Benimerins

Primer Tro

Verónica Sanegre Palop

Presidency

Mª Angeles Gonzalez Beneyto

Secretary

Susana Gandia Ferrero

Treasury

Jesús Martínez García

Representative

Juan Carlos Tortosa Conejero

Data of interest

The Comparsa de Benimerins participated for the first time in the Moors and Christians of Ontinyent in 1947. Although at first they were going to call themselves Tuaregs, the local authorities urged the founders to choose between other names, of which they chose that of Benimerins.

The clothing of the Benimerins responds to the classic Ottoman style, consisting of jupetini and pompatchos, yellow sash, elegant cape, turban, spear and slippers. This composition was chosen from among the different combinations made with the pieces of the Roperia de la Viuda de Trelis d’Alcoi and has remained practically intact since the beginnings of the Comparsa. The newspaper gellaba replaced, in the 1969 festivities, the old shooting suit made of cotton and in its design in vertical stripes the colors of the gala suit are included, highlighting the red, blue, green, yellow and white

The Benimerins are located in a house in the emblematic Plaça de Sant Domingo and have been accompanied since 1980 by the musicians of the Musical Instructional Society of Alfafara, constituting one of the most lasting relationships of the Ontinyen party. The Benimerins d’Ontinyent march, premiered on the occasion of the Captaincy of 1991 and composed by Daniel J. Ferrero Silvaje, always plays at the end of events and parades, being a symbol of the Benimerins.

Music for the Benimerins

· “Yolanda”
(M.M. – 1988) D.J. Ferrero Silvage

 

· “Benimerins d’Ontinyent”
(M.M. – 1991) D.J. Ferrero Silvage

 

· “Títaros”
(Dansa – 1997) E. Orquín Aleixandre

 

· “Bolero”
(Bolero – 1997) E. Orquín Aleixandre

 

· “Manolo, el Taütero”
(M.M. – 1999) J.M. Bru Casanova

 

· “Xabat”
(M.M. – 2003) S. Gómez i Soler

 

· “Ila-à Ibnati”
(Dansa- 2003) E. Orquín Aleixandre

 

· “Benimerins”
(Pd. – 2005) D.J. Ferrero Silvage

 

· “Ibenaam”
(M.M. – 2009) J. Ferrero Jorcada

 

· “Vents i Merins”
(Ball. – 2009) J.M. Bru Casanova

 

· “Tabalú”
(Ball. – 2009) Batukem

 

· “Seleg Nairam”
(M.M.- 2011) J. R. Pascual Vilaplana

 

· “Kansbar”
(M.M.- 2013) J. Conejero Olcina

 

· “Samuel Ibn Kair”
(M.M.- 2014) J. Conejero Olcina

 

· “Morayma”
(M.M. – 2015) V.G. Casanova Martínez

 

· “Linga-Oba”
(Ball. – 2015) S. Gómez i Soler

 

· “Qayyid Xaví”
(M.M. – 2017) J. Conejero Olcina

 

· “Fez”
(M.M. – 2022) J. Conejero Olcina

 

· “Ibn Battuta”
(M.M. – 2023) F. Sanchis Gandia

 

· “Pitxi”
(M.M. – 2023) H. Mas Boluda