Festivities on Carrer Sant Sebastià will be virtual

The chorus “I’m going up, I’m going down, if you live as I live, I live hesitating”, which traditionally resonates in the fortnight of January through the streets of Old Sant Joan, will be heard this year from the homes of Porto- riquenys, since still in the middle of the pandemic of the COVID-19 are denied the massive events like the Celebrations of the Street San Sebastián.

In response to this new reality, Antonio Morales, new director of the Department of Art and Culture of San Juan, in coordination with the new municipal administration of Miguel Romero, organizes a special online edition, which will begin on Friday, January 29, and will run until Sunday 31st.

“What we will be doing this year is a special where we will take advantage of this situation to remind people of the purpose of the festivities,” anticipated the newly appointed producer and community leader.

“There are a lot of young people who listen to Festes de la Sanse and what they believe is that it’s a bitch of let’s dance, let’s hesitate, let’s drink, and the tradition has been lost, the meaning has been lost, so we will take advantage of this moment with a kind of documentary that we are filming to remind people of the purpose of this, ”he detailed.

The virtual parties of the fifty-first edition will divide the offer as follows:

First day: Projection of the content of the history, including the economic impact that they generate for the city and the Country, as well as the positioning that they offer before the eyes of the world.

Second day: Artistic offer through pre-recorded presentations.

Third day: Family entertainment, from music to craft workshops.

The artisans will have a wider exhibition, and for about a month several profiles of these will be highlighted, the more their works will be made visible to those who want to buy them through a platform that will be announced next week. it comes.