The Festival featured performances of the Chorus and Dance Group Virgen del Rosario of Puerto Lumbreras, the Rock 'The Limonar' Llano de Brujas and song and dance group 'Antonio de Torres' Almeria.
More than 500 people attended the now traditional festival held in the Castle Nogalte environment.
The town of Puerto Lumbreras hosted the XXVI National Folklore Festival attended by more than 500 people to enjoy the folk songs and dances of the Region of Murcia and Andalusia '.
In his twenty-sixth year, the Festival was attended by over 150 artists from the Rock "The Limonar" Llano de Brujas and Songs and Dances "Antonio de Torres" in Almeria.
Moreover, as every year, the festival showed the typical dances of Puerto Lumbreras with traditional partying, Malaga and Jacks represented by the Chorus and Dance Group Virgen del Rosario.
In this sense, the Councillor for Culture and Tourism, Maribel Martinez, explained that "the National Folk Festival each year becomes important, and it has become one of the most important folk performances.".
Thus, the Folklore Festival is part of the summer program 'Cultural Nogalte' offering leisure activities, culture, tourism and sports during the months of July and August.
Thus, the festival began with a reception of folk groups in the House Artisan Workshop, and from 22.30h showed the folk songs and dances in the environment Nogalte Castle.
The Chorus and Dance group Virgen del Rosario organized the Festival which has already become a tradition in Puerto Lumbreras.
Thus the folklore group was formed in 1980, and currently make up more than 40 people, including members of the Rondalla and dancers.
His work focuses on the conservation, recovery and distribution of music, dance and traditional costumes of this town.
The group Festivals lumbrerense been participating in National and International Folklore leading to other countries like Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Turkey, Romania and France.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras