As is tradition, the company Caganer.com has announced this morning the new characters that have stood out, in one way or another, in the political, cultural, sports or musical field this year and who already have their replica in shape of caganer, the endearing figure that appears in Catalan nativity scenes.
In total, they have created thirty new clay figures that join the great family of caganers created in the last three decades, made up of some 600 famous people, without forgetting different trades - this year the veterinarian caganer has joined - or the classic peasant with a white shirt, sash and barretina, which never goes out of style.
From the sports field, Caganer.com has created the figure of the French footballer from Paris Saint Germain Kylian Mbappé, the Basque golfer and number 3 in the world, Jon Rahm and the Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen, who this year won the championship for the third time. time.
The figure of Leo Messi, who had previously been characterized with the shirts of Barça, PSG, the Argentine national team and with the Ballon d'Or and the World Cup, this year has been updated with the colors of Inter Miami, the club of the MLS in which he plays this season.
In international politics, marked these days by the war between Israel and Hamas, the figure of the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, stands out. The first secretary of the Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (PSC) and leader of the opposition in the Parliament of Catalonia, Salvador Illa, also has his replica in the form of a caganer.
The president of Mexico since 2018, Andrés Manuel López Obrador joins the long list of international politicians who have passed through the hands of members of the Alós-Pla family, which has handcrafted the figures since 1992.
Not all the pieces made have a connection with current events. This year, for example, in addition to the Mexican president, the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, who died in 1865, has also been given shape. And even the Roman politician, Marco Antonio, already has his caganer.
One of the characters that has become most popular this year is the South African businessman Elon Musk, CEO of the social network X (formerly Twitter) and other companies such as SpaceX and Tesla, the electric car firm.
Among the singers, the Argentine DJ and producer Gonzalo Julián Conde, known as 'Bizarrap', stands out, who this year went viral thanks to the song he composed with Shakira following the singer's breakup with former soccer player Gerard Piqué.
The company, based in Torroella de Montgrí, is finishing preparing the figure of the North American singer Taylor Swift and the Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny. The caganer of the fictional character Stitch is also being finalized and in this edition the Orthodox Church and Judaism have been represented.
The world of cinema and television has not escaped having the replica of the popular manger character either. This year the chosen ones were Avatar, Cookie Monster, Shrek, Grinch, Olivia Oyl, Popeye's tall partner.
You can also find the character Eric Cartman, from the cartoon television series South Park, Frida Kalho, in the movie version of Coco, Harry Potter, a figure that has been updated with a larger one, or the statue Polynesian moai.
All of these figures can be purchased now in the online store www.caganer.com and in the eight physical stores that the company currently has. Five of them are located in Barcelona and the other three are in Madrid, Platja d'Aro and Torroella de Montgrí, headquarters of the production workshop.
