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XIII Medieval Market - La Nucía 7th, 8th and 9th July
In the beginning of July, La Nucía will be holding its increasingly well- known Medieval Market again. Since 2005 the old town centre has returned to its medieval roots during the weekend nearest to the 9th of July. So, this year, on the 7th, 8th and 9th some 60 craftsmen and women have
booked stands with Amata, the craft association organising the event. Amata has also invited music and street theatre groups as well as several craft demonstrators to liven up the market.
The square in front of the Town Hall and the streets behind it will be filled with really interesting craft stands selling ceramics,
leather bags, belts and shoes, glass, designer
jewellery, carved and turned wood, carved stone, forged iron, soap and perfume, patchwork and a lot more. In the food section there will be stands selling sausages, cheese, roasted almonds and peanuts, bread and pastry as well as a medieval tavern (roasting a whole pig on a spit) and a tent with Arab food.
To complete the medieval setting, from time to time, troubadours, story tellers, falconers, people on stilts, buffoons and other typical characters of the era wander through the streets. Children and young people can have their face painted, take a ride on a small Ferris wheel or on a pony, take part in a workshop or play medieval table games. There is juggling and aerial acrobatics and the market closes every night with a show of the fire eater.
Amata is a craft association which tries to ensure that the only people on the market are those who make all the material they sell - there's nothing imported and nothing is made in small (or big!) factories. The
craft
tradition
is tending to slowly disappear in Spain, which is why Amata has coined the term "artesanía de autor" to describe its unusual markets, roughly translated as "craft work made and sold by the craftsmen himself".
The Market will be set up in the old town centre - there is plenty of parking space in the (free) underground parking of Les Nits, or the open air parking at the back of the village, just 100 yards form the market. The fun starts at 6pm on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings (7th, 8th and 9th July) and goes on until late at night.
For more information phone 639 979 678 (English spoken) and if you want to look at photographs of previous markets, go to
http://www.amata.es/LaNucia16.html.
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