Mitjafava Fest in Benitachell

BENITACHELL celebrates its yearly Mitjafava Fest from April 17 to 23 with a range of events aimed at celebrating the fava, or white bean.

Among them is the Ama‐ta Original Arts and Crats fair on Carrer La Pau from April 21 to 23. This year Amata celebrates its 25th anniversary, with the fair offering handcraft stalls, birds of prey displays, workshops, giant soap bubbles and board games for all.

Other highlights of the Mitjafava Fest include a ‘showcooking’ display by first‐class chefs at 8pm on Friday April 21 and story ‐telling, games and music for children plus a mosca‐tel sweet wine tasting on

Saturday April 22. Saturday evening will see the Rock&Fava music festival, and the event will close on Sunday April 23 with a traditional dance exhibition and the Tapifa‐va Festival.

‘Ojos Rojos’ photography

A CONTEMPORARY photography display entitled ‘Ojos Ro‐jos’ (‘Red Eyes’) is currently running simultaneously in Javea and Denia until May 28.

event is free.

tas as well as offering an alternative entertainment for young people.”

The festival takes place in the Parc de la Creativitat and is free to at ‐tend.

“Since 1998 we offer fairs where everything is made with skill and affec‐tion by the participants themselves. That’s why we celebrate our 25th an ‐niversary with a competi‐tion of unique pieces, and we invite visitors to vote,” says Amata.

The Arts and Crafts fair will open from 6pm to 9pm on Friday April 21, 11am to 9pm on Saturday April 22, and 11am to 5pm on Sunday April 23.

The ‘international festival of Spanish and Ibero‐American photography’ features a total of 14 photography exhibitions, six in Denia and eight in Javea.

In Javea, the Milicianos Acció Fotogràfica collective has hung up a series of powerful black and white photographs on walls and shop windows around the old town.

In Denia, Neus Solà is running a display entitled ‘Poupées’ in the Centre d’Art l’Estació until May 14. ‘Poupées’ (‘little girls’ in French) is a look at the female gypsy condition in the suburb of La Cité in Perpignan, France, an exclusively gypsy neighbourhood considered one of the poorest in the city.

The author focuses her gaze on the preliminary steps of their transition to adulthood, with the intention of showing the freer side of their existence, in contrast to the restric‐tions they will have to assume in the future.

Entrance to ‘Poupées’ is free and opening times are every day from 10am to 1pm and afternoons from 5pm to 9pm. For full information visit festivalojosrojos.com.