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PREPARE for a unique showcase o f c u l t u r e a n d m u s i c a s F r i g iliana’s 3 Culturas Festival returns for another year this August. This year’s 3 Culturas Festival is set to take place for four days and nights from Thursday, August 2 4 . I n a l o n g a n t i c i p a t e d a n nouncement on Wednesday, July 12, organisers shared more de tails about this year’s event, in cluding the musical lineup. With an impressive lineup of globallyrenowned performers, including Arcángel, Eskorzo, Col lado Project, and Tarwa NTiniri, this festival promises to be a vi brant celebration of Arab, Chris tian, and Sephardic cultures. After the concerts, DJs will keep the party going all night long, with some exciting surprises in store. Throughout the day, the wind ing streets of Frigiliana come alive with music, theatre, and dance, while the festival’s central market is the heart of the action. Visitors can browse over 150
A UNIQUE EVENT: Organisers revealed this year’s lineup.
stalls, watch street performers, and enjoy the mountain town’s unique ambiance. One of the festival’s highlights is its tapas trail, where visitors can sample a range of delicious
tapas and drinks for just €2. The festival is a celebration of diversity, creativity, and commu nity that showcases the best of Andalucian culture and the unique global influences upon it.
Fashion fix Photo credit: Ayuntamiento de Almunecar
LA HERRADURA’S Fashion Night was a hit on Thurs day, July 13, launching the 2023 Virgen del Carmen Festival in honour of the saint. The fashion show kicked off the celebrations for the Virgen del Carmen, an im portant traditional event for the coastal town. Local fashion brands in cluding Sport Corner, Wind surf La Herradura, Priscila, Pétalos, Rosi Pozo, Mona Corbally, Piu Bella, and Lil ián Urquieta, showcased their summer collection during a fantastic runway show featuring six young models from the local area. The deputy mayor of La Herradura, Daniel Barbero gave a welcome address to kick off the event. He shared his thanks to the public for showing out in force and thanked every
Photo credit: Festival Frigiliana 3 Culturas
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Local business people got the chance to showcase their latest styles.
one who made the event possible. The fashion show started the celebrations which also included musical performances by Niño Carmelo and María Gómez, ‘La Canastera’ and a mass in honour of the Virgen del Carmen followed by the iconic festival procession and traditional dance cere monies. The procession of the pa tron saint of sailors, the Vir gen del Carmen was the highlight of the festival. The procession saw local broth erhoods carry a procession float featuring a statue of the Virgen del Carmen into the sea, in a symbolic tradi tion to ask for protection for sailors at sea.
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Turtle-y amazing TWO towns in Axarquia are rallying behind conservation efforts to protect turtles. Nerja is holding an event at Playa Burriana today, Thursday July 20, hosted by Acuario de Sevilla and other organisations, to include workshops, educational materials and informative panels to raise awareness about safeguarding the tur tles that live along its coasts. The campaign has al ready been adopted by many towns in the Spanish Mediterranean including Valencia, Murcia, and the Balearic Islands. Recently, lifeguards from Nerja rescued and released a turtle that was trapped in plastic waste off the coast of Maro. This incident goes to show the urgent need to protect these endangered creatures. Rincon de la Victoria has also launched the ‘Here we save turtles’ campaign on its own shores to educate the public on how to behave if
Photo credit: Ayuntamiento de Nerja
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Turtles are often found washed up on the Mediterranean coast.
they find a struggling turtle on the coast. The town has put up informative posters around the area to raise awareness about the en dangered turtles in the area. Representatives from the Acuario de Sevilla gave the same workshop yesterday, on Wednesday, July 19, about the biology and lifestyle of the turtles and how to identify their nesting sites. The campaign was launched by the Oceanogràfic Foundation in Valencia in 2019 and has since expanded throughout the Mediterranean, with 80 towns taking part.