The Commission's initiative will allow people who cannot attend or who are outside the city to follow the Finding through the municipal channel from mobile devices.
The Festes Majors Patronals of Benidorm will offer a novelty this year after an initiative by the Commission headed by Ramón Cano. This is the live broadcast through the municipal channel on the YouTube platform of the Staging of the Trobada de la Mare de Déu del Sofratge, which is performed on Poniente beach.
The idea came from the Commission, which addressed the City Council, and it has made the municipal channel available to the event. Thus, all people who cannot attend the performance or who prefer to follow it from their mobile devices can do so at the link
This novelty will allow both residents of the municipality and devotees who are outside the city to follow in real time one of the most emotional and emblematic events of the Festes Majors Patronals. The initiative aims to bring Benidorm’s fervor to all screens so that no one misses the staging of the meeting of the patron saint in the bay of Benidorm in 1740.
Mariló Cebreros, Councilor for Festivals, highlighted that “the representation of the Hallazgo is the heart of our festive identity and with this live broadcast we want the emotion of the event to connect the citizens and Benidorm residents who are not in the city on those days with their deepest roots.”
Ramón Cano, president of the Commission, for his part, thanked the City Council for its willingness to carry out this initiative through the municipal channel and hoped that it would be “greatly received.” The president of the mayorales has invited “all citizens” to connect to the City Council’s official YouTube channel a few minutes before the event to ensure correct reception of the signal.
The staging of the Hallazgo de la Verge del Sofratge, a Festival of Tourist Interest in the Valencian Community, will begin at 5 p.m. by the actors and actresses of the ACR La Barqueta. The representation is based on historical facts and follows the text by Pere María Orts i Bosch. It takes attendees to mid-March 1740 and recalls the events that occurred then and that began with the encounter by three sailors from Benidorm of a ship that was sailing without a crew and adrift and culminated with the proclamation of the Verge del Sofratge as patron saint of Benidorm.
