The Reconquest of Glass, an initiative launched by Ecovidrio, a non-profit entity in charge of managing the recycling of glass containers in Spain, in collaboration with the Generalitat Valenciana, the City of Ontinyent and the Society of Festeros del Santísimo Cristo de la Agonia, recover 6,500 kg of glass containers, equivalent to 24,700 containers, during the festivities of Moors and Christians in the containers assigned to the campaign. This has…

The Society of Festive of the Santísimo Christ of the Agony, headed by its president and accompanied by the positions of 2019 have participated in one of the emblematic acts that mark the calendar of the Patron Saint Festivities dedicated to the Puríssima Concepción, such as the Misa de Dobla in honor of the excellent canonical patron saint of Ontinyent. At the end of the ceremony, the offices of the Moors…

On Saturday, December 15, the president of the Sociedad de Festeros along with the 2019 positions received the retinue of the Aguinaldo de la Purísima. As is already tradition, D. Juan Melchor Seguí Sarrió asked the president of the Society of Festeros: “Songs or Responses?” To which he responded: “Songs, for the joy that supposes to receive here, in the Society of Festeros, La Purísima Concepción. Responses, for the deceased…

Last Monday, December 3, the Municipality of Ontinyent, at the proposal of the Society of Festivals, has commissioned the poster of the Celebrations of Moors and Christians of 2019 to the local designer Miguel Ángel Bonilla Sanchez. Born in 1978, he develops his professional work as a graphic designer and illustrator. He is a member of the Font d’Art Board of Ontinyent. In his artistic side, his pictorial work must be…

Ontinyent City Council, at the proposal of the Society of Festeros, has proceeded to name as Pregoner of the Medieval Market the festive Gusmà Vicente Domingo Tormo Vidal. Festive of Comparsa Gusmans, being Primer Tro in 2008, has been part of the Board of the comparsa for several years, has been a representative on the Board of Government of the Sociedad del Santísimo Cristo de la Agonia by the comparsa…