Recovery costumes Moorish seafood

21 November, 2017

The Government Board of the Society of Festivals has recovered two costumes from the Comparsa Moros Marinos de Ontinyent dating from the beginning of the 20th century. These dresses were found in the archive of the Association of Celebrations of Moors and Christians of the Mother of God of the Abandoned of Muro de Alcoy. According to the chronicles of the Muro de Alcoi Festival, these pieces were accompanied by…

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Presentation Logo Charges 2018

13 November, 2017

On Friday, November 10th. The presentation of the allegorical logos that will accompany the comparsas in charge of 2018 during this exciting year are waiting for them in the Hall of Events of the Festival of Festivals full of gom. Undoubtedly the starting point of a fester calendar that will end in August, during the great week of our Fiestas. One by one, the images that represent this year were…

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Ordinary General Assembly

11 November, 2017

The Ordinary General Assembly is hereby convened for Sunday, November 26, 2017 in the Assembly Hall of the Society of Festeros, at 11 a.m. in first call and at 11.30 h. in second and with the following order of the day: 1- Reading and approval, as the case may be, of the minutes of the previous session. 2- President’s report. 3- Reporting accounts for the 2016 – 2017 fiscal year…

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Ordinary General Assembly

11 November, 2017

The Ordinary General Assembly is hereby convened for Sunday, November 26, 2017 in the Assembly Hall of the Society of Festeros, at 11 a.m. in first call and at 11.30 h. in second and with the following order of the day: 1- Reading and approval, as the case may be, of the minutes of the previous session. 2- President’s report. 3- Reporting accounts for the 2016 – 2017 fiscal year…

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Designer Poster Festes 2018

11 November, 2017

The Municipality of Ontinyent, at the proposal of the Society of Festivals, has commissioned the poster of the Celebrations of Moors and Christians of 2018 to the local designer Rafa Torró. The Fossar Mossàrab, Rafa Torró Ferrero, was born in Ontinyent on October 20, 1962. He is currently working in the design department of a textile company in Alava. It is Moro Marino since its birth, since his father belonged…

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Pregoner Medieval Market 2018

11 November, 2017

The Municipality of Ontinyent, at the proposal of the Society of Festivals, has proceeded to appoint Pioneer of the Medieval Market that will take place during the Half Year Fester 2018 to Vicente Esparza. The proposal was announced at the meeting of the Board of Governors of the Society of Festers last Friday. Vicente Eugenio Esparza Mollá was born in Ontinyent on July 13, 1955, in Plaza de Bajo number…

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Municipal Subsidy Grant 2017

2 November, 2017

By means of Decree of Mayorship no. 2.790 / 2017, dated October 27, Ontinyent City Council has awarded a municipal grant of € 23,000 for the entity’s overall activity and patrimonial recovery allowing a surplus to the limit of the liabilities reduced in the year 2017

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Embassies illustrated

25 September, 2017

The presentation of a story about the embassies of Moors and Christians took on Saturday September 23 the activities of the “Cervino Year” in Ontinyent. This is a new activity within the program organized by the Society of Festeros with the collaboration of the city council to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the author of the embassies, this time with a story included in the collection of…

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50th Anniversary Comparsa Archers

24 September, 2017

The Comparsa Arquers, presented the logo of the 50th anniversary of its foundation, as well as the different celebrations programmed to celebrate the 50 years of the Comparsa. The logo was chosen by the Commission for the 50th anniversary of the company itself and was designed by the archer bastard Rafael Sanchis Belda. The logo retains the proportions and the main elements of the original image of the comparsa, which…

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