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Alguazas City Council, through its Department of Equality, is, next to the city council of Murcia and the Ministry of Health and Social Policy of the regional government, one of the entities that collaborate in the development and promotion of the Cultural Annual Festival Association "Igbo Assembly" made up immigrants Nigerian Ibo ethnic group living in the Region of Murcia, will be held this coming Saturday, September 29th, from 14 to 22 am in the Garden of Saint Basil the homonymous district of the City Murcia.

This event, scheduled as a clear initiative multicultural and social integration and a staff of guests of honor made up of Councillors of Health and Social Welfare and Equality of the municipalities of Murcia and Alguazas, Maria del Carmen Garcia and Maria Pelegrin Dolores Hernandez Garcia, respectively, and the Presidents of the Association in organizing both national and regional, Kingsley and Emeka Obi Ugene also respective manner, provide attendees well dance exhibitions and music and ancestral representative of the Ibo-a Group Dance by the Association "Igbo Assembly" of the Region of Murcia and the "African Live Band" in addition to art and cultural exhibitions and tastings of typical dishes of this ethnic African (seated in Southeast Nigeria and comes to represent 17% of the total population of this nation Gulf of Guinea) or Murcia folklore performances that go hand in hand with the Peñas huertanas "The Molinico" Alguazas and "The Corner Pulpitero" of Cotillas Towers.

The municipality receives from its inhabitants alguaceño a significant contingent of Nigerian immigrants belonging to the Ibo people, which are fully integrated into the social, cultural and economic life of the town where they develop over the years a large repertoire of activities and constant and dynamic participation in events and high profile proposals and draft Alguazas between neighbors such as traditional festivals, implementation of training workshops, conferences, ...

In the words of the mayor of the Consistory Local alguaceño Equality, María Dolores Hernández García, "is why with full conviction, we can define as a municipality Alguazas integration and opportunity for all. And for this reason we believe that the major route integration of immigrants is the existence of a pluralistic society and individual integration, in which each, without losing its roots and, through their own efforts, to feel part of this county and achieve the objectives it has set to come to Spain in order to create a common and shared a community of citizens alguaceños identified with some common links because people who come from other places are also an important part in the positive direction of growth and progress of Alguazas. And it is with this purpose so this completely turns Consistory in initiatives such as the Annual Cultural Festival to be held this September 29. "

Note that the Igbos are one of the most prevalent ethnicities in Africa, consisting of 25 million people, and where most of its members are in Nigeria but other settlements in other nations such as Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea

Source: Ayuntamiento de Alguazas