The Cavalcade of the Three Kings of Utrera has been clouded in this year 2020 by an unprecedented event. The launch of dangerous hardware items from one of the parade floats has marked one of the most magical days for children and adults in the municipality as controversial.
The cultural association Maestro Milla , organizer for decades of the Cavalcade of the Three Kings of Utrera, issued a statement on Monday rejecting these acts after social networks on the afternoon of January 5They will be flooded with testimonies and images of objects allegedly collected by the Utreran public such as screws, nails and other hardware items, publications that are not in keeping with the festivity itself, ceramic or glass figures and other large objects that put at serious risk the physical integrity of the attendees, even leaving several injured according to these witnesses. Although in the same statement there is no mention of the float itself from which these launches would have been made, according to these comments on the networks, the articles came from the float characterized as Santa Claus.
Faced with this controversy, the organizers have expressed their regret to this newspaper because these events “are damaging the image” of the parade that they organize with so much “care and work” and have sent a statement in which they lament the “irresponsibility” of some of the the participants in the procession, as well as “the damages that may have been produced”. In addition, as explained by a spokesman for the association in statements to this newspaper, from this very Tuesday they are going to start working with his lawyer to try to find out how these objects could have been introduced into the floats.
“We wish to show our regret for some of the events and incidents that occurred as a result of the irresponsibility of some of the participants in the parade when it comes to acquiring objects that are not suitable for launching in the procession of the Three Wise Men. Dangerous objects to be thrown and that They do not go in line with the spirit of the cavalcade nor do they comply with an agreement that each of the characters signs with this association”, collects the letter.
The organizers ensure that the participants sign an agreement in relation to the characteristics of the gifts to be thrown
. In this sense, those responsible for this event in the town have clarified that, when promoting this procession, each character of the different floats signs an agreementin relation to the characteristics of the gifts that are going to be launched to the public and they also hold meetings in which, they assure, “it is scrupulously explained, emphasizing the point that I alluded to the gifts that are launched.”
Precisely, the cultural association has taken advantage of this statement to make public that clause signed by the participants and that reads the following writing: “As for the gifts to be distributed from the floats, the prohibition of throwing balls or balloons is maintained, allowing only candy , flexible plastic objects, fabric or sponge”.
However, and despite these rules that the organization raises person by person to try to make everything go smoothly, that of 2020 will go down in history as an eventful cavalcade in Utrera where several people have denounced on social networks that they even suffered injuries due to the impact of certain articles, having to attend the hospital in some cases.
In any case, the Maestro Milla cultural association has underlined the more than 40 years They have been “working with care and taking care of every last detail so that the town has a great cavalcade”. Three Wise Men,” the statement concludes.
