The president of the Yeguada Cartuja Hierro del Bocado, Judit Anda, and the president of the Side of the Horses of Carava de la Cruz Wine, Francisco Javier Gallego Ríos, have signed a collaboration agreement for the promotion and enhancement of the cultural and historical heritage that both entities treasure around the world of the horse.
The signing has taken place in the Luxury Guadarnés from Yeguada Cartuja Hierro del Bocado at its facilities at the Fuente del Suero Farm in Jerez de la Frontera. After the signing of the agreement, FESTEJADO XIV, one of the famous copies of the Yeguada Cartuja Hierro del Bocado, has been harnessed and, in addition, the Caravaca de la Cruz Wine Horse Band has proceeded to deliver a Exhibition harnessing of this traditional clothing that Caravacan horses wear during the festivities that are held each year from May 1 to 5, in honor of the Vera Cruz, Patron Saint of the city of Caravaca.
– Copy of Caravaca de la Cruz / Radio Jerez Cadena SER
This harnessing will remain on display in the Luxury Guadarnés de la Yeguada Cartuja Hierro del Bocado throughout the season, so that visitors who come to the aforementioned Yeguada can know the tradition Y culture that treasures the festival of Los Caballos del Vino de Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia), which last December was named Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).
The president of Yeguada Cartuja Hierro del Bocado, Judit Anda, highlighted “the importance of this agreement that allows two historical entities and part of our heritage to join forces in the promotion, conservation and transmission to citizens of a cultural and cultural heritage. history that belongs to everyone ”.
For his part, the president of the Caravaca de la Cruz Wine Horse Band, Francisco Javier Gallego Ríos, has shown his satisfaction and pride “for this strategic alliance with which he is a symbol and the greatest exponent of the Carthusian lineage and of the purebred Spanish horse, Yeguada Cartuja Hierro del Bocado “
Two institutions linked by the history and defense of horse culture
In December 2020, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognized the Los Caballos del Vino festival in Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia) as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity. A festival whose origin has been documented for three centuries, although it is a previous manifestation, linked to the ancient ceremony of the blessing of the Vera Cruz bathing it in wine, a unique ritual in the world that symbolizes the protection of nature.
For its part, the Yeguada Cartuja Hierro del Bocado dates back to the end of the 15th century, when the Order of the Carthusians, with a great livestock tradition, settled in the monastery of Santa María de la Defensión, the cornerstone of horse breeding. Carthusian. For 4 centuries and until the War of Independence which caused the plundering of the Jerez monastery, the Carthusians were the faithful guardians of the lineage. After the Napoleonic invasion, it was the loyalty and efforts of the subsequent and successive owners of the Hierro del Bocado that made it possible for the purity of the Carthusian lineage to remain intact to this day.
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