VIDEO | La tradición minera se vive en Linares: Scientific and cultural activities for Santa Barbara – Linares28 – El diario digital de Linares

Enrique Mendoza, councilor-representative for Tourism and Historical Heritage of the Linares City Council, presented the program of commemorative events of the festival of Santa Barbara, the patron saint of miners. Different proposals will be held from November 29 to December 4 and include initiatives of scientific and cultural interest, conferences, theaters, days around the New Linares Project, sports activities or traditional games related to mining and its history, among others. “Every year, the Santa Barbara celebration is very important, and it is just so for the minera, which is our tradition in Linares. This year we have the most extensive programming around this festival and it is something that is part of our roots and we cannot forget it,” said the mayor.

Mendoza, the open house around the New Linares Project planned on the 29th highlighted some activities, such as a meeting on the mining heritage for students in front of the Plaza del Ayuntamiento at 10:00 a.m.; At 19:00 at the Open Trade Center, a cultural visit to the city's symbols of history and mining traditions, including a photo exhibition or a flamenco theater with period characters.

“On Saturday the 30th, we will continue with the theater visits of the vice-consulates of Linares, as well as the mine route from the tenth edition of the program Por un Millón de Pasos, organized by the Board of Health and the Colectivo Proyecto Arrayanes. On Sunday, December 1, the program will move around the Interpretation Center of the Mining Landscape, in addition to the XIII Mineral Exhibition, a children's story about mining, the traditional exhibition of the makers or the final track , ha “December 2, 3 and 4 Campus and Escuela Politécnica It will be very important for Superior de Linares because there will be different activities,” explained the Tourism Council.

“In the same way, on Wednesday the 4th, in the Patio de Cristales del Ayuntamiento, around the emblematic monument of the miner, a tribute will be paid to the miners,” noted Enrique Mendoza, who appreciated the work and collaboration of various individuals. As the Official College of Technical Engineers and Graduates in Mining and Energy Linares, Granada, Jaén in the organization of the Santa Barbara festival programming, the associations, collectives, institutions and companies associated with the Tourism and Historic Heritage Area y Málaga, Colectivo Proyecto Arrayanes, Kerogen Energy, la asociación de studiantes ALFIL , la Escuela Politécnica Superior de Linares, Oretham Terram, El Centro de Estudios Linarenses, Voluntarios el Patrimonio Minero, L. Associón, y Miguel Huertas, El Grupo Scouts Victoria 257, Aserradero Sierra de Cazorla and Emilio Santías de Aceitunas Jaén.

Francisco Molina and Zulema del Río, representatives of the Colectivo Proyecto Arrayanes and the ALFIL Association, attended a press conference for the presentation of the activities together with the Council of Tourism and Historical Heritage to provide more information about their initiative. .