San Sebastián de los Reyes
has announced that it has prepared for
2021
seven
confinements,
six during the day and one at night, for the end of August, the date on which it celebrates its festivities in honor of the Cristo de los Remedios each year.
The confinements, which according to the municipal government are subject to a strict protocol to guarantee health security due to the pandemic, are
pending approval
by the Community of Madrid.
The local Executive has asked the regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and the Ministry of Health, led by Enrique Ruiz-Escudero,
to issue their response as quickly as possible
to finish organizing the so-called Madrid Bull Runs.
The novelty of this edition
The popular running of the bulls in Sanse include in this edition a nocturnal one, called the
Running of the Lanterns
, which will be held, according to forecasts, on August 25.
This nocturnal celebration responds to the interest of the current municipal government team to
recover the closure that was canceled during the 2011-2015 term
, when the calendar of the closure was reduced "for political reasons."
"The celebration of the nocturnal confinement supposes the reinforcement of the Madrid Confinements and the recovery of a confinement that the neighbors will surely appreciate. The experience of a night confinement can be
an unbeatable starting point for a week of leisure, sport and culture
that Sanse deserves after so many months of such difficulty, and that with so much care and dedication we have been working to maintain the good name of San Sebastián de los Reyes ", has indicated the deputy mayor delegate of Festejos, Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (Cs ).
Security protocol
The celebration of the running of the bulls, and also the rest of the
cultural and sports activities
that the Sanse City Council has planned for the festivities, are awaiting the final approval of the Community of Madrid.
The Consistory Celebration Delegation provided several months ago to the Ministry of Health all the details of the security protocol designed for the confinements, and which included measures related to
capacity, safety distance, the use of masks
, among other precautions for avoid contagions.
"We urge the presidency of the regional executive, as well as the Ministry of Health, to
a meeting at the highest political level
to discuss all the necessary aspects of the Sanse confinements, with a strong cultural roots in our city and great media impact," he said. specified the mayor of the town,
Narciso Romero
(PSOE).
The San Sebastián de los Reyes City Council has highlighted the
favorable impact of the celebrations
around the Santísimo Cristo de los Remedios on the city's economy, quantified at
6 million euros
by a study carried out by the Consistory itself, and has underlined the importance of these events in the current context of economic recovery.
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