Some "adapted" carnivals |The Basque newspaper

By : ujikiu / On : 28/01/2023

Joana Ochoteco Irun.

"Irun will have carnivals," announced yesterday the mayor, José Antonio Santano.The City Council plans to resume the usual programming "with adaptations" that allow guaranteeing compliance with current health restrictions.The culture area will specify those modifications next week.

The horizon that is being worked from from the City Council is to "recover a certain normality," said the mayor, taking up acts such as the parades of the Caldereros and Iñudeak ETA Artzaiak, the Rural Carnival and the parades of the troupes.«There are hundreds of people who have been rehearsing since October and who have the enormous illusion of going out.And the outdoors is the safest space, ”Santano argued.

The mayor defended the position that the pandemic has reached a point where "coexistence with the virus will be the norm from here on".Given this scenario, he highlighted the "importance" of "recovering social dynamism, life in the city and relationships, to the extent that pandemic allows us" and maintaining "all sanitary measures, mask included, with thethat we have to comply ».

Outdoor security «There are hundreds of people who have been rehearsing since October with the illusion of parading.And the outdoors are the safest space »normality with precautions" it is important

The sequels that these almost two years of pandemic are leaving in the mood and mental health of people are an issue that is increasingly becoming important.Santano expressed his "concern" in this regard: "We always talk about urban economy, which is very important and fundamental for employment and so that people can develop their life project, but there are other factors also very important that are the mood,Illusion and mental health ».Adopting the "appropriate precautions", the mayor defended that "life cannot be stopped".

Based on current regulations

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The perspective is, therefore, that within a month the streets of Irun will meet with Zanpantzar, the boilers, shepherds, nurse and other characters and the color and dance of the Carnival parades.It is an attainable objective "with the regulations that we currently have and unless from the Labi", which meets today, "are established prohibitions".But, in this sense, Santano was optimistic and with the perspective that "we are able to celebrate carnivals adapted to the situation".

The mayor referred to the recent Cavalcata de Reyes, which he described as "specimen, both in regard to the organizers and the respect of the normal sanitary and the attitude of the public".Santano considered that the work that was done both in this act and in the entire Christmas campaign "endorse us to carry out some adapted carnivals".

Decentralize the cultural offer

The details will be announced next week, but Santano said that, in the face of the coming months, the City Council will bet on strengthening cultural programming in the neighborhoods: this same line of work "was a success" in the Christmas campaign."From the neighborhoods we are asking us to take more activity to them and have a greater proximity".In addition, the mayor argued, the decentralization of the cultural offer and the "journey adaptation", as was done with the Kings ride, contribute to "generate less agglomerations of people".

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