The book, sponsored by the FCTH, collects a part of the history of Cehegín and was presented in the last act of the II International Congress of Bullfighting
Projected with great success, the short "Dawn" by Samuel Mac Fadden
The last of the acts included in the program of the II International Congress of Bullfighting took place last night at the Real Casino de Murcia.
The book "More than a century of bulls in Cehegín", work of Felipe de Paco, saw the light thanks to the sponsorship of businessman Juan Pablo Corona through his organization Cultural Promotion of Hispanic-American Bullfighting.
The book collects the history of bullfighting in the bullring of Cehegín from the origins of the bullfighting festivities in this town until 2017.
Felipe de Paco, who was surrounded by a large number of cehegineros, among whom were authorities, the Bullfighting Club of Cehegín in its entirety and local bullfighting Antonio Puerta and David Fernández, among others, broke down the content of the book and its structure ;
"It weighs one kilo and eight hundred grams," he joked.
He also stopped in some anecdotes lived during the development of it.
After his thanks to Juan Pablo Corona, Felipe said: "This book is a part of the history of Cehegín that I undertook years ago", and hinted that he will continue with this work and others that he has in mind assuring that: "There is more material to continue writing, since there are two young bullfighters in Cehegín that make us dream ", referring to Puerta and Fernández.
Felipe was accompanied in the act by Juan Pablo Corona, who did not want to take any role and said: "I do things from the heart and from the heart I am here for you, for the bulls and for Cehegín."
The Mayor of Cahegín, José Rafael Rocamora and the General Director of Commerce and Consumption of the Community of Murcia, Francisco Abril, also spoke on behalf of the Regional Government, closed the event.
All attendees were presented with a copy of the book.
Previously, at the Regional Film Library of Murcia, the short film "Amanecer" was shown, starring the skilful Láma de Góngora, with the presence of its director Samuel Mac Fadden, who starred in a later talk with the audience in which he analyzed different technical and artistic aspects of his work.
Source: Agencias