¿What are "the auroros"?
Traditonally
the people who participate in this type of singing are of the same faith
and form part of the same religious entity. Early on sunday mornings, in
their awqkening or night songs, they praise our lady with their singing
and prayers, and manage to free the christians from the bad spirits with
their powerful intercession.
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Who
forms the group of singers?
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The
singers, from the "huerta" in Murcia, group together in two choirs, depending
on the antifonal style of their songs. One person in the first choir acts
as a guide normally the one who uses the bell leads the songs and decides
on the place and type of prayer to interpret. The number of members ih
each choir is variable. Between both gruops it may add up to about thirty
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When
are they sung?
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At
the momento the Auroras from the "huerta" ih Murcia celebrate special occasions,
for example, on the eve of Saint Joseph´s day or ih the earty hours
of the morning on 8 h december During the month of october, the month of
the Holy Rosary, they tend to celebrate different Auroro meetings in the
towns of Alcantarilla, Santa Cruz, Javalí Viejo and Abanilla. On
Holy Thusday evening it is traditicon to sing in San Agustín square
ih Murcia, ih front of Nuestro Padre Jesús church, where the museum
of the sculptor Salzillo is. |
What
do they sing?
The
basic composition of the Auroros from the "huerta" in Murcia is the salve.
The salve is made up of a variable number of octosyllable lines, not less
than six, which end in a verse and a chorus. The compositions tend to be
anonymous and quite common with all the groups. The style of music tends
to vary from one town to another. The repetoire of the prayers of each
group tends to vay a lot, the norm being that they do not exceed tuenty
prayers of Passion, dedicated to different advocations to our lady the
saints and the deceased.
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Directions
for get information :
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HERMANDAD
DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIO DE SANTA CRUZ
José
Ángel Roca Sánchez
Calle
Mayor, 24; 30162 Santa Cruz
(
Murcia - ESPAÑA )
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