La Murga Los Sombreritos, from Agüimes, will commemorate its 50th anniversary in 2025

 

 

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The Gran Canaria murga with the longest consecutive activity, Los Sombreritos, from Agüimes, will commemorate its 50th anniversary in 2025. To celebrate its five decades on the stage of the Lagartero carnival, the group has designed an extensive program of activities that will take place in Agüimes between the months of October 2024 and March 2025. The programming was announced this Friday in the Plenary Hall of the Agüimes City Council by its director, Alejandro González, accompanied by the president of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, the mayor of Agüimes, Óscar Hernández, and a large group of family, friends and members of other murguera groups in the municipality.

 

After the event, the members of the murga went to their rehearsal space, in the heart of the historic center, to present the rehabilitation work that has been carried out over the last few months in what has become one of the social reference of the town of Agüimes. The facilities have been improved, the capacity has been expanded and the decoration and furniture have been renewed for the greater comfort of its users.

 

 

 

The commemorative program for the 50th anniversary of Los Sombreritos includes as its first major event the participation of the murga, along with its commemorative cart, in the Pilgrimage in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary, which will take place in Agüimes on October 5. That same month, a zanga championship will take place in the newly renovated premises and a coexistence meeting in the Santa Cristina recreational area, a favorite place for meetings and celebrations for members of the murga. In November they will hold a paddle tennis tournament and organize a series of talks about the carnival of yesterday and today, as well as a visit to the caves of La Audiencia and del Gigante, two of the main archaeological sites that make up the rich historical heritage of the municipality. . In December, they will take a cultural excursion to Valleseco and present the new murals painted at the murga venue.

 

The events will continue in January 2025 with a stall that will bring together new and old murgueros and a guided tour of the historic center of Agüimes, which will stop at the corners with the greatest symbolism for the murga. Also, the television production 'Los Sombreritos' will be presented, an audiovisual project that will summarize the history of this beloved and legendary carnival group, which has become a symbol of the town of Agüimes. In February, in the run-up to the carnival, the members of Los Sombreritos will take on the role of narrators in the 34th edition of the 'Cuenta con Agüimes' Oral Storytelling Festival. Between February 13 and March 14, the Agüimes House of Culture will host the exhibition '50 years of the Los Sombreritos murga', coinciding with the publication of a book of the same name that will compile its most relevant historical events. The agenda of activities will end on March 22 with the gala presentation of the murga, which will take place at the Teatro Auditorio Agüimes.