REGULATIONS FOR THE AWARDING OF THE MIGUELTURRA CARNIVAL 2026 PRIZES.

The Hon. The Miguelturra Town Council has opened the call for entries, on a competitive basis, for the prizes of the 2026 Miguelturra Carnival Piñata Sunday competition, a Festival of National Tourist Interest, with the aim of promoting carnival activities and supporting initiatives that enrich the cultural life of the town. The call for entries for the 2026 prizes is hereby published, and will be governed by the rules detailed below.

BASES

1.- OBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THE CALL

The purpose of this call is to award various prizes on the occasion of the Miguelturra Carnival Piñata Sunday contest, a Festival of National Tourist Interest, for the promotion and growth of the population’s carnival activity.

2.- MODALITIES OF PARTICIPATION

Three modalities of participation are established, to which the groups must sign up previously:

FLOATS: Peñas or Associations that do it with one or more floats.

COMPARSAS: Peñas or Associations that parade with a music band, musical group and/or brass band, and that do not carry floats and music coming from public address equipment.

MURGAS: Peñas or Associations that parade without live music or with music from public address equipment and that are not included in the previous categories.

It will be the exclusive responsibility of each group to choose the category in which it considers it meets the established requirements.

3.- PRIZES

The following prizes and categories are established.

ALHIGÍ AWARD OF HONOR FROM THE MIGUELTURRA CITY COUNCIL for the best staging of the parade, float and troupe. SPECIAL OF 2,500 Euros

FLOAT CATEGORY

1st.- Prize: 1,800 Euros. Sponsored by Miguelturra City Council

2nd Prize: 1,400 Euros. Sponsored by the Miguelturra Town Hall

3rd.- Prize: 1,000 Euros. Sponsored by Peña Los Cansaliebres

4th Prize: 700 Euros. Sponsored by Viajes Rodrigo (€150) and by the Miguelturra Town Hall (€550)

5th Prize: 500 Euros. Sponsored by the Miguelturra Workers’ Center

6th Prize: 400 Euros. Sponsored by Distribuciones Sacra

COMPARSAS CATEGORY

1st Prize: 900 Euros. Sponsored by Mapfre Insurance (€150) and Miguelturra City Council (€750)

2nd Prize: 700 Euros. Sponsored by Peña Los Cansaliebres

3rd Prize: 500 Euros. Sponsored by Tol-Luz (€100) and Miguelturra Town Hall (€400)

4th Prize: 400 Euros. Sponsored by Preventiva Seguros (€200) and the Miguelturra Town Hall (€200)

5th Prize: 300 Euros. Sponsored by Difunde Audiovisuales

6th Prize: 200 Euros. Sponsored by Stock Sofás (€100) and Cooperativa Tierra de Calatrava (€100)

MURGAS CATEGORY

1st Prize: 800 Euros. Sponsored by Pinturas Ruma (€300) and Miguelturra Town Hall (€500)

2nd Prize: 700 Euros. Sponsored by Peña Los Cansaliebres (€400), Ferretería Jesús León Carrascosa (€300)

3rd Prize: 600 Euros. Sponsored by Construcciones Trejena (€250) and the Miguelturra Town Hall (€350)

4th Prize: 500 Euros. Sponsored by Instalaciones Miguelturra (€150) and the Miguelturra Town Hall (€350)

5th Prize: 400 Euros. Sponsored by Globalcaja

6th Prize: 300 Euros. Sponsored by Merkamueble

7th Prize: 300 Euros. Sponsored by Inmober (€100) and Miguelturra Town Hall (€100)

All participating groups that have complied with these rules will be given a gift of local ham and cheese, “Viña Cuerva” wine and ceramics from the Miguelturra Carnival 2026, provided they meet the established requirements.

The organization will not pay any amount for travel subsidy or postage to the participants.

4.- PARTICIPANTS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE PIÑATA SUNDAY NATIONAL FLOAT AND SHOW CONTEST

1. All peñas, associations, or homogeneous groups of more than 20 people from across the country are eligible to participate. The number of entries will be limited to 35, strictly on a first-come, first-served basis, except for clubs and groups that received awards in the 2025 competition, which are automatically registered but must still confirm their participation. The non-ratification of the same will give place to the supporters clubs that remain in reserve.

2º.- Registration, which will be free, will be held at the House of Culture of the Hon. Miguelturra City Council, Tel.: 926 241090, communicating the following information: name of the Association, number of members, name of the representative or spokesperson, DNI, address, telephone number and dimensions of the float (if it is carried), and category for which they compete.

3º.- Each group must carry in front and in a prominent place a poster showing the town they come from and their name.

4º.- The presence of animals in the parade must be previously approved by the Department of Celebrations, due to the possible risk of causing unforeseen accidents.

5º.- From 15:00 hours Civil Protection will be organising the concentration that will take place in the vicinity of Primero de Mayo Avenue, with the parade having the following route: Calle Don José Mora, Spain Square, Streets Carnival, Carretas and Pozuelo, ending in the vicinity of Parquesol. The concentration will be at 15.30 hours.

6º.- The Peñas or Associations must follow the instructions indicated by the Organization, Local Police and Civil Protection during the entire route.

7º.- Failure to comply with the instructions may be subject, in the opinion of the Jury, to possible disqualification.

8º.- The Jury, which will be itinerant, will be made up of a number of persons of recognised solvency and their decisions will be final. Within each category, the float, music, choreography, number of members and costumes, as well as originality, staging and good aesthetic taste will be specially valued.

9º.- Each participating Peña, Association or Group may only opt for one prize in its category.

10º.- The Jury may not leave any of the prizes void.

11º.- Prizes will be awarded at the end of the parade at the Carnival Palace (CERE) located in Dr. Fleming Park. At the prize-giving ceremony, at least two members must go up dressed in the costumes of the parade. The payment of the prizes will be made after the celebration of the competition, and once the winners have provided the necessary information for this purpose.

12º.- All prizes will be subject to the withholdings provided by law.

13º.- Any club that is not positioned in its number at the time of departure must wait until the end of the parade to be able to participate.

14º.- Participation in the Contest implies acceptance of the previous rules.

5.- ADVERTISING

The full text of this call for entries can be accessed on the Miguelturra Town Hall website: www.miguelturra.es, in the Carnival area, competitions section.

In addition to the publicity of any call subject to the General Subsidies Law, it will be given the widest possible dissemination among those who may be interested.

6.- MANAGEMENT BODY

For any query or clarification of this call, you can contact the Department of Celebrations of the Hon. Miguelturra Town Hall, at perlerines street nº 26, 13170 – Miguelturra (Ciudad Real), by phone at 926241090 Ext. 6002, or by email at cultura@ayto-miguelturra.es, you can access the bases and annexes of this call on the web page of the City Council of Miguelturra.

7.- APPLICABLE LEGISLATION

The awarding of prizes will be governed by the provisions of its regulatory bases in this call, in matters not covered, Law 38/2003, of November 17, General Law on Subsidies and its implementing provisions, the Bases for the Execution of the Budget of the Miguelturra City Council for 2026 and other applicable state or regional regulations will apply.

What is made public for general knowledge.

Collaborate: Miguelturra Civil Protection