A satire of the Virgen del Rocío included in last Tuesday's edition of TV3's "Està passant" program has caused the discomfort of the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, among other political leaders of the community.
For the Andalusian president it is a "disrespect for Andalusia." The spokeswoman for Adelante Andalucía, Teresa Rodríguez, has also reproached the scriptwriters of "Està passant" for the "malaje" with which they approached this Andalusian religious tradition.
In this program, an actress dressed in a spectacular costume that simulated the Virgin of El Rocío was interviewed by Toni Soler and Jair Domínguez, presenters of the program, in which they compared the "austerity" of La Moreneta -the Virgin of Montserrat- with the "rococo" style "of the Rocío.
In addition, the parody included various comments on the sexual life of the Andalusian virgin
For Moreno, "humor is one of the hallmarks of our land, but to be funny it is done with respect and affection", and he understands that what was seen on the program is "a lack of respect for Andalusia, and for thousands of Andalusians and their traditions. I hope that to ask for forgiveness they know how to do better".
The spokeswoman for Adelante Andalucía, Teresa Rodríguez, believes that humor can be made from everything, "also from Holy Week", but not "with so much 'badness', ignorance and Andalusian phobia", urging the writers of the joke to imitate " the accent of your bloody 'stop', for being soft".
The bishop of the Diocese of Huelva, Santiago Gómez, has also lamented the parody and defends that "the right to freedom of thought and expression, recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, cannot imply the right to offend the religious feeling of believers, a principle that is obviously valid for any religion”, according to the statements collected by the EFE news agency.
