Curitiba: celebration of the National Holiday of Spain and the Day of the Pilar
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- 07 Nov 2022
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After two years without celebrating the National Holiday and Columbus Day, the Spanish, descendants and sympathizers of Spain did not hesitate to participate in the party and 600 people attended the Spanish Center of Paraná.
It is the most important festival in the calendar of our Association… hearing the anthem of Spain and seeing how many descendants are moved because their parents are not present… “there was a time when hearing the national anthem moved me for the Spaniards who had left their land .. today I am moved to see the children and grandchildren crying when they hear the anthem and that it reminds them of their parents…” the Honorary Consul of Spain does not say.
Organized by the Honorary Consulate of Spain, the Association of Friends of Aragon and the Spanish Center of Paraná, the party was a complete success. Representatives of the accredited diplomatic corps in Curitiba were present, in addition to Mr. Rodopho Feijo, Head of International Relations of the Mayor's Office of Curitiba, represented by Mayor Rafael Greca, who recalled the long-standing relationship that the capital Curitiba has with Spain. “Since its foundation in 1693, this relationship has been with the presence of the Spaniards in the culture of identity and that today it can be said that Spain is part of the identity of Curitiba. I congratulate Consul Blanca Hernando Barco for the work he has been carrying out at the head of the Honorary Consulate”.
In his speech, the Acting Head of the Office of the Ministry of International Relations -Itamaray D. Paulo Machado Pinheiro also recalled the unions of the Iberian Peninsula that made Brazil under the Spanish crown at various times in history. He praised the party and stated that what he was seeing was the substratum of the Brazil-Spain diplomatic relationship, which takes place in the halls between Brasilia and Madrid, but that is not the most important thing, “the most important thing, is what you are building here with the emphasis you give to cultural work, it is the promotion of human relations, which arise and give substratum to that political-diplomatic relationship that is so important”. Read More…
