The City Council of Camariñas announced today the long-awaited program of the XXXII Camariñas Lace Exhibition of the Provincial Council of A Coruña, which will be held from Wednesday 5 to Sunday 9 April and which, with the slogan 'Camariñas is in fashion', wants to claim the relevance of its fashion catwalk and the application of lace as an accessory and in clothing.
This edition redoubles its commitment to highlighting the ancient tradition of Camariñas lace as a fashion element that is at the forefront and is being used by many of the most recognized designers nationally. To do this, the Camariñas Lace Show wants to use an incomparable setting such as the beautiful and imposing landscapes of the municipality.
In line with this motto, the Mostra department has programmed more shows than ever. With 13 Great Designers, some already established and other new, 40 New Designers, 11 Artencaixe artisans, the new ReEncaixando show, the International Delegations, the PequEncaixe, the Senior Lacemakers…
The opening of the thirty-second edition of the Mostra will take place on Wednesday, the 5th at 3 p.m., at which time the traditional meeting of lacemakers and lacemakers from the Costa da Morte will begin, in which students from municipal nursery schools will also participate. The opening ceremony with the authorities will be at 4:30 p.m. Then, from 6 pm, the first parades will begin: the youngest members of the 'PequEncaixe' will be in charge of stepping on the catwalk for the first time and the closing will be in charge of the Great Designers. In between, the catwalk will be enlivened by the premiere of the 'Cancións Dance Camariñas', an initiative that will be a surprise for all attendees.
During the five days a total of 13 firms in the category of 'Great Designers', which will be revealed in the coming days, They will take to the catwalks of the Mostra to show their lace creations. In this edition they will be divided into groups 'A' and 'B'.
The 'ArtEncaixe' parade, which is gradually being consolidated in the program, will premiere on Thursday, April 6, at 12:45 p.m. This year there are 11 artisans, who will also be introduced in the coming days, who will arrive from different parts of Galicia to demonstrate that lace is versatile and can be adapted to different materials.
That same Thursday, April 6, the participants in the XXIX New Designers Competition in which a total of 4,500 euros in prizes will be distributed and a total of 40 young people who are taking their first steps in the world of fashion will participate. This edition debuts a new category, that of the most commercial collection. On Friday the 7th at 8:30 pm the meeting between great and new designers will be held and on Sunday the 9th, from 7:30 pm, the jury's decision will be announced.
Another novelty of this edition is the 'ReEncaixando' parade in which the collections of some of the participants of the New Designers competition from the previous edition, from the year 2022, will return to the Mostra. It will take place on Sunday, April 9 at 12:45 p.m.
Thursday, April 6th was also the day chosen to hold a parade of tribute to the palilleras (7:15 p.m.), responsible for preserving the tradition of the municipality with their own hands, in which ArtEncaixe, the Great Designers and PequEncaixe will participate.
Once again, the international delegations will return to the Mostra. On Saturday the 8th at 7:15 pm, the first parade of the 'International lacemakers' delegations'. They will repeat on Sunday 9 at 12:45 p.m.
One of the most anticipated moments of the Festival are the fashion shows. 'Small box'. The 50 girls and boys from the Municipal Schools create their own lace throughout the school year to later design the dresses and parade in the Show. They become lace makers, designers and models.
The same thing happens in the parade of 'Senior Lacemakers of Camariñas' which will take place on Sunday 17th at 7:30 pm during the closing ceremony of the event and in which residents of the municipality show the public the creations they have made throughout the year. In addition, this parade will have a marked charitable nature since it is done in collaboration with the Spanish Association Against Cancer.
Lopes, Touriñán and other outstanding actions in the program
This year, attendees will be able to enjoy the music of the Camariñán Lopez (Sunday 9th at 9pm as the closing of the Mostra) and laugh out loud with Touriñán in a monologue that will take place on Saturday, April 8, at 8:30 p.m. on the catwalk itself.
During the five days, the folklore of the villages will be heard in the pavilions of the Mostra, mixed with the sound of chopsticks. groups Abrindo Rejo, Con toda en banda, Vaiche Boa, Mar Devalado de Camelle Association and As Cansorriñas AssociationAlso the VI Choir Meeting in which the Coral Brisas do Mar de Corme, the Coral de Bergondo and the Coral Brisas do Mar de Camariñas will participate (Sunday 9 at 11:45 am).
The event will be used for book presentation such as 'Devotees of Destiny, Beyond the Villain' by Ainhoa Conde (Thursday, April 6 at 12 noon), 'Travesía del sentir' by Ana de las Heras (Friday, April 7 at 12 noon) and 'El cementerio de los ingleses' by Alfonso de Sas'.
Throughout the exhibition there will also be gastronomic days of octopus and sea bass and craft demonstrations and parents will be able to leave the little ones in the Children's Park with qualified monitors.
The closing of the XXXII Camariñas Lace Exhibition will take place on Sunday, April 9 at 9:30 p.m.
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