The mulberry tree makes headlines again at different points on the map with municipal performances, festive memories and literary news that place it at the center of public conversation.
From north to south, the relocation of urban specimens, the memory of a closing of festivities that marked generations and a poetic presentation They show how this tree continues to leave its mark on everyday life, culture and the landscape.
Transfer of mulberry trees in Navalmoral de la Mata
The mulberry trees removed due to the works on Avenida de las Angustias They are being transplanted to the Charca Mayen area, a location selected after a technical evaluation that indicates ideal conditions for their establishment and growth.
The council emphasizes that, as stated in the project, Its elimination is not contemplated, but its relocationThe choice of Charca Mayen responds to criteria of land suitability and water availability, keys to ensuring a second life for the specimens.
A specialized company from the area is participating in the works, which has used worm humus from Peraleda de la Mata to promote rooting and healthy development of the trees in their new location.
With this, the City Council is committed to preserve the grove while road renovation progresses, reconciling the improvement of public spaces with the care of existing plant heritage.
A popular legacy: the Mulberry Day that marked generations
In the Vega Baja, the so-called Mulberry Day For decades it was the culmination of patron saint's days: a neighborhood gathering with races, sports finals, awards ceremonies, gunpowder and verbenas, whose mark persists in neighborhoods such as Dolores, San José or La Callosilla.
Local newspaper archives rescue anniversaries linked to the Virgin of Carmen and dates like July 17, with the Flower Festival (released in 1921) to raise funds, bullfights and matches of the Herna CF, Levante CF and, later, Callosa Deportiva.
In 1931, under the first Republican council, the program was moved to July 19 with charity events, the Music Band directed by Juan Antonio MartÃnez, awards ceremony with the presence of Rodolfo Llopis and a musical evening by the Rojales band directed by Miguel Cartagena.
After the war, in 1939, the day became the Flag Festival with reveille, games and heifers, fireworks and verbena enlivened by the Band local managed by Luis Serna Mora.
In the forties and fifties, the day after the main holiday was losing importance: they were painting, hairstyle or shawl competitions (1941, 1946, 1947), and in 1952 a final farewell to the Saint was held before the festivities concluded on August 16.
The momentum returned in 1968 with the Great Verbena Azor Beer in the Glorieta, with tastings and music from the group Die Kinder; in 1969 the awards ceremony was added, clay pigeon shooting, the final of the football trophy and a mass in San MartÃn with an offering to the Immaculate Conception, closing with The Children and The Boxers.
The seventies added performances of Constellation 5, Kinder, Aries y 2000 Technique; in 1975, sponsored by El Azor distributed by Manuel Ruiz GarcÃa’s most emblematic landmarks, the Sports Callosa was presented in El Palmeral, and 1977 marked the last festive mulberry before the rise of Moors and ChristiansChronicles remember how the town crier Francisco Soriano Espinosa He reported that the comparsa Saracen Moors It began to take shape at that last festival, coinciding with the end of El Azor Beer and the change of festive cycle.
Literary quote: 'Naked in the Mulberry Tree' arrives in Figueruela de Abajo
The poet from Zamora Esther Ferreira LeonÃs presents in Figueruela de Abajo the poetry collection 'Naked in the Mulberry Tree', a bilingual work (Spanish and Portuguese) that has its roots in the land and memory of Aliste.
His writing explores emotional heritage and affections linked to the landscape, with images that evoke tradition and ethical musicality, among others memories, belonging and calm that sprout like literary cuttings.
Edited by the Zamora cultural association would know, the volume will be presented by the philologist Lola Fidalgo on the 20th at 20 pm, in an act that reinforces the symbolic validity of the mulberry tree in the collective imagination.
Between the urban management of Navalmoral, the festive memory of the Vega Baja and the poetic voice of Aliste, the Mulberry confirms its dual status as a practical tree and a cultural emblem, capable of weaving shadows, stories and verses in the life of towns and cities.