Cervera Capital of Catalan Culture 2019 multiplies and diversifies events this week, in which the activities are framed in the context of the Festival of the Holy Christ.
Shares begin Thursday 19 of September in the Flour Mill with the inauguration of the sample 'Near Hollywood', in which a tribute is paid to the Cerverino brothers Frederic Gomez and Claudio Grau, photographers who portray Hollywood years 50 of the twentieth century. With his camera, Gomez made the most of Grau 6.000 snapshots with participants shooting and so·chandeliers with Ava Gardner, Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren o Rita Hayworth.
From Friday 20, Cervera will be filled with narrators and specialists in the art of storytelling. They are the protagonists of 'Segamots', the last leg of a project that began with ‘Contes a la Catxipanda’ and continued with ‘Magatzem de moments’. This time, and in the framework of the Festival, three narrators (Tania Múñoz, Naomi Caballer i Martha Escudero) will kick off the event at 20.30 hours in the main square. Throughout the weekend there will be performances in emblematic places.
The new Giant Black
XXXVIII Meeting of Giants Cervera will recover and baptize the black giant, a figure that was part of the last couple of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit. With the disappearance of the organization, those left out. The last time was 1920. now, almost a century later, the old giant black, which has been rebuilt with traditional techniques, tornar part of the courtship dance festival of Santo Cristo de Cervera.
Useful information:
Opening of the exhibition 'Around Hollywood'
Thursday 19 in September 19.00 hours
Flour
Exhibition open from 19 September to 24 November
Festival Segamots 2019
Friday 20 to Monday 23 September
several spaces
Home: Friday 20 in September 20.30 hours in the main square
Link to program.
Premiere of the new Giant and baptism Black
Saturday 21 in September 17.40 hours
Courtyards of the University of Cervera