ceremony commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the second season failures Dénia

The plenary hall of the municipality of Dénia has been the scene of the act of commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the second period of the failures in the municipality.

The 21 March 1966, the then mayor of the city, Pascual Martí, gave the Penya Canyamó, a group of friends who love the Fallas festival, the authorization to plant a flaw in the city center and thus resume activity festera which he had been suspended in 1962.

The mayor granted permission on the condition that the monument be planted for at least five consecutive years, be called the Center failure and promote the idea by encouraging other clubs or districts to join the initiative. The second period of the fallas in Dénia had begun. Today marks the 50th anniversary of that meeting that led to the planting of five monuments in Dénia the following year, in 1967, in the Centro, Baix la Mar, Roques, Oeste and Saladar districts.

The event promoted by Antonio Gutiérrez, a member of the Penya Canyamó and president of the Falla Center for the 1966-1967 financial year has had the presence of the mayor, Vicent Grimalt, the major falleras of Dénia, Marina Margalejo and Alejandra Pastor, the president of the Fallera Local Board, José Antonio Monsonís, councilors of the Corporation municipal, falleros and falleras of the city. Gutiérrez, accompanied by some of the members of the Penya Canyamó and that first commission faller Center second time, he recalled this story "so important for our failures"And he wanted to testify"having fulfilled the commitment".

Gutiérrez has dedicated some words of remembrance to "brave"Pioneers who led those five committees of the second period of failures and thanked"the participation of thousands of Fallas, Fallas, grandparents, parents, children and grandchildren who have helped the party is large, it has taken root in the village and has been maintained over time".

In remembrance of this day and this historic event for the failures of the city, Antonio Gutiérrez has given the mayor, Vicent Grimalt, a commemorative parchment and has asked his permission "for the next 50 years".