The Murcia City Council has dedicated a privileged space to Juan Tudela Piernas, Uncle Juan Rita, in the large-format photographic exhibition that recalls the Patiņo Gang Meeting, organized on the Paseo Alfonso X in the capital del Segura until next January 22. Uncle Juan Rita, Totana's Adoptive Son, died last September at 108 years of age after a long career in the world of popular folklore and, more specifically, trovo. The meeting, which was to be held last Sunday and was suspended for the first time in 33 years due to the health crisis, has been held uninterruptedly since 1989, an event popularly known as "Las pelotas de Patiņo".
for the tasting of this typical food of Murcian gastronomy. The art exhibition in the public street is held under the title "Encuentro de Cuadrillas de Patiņo 1989-2021" and collects images that show the essence of this popular festival, which allocates several murals to the Adoptive Son of the City of Totana. Each photograph inserts a QR code that, through the mobile phone, links to the website for the exhibition showing information about this party. This cultural event, with the passage of time, has established itself as a traditional event typical of Christmas days, commemorated the Sunday following Reyes, to which thousands of visitors come from different municipalities of the Region and from other communities autonomous, aspiring to be declared a festival of Regional Tourist Interest.
