The Murcia Nativity Scene Makers Association has announced the failure of the jury nativity scene at the regional level, whose preference is the Abarán Monumental Belén, which has been awarded a First Prize.
Since such an association has identified some of the criteria that the jury must consider when voting, and that focus primarily on the number of mysteries that you represent and their distribution, ie, if they follow a chronological and coherent.
The jury has considered other innovative aspects, the attention to detail, lighting, size of the figures, the complexity in the implementation and installation, the vegetation on the set, or the overall harmony.
For these and other concepts, Abarán crib has been recognized, as it once was in the past year, with the first prize in the category of municipalities and local authorities where they have also received a prize other cribs in the towns of Caravaca de Cross, Los Alcazares, Fortuna, Fuente Alamo and the municipal board of Bacons Bridge.
The awards ceremony will take place on Monday January 4 at 20:00 am in the classroom culture of the Mediterranean Savings in Murcia.
Located in the Chapel of St. Cosmas and St. Damian, the Monumental Belén Abarán is, again, one of the places to visit
T he structure consists of three different areas, among which stands the city of Jerusalem in the first place, a second central zone formed by the mountains and a lake with a cascade of 60 cm in height, and a third area for the cities of Bethlehem and Nazareth.
The Isabella cribs firm Turner, who installs it has included in this new edition action figures as the host, child camel, donkey sex with children, Herod's soldiers, soldiers drinking and a moving figure in the scene of the Massacre of the Holy Innocents.
The Bethlehem City consists of approximately 860 items, approximately, and occupies an area of 85 m2., Which represent eighteen mysteries, among which we highlight the Nativity, the Annunciation to Mary, the Massacre of the Innocents, the Flight Egypt, the Holy Family or the Annunciation of the Shepherds.
Some 367 animals, 224 figures, of which 192 are fixed and 37 are set in motion, about 88 plants, some 77 houses and a variety of objects have been used for assembly.
The atmosphere is recreated landscape with ornamental plants like bonsai.
Among the materials used for installation have been used about 600 kilos of virgin cork cork, 20 cane palm and card, 25 portholes, 16 white light bulbs, a miniature Ferris wheel made of wood, a carpenter's bench, flat stones , a water pump, 16 outbreaks of blue light, 70 kg of cork, and two boxes of washed stone, among other materials.
The combination of blue and white lights recreate the atmosphere which combination takes us a day or night.
The times in which you can visit the Monumental Belén are:
From 11:00 to 13:30, and 16:00 to 20:00.
Source: Abarán en 7 Días