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(prensa.com)Anton, Cocle .- Folk dances, folk dances and traditional foods are part of the party held in the district of Antón, Cocle Province, every month of October: National Festival del Toro Guapo.
This year the festival began on 14 October and runs until Monday 18th with the traditional “running of the Gallotta” which is a bullfight that prepare farmers.
In an esplanade lined up a fence of wood or metal parts, dial type, and there he made the runs.
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‘Beware the bull gores you’
The “toro guapo” is constructed using thin cylindrical pieces of dry reed, forming a hollow shell so you can get the man who will dance the dance of the bull.
The reeds are fastened with vines that are fixed to the skeleton of a bull in the end will give the resistance.
The bull is covered with leather or cloth, decorated in the front with a “cachamenta” (dried beef or head), while the rest of the body is decorated with mirrors.
The man who masquerades as “toro guapo” nimbly leaps and tries to ram women dressed in skirts dancing in their wake.
Antoneros Hence the talk of “taking the set” the handsome bull. The touch of drum accompanies the dance of the bull lover, dancing and jumping with empolleradas nonstop for about 15 minutes. The women accompany singing alluding to the dance tunes.
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A joyous feast
2010 Anton celebrating the forty-first version of the National Festival del Toro Guapo.
The activity organizers estimate that some 7 000 people attended.
The real cut up the festival queen Tatiana Maria Bethancourt, Princess Denise Madelayne Culiolo child Diaz and Queen Paola Nicole Martinez Bolivar.
The event’s main stage is located next to the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, in the center of Anthony. During the holidays there selling food, dances and other activities of the party.
Children also have the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in singing, dancing and in playing the drum.
The activities carried out within five days of celebration are varied: competition for some of our own, where activities of daily living own people Antoneros; piladas of rice, the competition for the “stick encebao” and “let off steam encebao a pig. ”
There are also other skills such as: preparation of shaking, skirt, drumming (the bidder, the box and the snare) and folk dances.
The delivery of awards to folklorists and the various awards is made on Sunday October 17, folk parade day. Under the patronage of festival president, Jorge Samaniego, a plan to ensure the safety of the participants, especially by the arrival of the 90 delegations folk who come from across the country.
