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The "Bell Auroros Virgen del Rosario" Las Torres de Cotillas held on Sunday November 10 visit to the municipality of Jumilla on the occasion of the celebration of the "European Day of Wine Tourism".
To begin the day, sang a moving auroras torreños Mass in the Church of St. John the Evangelist of said Northwest Murcia town, where they performed four Salves and the Lord's Prayer to the delight of the audience not used to this kind of mixture of bell and voices .
A celebration that was a prelude to two inescapable sightseeing in Jumilla: A tour of the Castle, too crowded and where they learned more about the history of this monument, and another to hold the town, where they learned the intricacies of winemaking Jumillano .
To conclude the trip to the resort Torreño-accompanied by their hosts locally Canticorum Coral enjoyed a convivial meal cheerful in which enjoyed the best local wine jumillana and best songs.
Retrieving the tradition
Recall that the "Bell Auroros Virgen del Rosario" Torrena did not miss the tradition of All Saints Day and November 1 Friday toured the town cemetery the deceased Torreño singing their salves.
Some songs accompanied with his bell, which according to the students would be in the mid-eighteenth century with which remembers those who are no longer with us on a very pointed in the calendar of this group Torrena.
This tradition was recovered a few years ago in Las Torres de Cotillas by this group, which rehearses in the old City Hall building Torreño after her disappearance 50 years ago.
Thus, their components are rescuing Salves del Rosario, All Souls, the Lord's Prayer and other popular compositions in his day, in the darkness of night and the light of the new day, the people sang the auroros to mid 40s the last century to wake the neighbors and to travel to the first Mass and to sing to the dead in their day.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas
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