space reserved for the event, since it will be represented with a float in which characters with typical outfits will distribute typical products of the local cuisine.
The Councilor for Culture and Tourism of the town has been satisfied with the appointment of Puerto Lumbreras as a guest municipality for the Bando de la Huerta 2019. "It is an honor that the Federation of Peñas Huertanas of the Region of Murcia has chosen our municipality to to be present in a parade whose origins go back to 1851 and that every year has a greater number of followers ".
To conclude, María Victoria Jerez has praised the work done by the Federation of Peñas Huertanas in the maintenance and preservation of traditions ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras