Jaén and its 'particular' way of recovering traditions, in the eye of the hurricane. The First Municipal Lumbres Peleles Contest of San Antón, convened by the city council and consisting of the representation of several creations that end up burning in a bonfire, has awarded the first prize to 'Pelelemón', a doll that represented the former president of the Catalan Generalitat, Carles Puigdemont, and whose burning has unleashed a great controversy among the neighbors themselves and on social networks. Such is the unrest that has arisen that there are those who consider that this action should not go unpunished because it incites hatred.
The winning doll, from the parish of the Inmaculada and San Pedro Pascual, is one of the eight puppets that have participated in this contest organized by the Government of the PP-Jaén Deserves More, it was a representation of the politician with a wig, glasses and a briefcase full of money, and carrying a sign that said: 'I want to be pardoned.' According to its creators, “it reflects a social criticism against those opportunistic people who think that they can carry out actions outside the law for their own benefit and go unpunished before justice, using their status, economic position or political situation. Despite its resemblance in name and appearance to a specific character on the current political scene, it does not represent a specific person or political party. "He expresses a rejection of any type of pardon or amnesty, whether political, fiscal or economic (expressed in the briefcase with money that he carries and the wads of bills sticking out of his pockets)."
“These people usually charge or blackmail to receive the preferential treatment they demand, offering their silence in exchange (hence their zipped mouth). Mr. Pelelemón wants to be pardoned and free himself from the flames of the bonfire, but neither his money nor his status are going to prevent him from burning like the rest of the pelemons,” they point out.
'Pelelemón', which ended up reduced to ashes on January 16, managed to win the majority vote of the jury, whose ruling, announced this Wednesday, has not gone unnoticed and has put the city and its 'particular' way of recover a tradition in the pillory. “It promotes hatred and political apology,” say some users on the Internet, while others insist that they find it “shameful” that a city council allows this type of situation.
For his part, the first deputy mayor, Manuel Carlos Vallejo, has admitted to being “very satisfied to have recovered this tradition and that it has had this participation that we want to increase. The idea is to maintain this initiative every year, and we will try to improve it in each edition. The objective is to maintain and continue promoting a tradition that is so ours, so Jaén, such as the Lumbres and these burning rompers, "since he has pointed out that it is also a tourist attraction and encourages young people to participate.
