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Testing Neanderthal behavioural hypotheses requires a spatial–temporal resolution to the level of a human single occupation episode
most of the behavioural data on Neanderthals has been obtained from coarsely dated
time-averaged contexts affected by the archaeological palimpsest effect and a diversity of postdepositional processes
This implies that time-resolved Neanderthal behaviour remains largely unknown
we performed archaeostratigraphic analysis on stratigraphic units ive
we isolated the archaeological remains associated with the resulting archaeostratigraphic unit and applied raw material
Our results show a low-density accumulation of remains from flintknapping
flint tool-use and animal processing around a hearth
These data provide a time-resolved human dimension to previous high-resolution environmental and pyrotechnological data on the same hearth
representing the first comprehensive characterisation of a Neanderthal single occupation episode
multidisciplinary method also contributes to advance our understanding of archaeological record formation processes
Isolating single Neanderthal occupation events and exploring behavioural cues hidden in their material components and in their interrelationships may bring to light aspects
relevant to advance ongoing debates on the Neanderthals
usually based on low-resolution temporal data
</a>(a) Location of the Abric del Pastor site in the context of the Iberian Peninsula
The map was obtained with Google Earth Pro version 7.3 [Versiones de Earth—Google Earth]
(b) Location of the site in the context of the Mariola mountain range
These data show that this context is ideal for further investigations of behavioural aspects through a time-resolving approach
we present an interdisciplinary study that has allowed to recognise and characterise a low-density hearth-related accumulation representing a high-resolution human event within unit ivf
This study has combined archaeostratigraphic
become a chance of providing the features of a Neanderthal occupation episode
</a>Representation of the archaeostratigraphic units (AU)
</a>Archaeostratigraphic representation of the AU ivfH17 assemblage in comparison to the AU ivf assemblage
The reffitting connection is indicated by parallel lines
so its complete characterisation will be given in the next section being that these features have not been considered technical
Six elements (54.5%) were analysed for use-wear traces, which were identified in four of them related to the work of semihard/hard materials, and animal materials (Table <a data-track="click" data-track-label="link" data-track-action="supplementary material anchor" href="/articles/s41598-022-20200-z#MOESM1">S4</a>)
</a>Tools displaying use-wear traces and detailed photos
together with previously described technological features
suggest that the flake represents a splintered tool associated with percussion activity on hard material
we assume that they correlate with these taxa
There is a predominance of postcranial remains, of which almost all are appendicular. The taxonomically classified remains are a red deer (Cervus elaphus) metapodial and a first phalanx, a wild goat (Capra pyrenaica) tibia and two Caprinae metapodials. In the medium-size group, skeletal representation is dominated by diaphysis fragments, splinters and ribs (Table <a data-track="click" data-track-label="link" data-track-action="table anchor" href="/articles/s41598-022-20200-z#Tab1">1</a>)
The small-size group is integrated by a diaphysis and rib fragment
we report several splinters and cancellous bone fragments in the indeterminate group
The entire assemblage shows a high degree of fragmentation (97.46%)
Additional anthropogenic modifications include thermal alteration (24.05%) and cut-marks (6.33%)
Burnt bones exhibit different degrees of heating
from brown to black) and near calcination (i.e
Cut-marks were identified on four diaphysis fragments and a splinter belonging to a medium-sized individual
such as carnivores or raptors were observed
The degree of postdepositional alteration is high
and numerous bone surfaces display secondary carbonate and manganese oxide precipitation
</a>Horizontal plots of the AU ivfH17 assemblage used for spatial analysis
All the plots were generated with ArcGIS Desktop ArcMap version 10.5.1 [Esri Support ArcMap 10.5 (10.5.1)] (a) Kernel density map
Single-element RMUs are abbreviated as S-E
The two Serreta single-element RMUs are separated from the rest of the lithic assemblage
One of them is in the northern area and the other one is in the southeast
Regarding the used tools (Fig. <a data-track="click" data-track-label="link" data-track-action="figure anchor" href="/articles/s41598-022-20200-z#Fig7">7</a>b)
the retouched flake associated with butchering activity is 0.98 m to the southwest of the hearth perimeter
It is surrounded by bone fragments without cut-marks
including those belonging to Cervus elaphus and to medium-sized animals
The thermoaltered centripetal flake used to work on a hard or semihard material has a similar position (1.59 m to the southwest of the hearth perimeter)
there is a material gap of 0.5 m-radius around this piece
the flake used to work on a hard material is 1.26 m to the southwest of the hearth perimeter
while the splintered tool is 1.09 m west of it
the former artefact is more strongly related to the deer and medium-sized animal remains in the southwest
Regarding the distance from the nearest bone with cut-marks to the two used tools
the splintered piece is 0.89 m away from it.
