Ramón Bertó, town crier of Moros y Cristianos: «Enjoy without haste, because the one who presses you is not funrteix»

With a sure speech, paused and full of references to Denia that gave birth to him, Ramón Bertó initiated the festival of Moors and Christians This Saturday afternoon in the proclamation of the 2017 holidays. The town crier had promised a very local speech, and so it was.

After reviewing his predecessors, he emphasized the importance of the woman at the party, and encouraged the president to have his successor as a preacher is a woman. As one of the founders of the party, Bertó stores memories of those early years, and comparing them to the present, he welcomed how he has grown and how he is still alive.

Ramon Bertó recalled the feelings that are experienced during the parades in full Campos street, a vial that celebrates a century of life this year. The Castle, the Montgo and Campos street itself "give personality to our city", Said the crier. A personality to be joined to "som el poble del me'n fot", A quality that despite having negative connotations, also has positive, as "our way of understanding the world, of accepting ourselves as we are and accepting others as they are". "We taste the important things in life, in that nobody wins us", Affirmed Bertó. And in particular, he spoke of the friendship that is generated at the party and that is kept alive forever.

The crier also had time to throw some jokes to the politicians. The mayor, in particular, invited him to parade next to his filà in the gala parade next 15 in August. Bertó ended by inviting those who visit us these days to live the holidays at all times so that they understand them.

Tributes

The act of the proclamation this year served to make several tributes. The first, the designers of the posters of the Mig Any and the parties of Sant Roc, Óscar Llamas and Adela Marzà. The president of FEMMICC, Miguel Angel Fullana, gave a detail in appreciation to his work.

In addition he also honored the filà Almogàvers, The first filà formed by women that this year celebrates its twentieth anniversary. To pick it up, the first First Tró de la filà and the present one took to the stage.

Key collection and raising of standards

As it could not be otherwise, the act ended with the delivery of keys of the city by the mayor to the president of the Federation, who promised to return it in the same conditions in which it receives, in exchange for filling it with parties in the next days.

Then, this year's flaggers gave the order so that, at the top of the Tower of Consell, the flags of each side will be hoisted, which will wave until the next 16 of August. Next to them, the banners of each filà will remain deployed in the Plaza del Consell.