To the eleven days that our carnival lasts this year, we add a week of Pre-Carnival with cultural days

Francisco Manuel Peco, director of the events, and Carmen María Mohíno, Councilor for Celebrations, presented the events that include a varied menu of activities prior to the carnival.

The III Carnival Cultural Days will have two different spaces, the tastings with history that will be held on February 18, 19 and 20, in the Taskarnaval tavern with the title ‘Between masks and vineyards, the taste of the history of carnival’ and the days on February 21, 22 and 23, with the Carnival Palace being the main setting for them.

The tastings will consist of four tapas, accompanied by wines related to each of the carnival stories and priced at 14 euros.

The conference begins on Friday, February 21 at 5:30 p.m. with the reception of participants and a visit to the Carnival Museum.

At 6:00 p.m., opening and conference by the director of the conference with the title ‘Carnivals in the province of Ciudad Real’, followed by Eduardo Manuel García with a talk about the Almadén carnival. Once the talk is over, it will be the turn of the debate table titled ‘Mask, joke and satire today’, ending the first day with the theatrical visit of Flauti Flauti Teatro at 8:30 p.m.

On Saturday, February 22 at 10:30 a.m. there will be a conference ‘Masks and Silences: the Miguelturra Carnival in the press (1845-1980)’ with Rafael Sánchez as speaker, then Román González will discuss ‘Music in the Carnival’, with a discussion table on the Major Masks.

Starting at 12:30 p.m. we will have a children’s street mask workshop led by Flauti Flauti Teatro and a frying pan fruit master class led by Rita Gómez.

The morning session on Saturday will end with the conference ‘The mask: meanings, myths and symbolism’ with José Ramón González Fernández.

In the afternoon and starting at 5:00 p.m., debate on the history of the Churriego carnival and at 5:45 p.m., the Peña Los Cansaliebres chirigota will perform the pasodoble ‘In the history of my town’, dedicated to the Kings of the Carnival, Gornés, Amalio and Serafín.

Around 6:30 p.m., official closing of the conference.

The dramatized visits will continue on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday at 12:00 p.m., closing these third cultural days of the Miguelturra Carnival.