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Mijas countdown
THE countdown to the Mijas Fair 2023 has begun in earnest.
The festivities in honour of the patron saint of the town, the Virgen de la Pena, already have an official date and headliners for its musical programme.
Cecilia Sierra, confirmed that the Adventure Park celebrated each of the animals’ special days: “In addition to the usual food we treat the animals to ice creams incorpo
“For example, in the case of lions, they enjoy blood from meat, while for elephants the ideal is fruit and different toppings.
“Our team of caretakers prepare the delights with great care, it really does help make really hot days more bearable.”
Mayor of Mijas, Josele Gonzalez, confirmed: “The Mijas Fair will be held from September 5 to September 10 and once again we will be bringing some toplevel artists to the Municipal Stand so that residents and visitors can enjoy the best music completely free of charge.”
The councillor for Fiestas, Tamara Vera, said: “After the Las Lagunas and La Cala fairs, we are putting the finishing touch to the festival season in our town.
“The important thing is that our visitors and residents enjoy a fair that I know they look forward to all year round.”
IT has literally been a long, hard road for Marbella resident professional cyclist Luis Ángel Maté who is currently take part in the Volta a Portugal.
Now 39 years old he has enjoyed a steady but not overly successful career but on Tuesday August 15, he won the taxing second stage of the race which saw the cyclists tackling a mountain climb.
Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, this is his first stage vic
The councillor added: “The Fiestas Department is already coordinating the details with other departments such as Urban Mobility so that everything goes perfectly and the people who decide to come to enjoy the festivities only have to worry about having a good time.” tory in almost 13 years and is only the third stage success of his long professional career.
Now in fifth place overall in the race, this victory may be a springboard to greater success as he comes towards the end of his career.
Andalucia’s father
Warning flags
AS part of its ongoing fight to protect people on the many beaches that run from Manilva Costa through Sabinillas and on to Duquesa, the local council has come up with an innovative new plan.
Lifeguards fly different coloured flags to warn people about potential problems with the tide and swimming in the sea generally with green for clear, yellow for caution and red for danger.
Now, in order to help those who are colour blind, new flags are being flown which are not only coloured for those with clear sight, but contain different shapes which indicate the state of the water and any warning.
Red bears a triangle pointing to the left, yellow a slash and green a triangle pointing to the right.
THE mayor of Benalmadena, Juan Antonio Lara, delivered a floral tribute on the 87th anniversary of the death of Blas Infante on Friday August 11.
This is a traditional event organised in Benalmadena which serves to keep alive the memory of the father of the Andalucian homeland.
The municipality always celebrates it in the central Calle Blas Infante in Arroyo de la Miel, next to the monolith in honour of the greatest ideologue of political Andalucianism.
The town hall stresses the importance of sup porting this type of event, not only to pay homage to Blas Infante but also to keep his legacy alive.
Politician, writer, notary and intellectual, Blas Infante Perez was the precursor of the collective impulse that made it possible to achieve the selfgovernment that the Statute of Autonomy for Andalucia represents today.
He played a decisive role in shaping the Andalucian identity and gave the community its own symbolism through the creation of the flag, coat of arms and anthem.
