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Don Carnal and Doña Cuaresma Cascarones prepare the Battle of Carnival Eagles (08/02/2013)

Students Occupational Center "Urci" have given these prominent figures in their adult and child mode, about 3,000 eggs filled with confetti used for the contest.

Don Carnal and Doña Cuaresma are ready for battle.

Los Carnales, Salvador Hernandez Garcia, in his adult version, Gallego and Juan Perez, in child and adult and child Lents, Immaculate Vidal Soler and Andrea Saenz tables have now collected their "weapons" to the Battles of shells that have place tonight and tomorrow, Saturday, at the Plaza of Spain.

Mayor Eagles, Bartolomé Hernández, and councilors of Celebration and Social Services, and Ana Maria Clara Valverde Miñarro, accompanied by the president of the Federation of Peñas, José Alonso, and other members of its board, have wrapped this morning carnival characters during the traditional ceremony in which students Occupational Center "Urci" deliver the shells (confetti-filled eggs) for the contest.

Don Carnal and Doña Cuaresma, adults and children, has received nearly 3,000 "missiles" made throughout the year by students of that center, because its development is one of the crafts included in its program of activities, such as explained by its president, Josefa Lopez.

The shells are a typical feature of the celebrations of Carnival in Aguilas, which are used as "ammunition" by the armies of Don Carnal and Doña Cuaresma, on arrival at the gates of City Hall.

After the "Battle of eggs", these characters face in another crusade, in this case dialectic, which comes Lent aware of their loss to Don Carnal announced.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas

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