The Dictionary of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language defines the chirigota as that group of carnavalero air that sings through the streets displaying humorous couplets destined to the town, songs that also receive such name and based on ingenuity, grace, spark, clean irony and carefree review of the current social, political and the very press pink or heart.
And the most important thing of all is that function that chirigota fulfills in society: that of making the audience laugh through, I repeat, that combined criticism of satire and good humor.
To that clear manifestation of the soul responds primarily the desire of the Department of Celebrations of our municipality Torreņo and for it will mobilize in the coming time of carnestolendas a group of groups of chirigotas come from all over Spain for, with a contest of juicy prize ( 1,500 euros in cash) by means of flooding a place of great tradition and massive participation of clubs, comparsas, neighbors and visitors such as Las Torres de Cotillas, the most characteristic accent of that "Carnival, Carnival, I love you".
Changing rooms, quality of voices, originality in forms, backgrounds and aesthetics, sharpness, the art in the no more than the grace of letters, choreography and scenarios are the main requirements to take the passport on the night of March 7 (21 hours ) to the House of Culture "Pedro Serna" of our municipality Torreņo and take part in that first edition of the National Competition of Chirigotas.
Go ahead and put in solfa all the salt shaker of the world.
Juan José Ruiz Moņino
Source: JJRM