Some thirty people participated this Saturday in the XII Portusium Jábega Marine Day, in which residents of the Cartagena town of The Portús staged “a quite endearing and very beautiful recreation” of what was “a fishing art dating from 1900, the seine”explained to La Opinión Luis Saura, president of the El Portús Neighborhood Association.
This ancient art of fishing “right now is forbiddenbut in the past it was done and in El Portús there are still heirs of people who have fished that waySaura explained.
In addition to the three dozen people (dressed in typical clothes of that time) that are involved in the representation of traditional fishing itself, many more were spectators, “setting the scene”, commented the president of the neighborhood association.
As for what is done, “a boat goes out and the net sinks. Take some ropes, some ropes, take out to the beach, it is thrown from the land with a cloth band and the sailors are pulling with their bodies, which is where the bands are tied: this is how they bring the net closer to the beach, ”said Luis Saura. All this, enlivened with habanera music. At the foot of the sea it is again 1900 for a few hours.
“Some floats are put on so that the net does not drag: it floats, also to protect the Posidonia”
Because fishing like this is no longer allowed, “what is done is that they put some floats so that the net does not drag: it floats, also to protect the Posidonia,” he said.
“When the net reaches the shore, seven or eight children beat the stones against the water, to scare the fish a little and that they do not go outside the network”, explained Saura, who made it clear that “on the shore, the fish is released again”.
Before the staging of this ancient practice, the day started with a seaside mass in the hermitagewhich served as a prelude to the traditional jábega.
Cauldron for 250 diners
Hours earlier, in the morning, a seabed cleaning in El Portús by recreational divers, the Cartagen City Council reported. “This seeks to sensitize and educate the population of the respect and care of the natural space protected from the Sierra de la Muela, Roldán and Cabo Tiñoso in which El Portús is located”, the Consistory stressed in a press release on its website.
And after the performance cauldron of fishermen. “We had it ordered for 250 people,” said Saura, who, hours before the celebration, already predicted that perhaps more than one would want to try this gem of the regional gastronomy.
It is the twelfth edition of an event that mowed down the pandemic (It could not be done in 2020 or 2021), but it recovered last year. And this 2023, it goes with novelty: that of the inauguration of the Sea and Nature Fairwhich will start this Sunday the 20th.
The exhibition, which opens at eight in the afternoon in the square, was born this year at the initiative of the Association of Women
Regarding this exhibition, the president of the neighborhood group specified that it has been an initiative of the Association of Women of El Portús. At the fair, which begins at eight in the evening in the town square, “they are going to participate artisans from the west zone, from the espartoof the cheesesand there will be little tables to inform what each association does, “emphasized Luis Saura.
At the opening of the exhibition, a aerial acrobat and also a DJsaid the neighborhood representative.
Regarding the jábega and the celebrations that take place around it, the councilor for Tourism of Cartagena, Belén Romero, stated that “in El Portús there are still inhabitants who continue to transmitting seafaring customs generation after generation».
2023-08-20 02:13:20
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