the bone fragments with cut-marks are distributed in the north of the assemblage
Two of them are further than 0.5 m from the hearth perimeter
whereas the other three are closer than 0.5 m
interdisciplinary data presented in this paper offer the possibility of isolating and characterising human high-resolution events
Archaeostratigraphic dissection reveals a vertically discrete assemblage of archaeological remains (lithic
faunal and combustion remains) framed between AU ivf at the top and SU v at the base
This unit is composed of a hearth (H17) in the west
and different anthropogenic materials around it: 11 flint remains
and 78 bone remains of red deer and wild goat
We identified the presence of elements that were introduced
These features allow considering cores and unretouched flakes as mobile toolkits
The activities performed around H17 hearth (butchering
by the bulk of the deer remains and the used tools in the southwest area
by the cut-marked deer remains in the northern area
Even isolating this short assemblage in the vertical deposit
we cannot assume synchrony in the horizontal plane
there are some indications of possible diachrony amongst the H17 hearth-related assemblage inferred from taphonomic
anthropogenic and spatial features of: (1) the wild goat bones; (2) the burnt Mariola flint flake
and (3) the two isolated Serreta flint flakes
the absence of anthropogenic modifications on the wild goat bones
might indicate a different moment and/or agent of deposition
the burnt Mariola flint flake presents two distinguishing features from the rest of the assemblage
One is that thermal alteration affects the use-wear traces
subsequently heated and then discarded at the southern area of the rockshelter
The other feature is the postdepositional calcium carbonate cement on its surface
the dispersed character of the wild goat assemblage
the burnt Mariola flake and the only two Serreta flints differs from the rest of the assemblage
Cross-checking this information with the clustered groups and their characteristics enables us to propose that diachrony exists between both assemblages: the main accumulation would be linked to a single moment
whereas these scattered materials might be the result of another or more depositional events
excluding the two Serreta single-element RMUs
together with the wild goat remains and the burnt Mariola flake
we interpret the resulting assemblage as a potential single occupation episode
transformation and abandonment/output of four Mariola RMUs and the processing-consumption of appendicular and axial parts of a red deer around the fire
The presence of animal fat in the hearth sediment is indirect evidence of deer meat consumption and/or tossing of meat in the fire
identifying mobile toolkits needs high-resolution contexts in order to observe the potential heterogeneity of technofunctional and raw material features
Approaches aimed at palimpsest dissection allow us to identify the elementary units of which the archaeological assemblages are composed and
to assess a behavioural variability that can be hidden in the assemblage-as-a-whole inferences
In this work, we have taken into account the three-dimensional georeferences of 67 lithic elements, 356 faunal remains and 1 combustion structure belonging to SUs ive, ivf, ivg, va, vb and vc for archaeostratigraphic analysis (Table <a data-track="click" data-track-label="link" data-track-action="supplementary material anchor" href="/articles/s41598-022-20200-z#MOESM1">S1</a>)
After the vertical dissection had been carried out
we have focused on one from those higher-resolution analytical frameworks that have been obtained: AU ivfH17
This new unit comprises 11 flint remains and 78 faunal bones and a simple hearth
The lithic and faunal assemblage have been analysed through raw material
archaeozoological and taphonomic methodologies
we integrated the record information from this new analytical framework for consolidating the archaeostratigraphic dissection and achieving spatial distribution patterns (see Supplementary Information for methodological details)
All data produced and used in this paper are available under reasonable request to the corresponding author
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There is a relatively low amount of Middle Paleolithic sites in Europe dating to MIS 4
several of them lack evidence for anthropogenic fire
raising the question of how this period of global cooling may have affected the Neanderthal population
The Iberian Peninsula is a key area to explore this issue
as it has been considered as a glacial refugium during critical periods of the Neanderthal timeline and might therefore yield archaeological contexts in which we can explore possible changes in the behaviour and settlement patterns of Neanderthal groups during MIS 4
Here we report recent data from Abric del Pastor
Spain) with a stratified deposit containing Middle Palaeolithic remains
We present absolute dates that frame the sequence within MIS 4 and multi-proxy geoarchaeological evidence of in situ anthropogenic fire
including microscopic evidence of in situ combustion residues and thermally altered sediment
We also present archaeostratigraphic evidence of recurrent
brief human occupation of the rock shelter
Our results suggest that Neanderthals occupied the Central Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula during MIS 4
that these Neanderthals were not undergoing climatic stress and they were habitual fire users
This hypothesis highlights the important role of climate in shaping human behaviour
relatively few site-specific records exist for MIS 4 in the peninsula
This potentially hampers our understanding of the local environmental settings in which MIS 4 Neanderthal occupations occurred
as we depend on regional proxy data with coarse resolution
This evidence could predict similar conditions for MIS 4 in the region and hints at a mosaic scenario for the Iberian Peninsula with different econiches shaped by local geographic factors
Turning to the archaeological record, more Middle Palaeolithic sites in Iberia are dated to MIS 3 than to MIS 5 and MIS 4 (Supplementary Table <a data-track="click" data-track-label="link" data-track-action="supplementary material anchor" href="/articles/s41598-019-54305-9#MOESM1">S1</a>)
there is considerably more bioanthropological
genetic and cultural information on late Neanderthals (younger than 60 Ka)
Although there is an apparent reduction of sites when compared with the preceding and subsequent periods
the significantly shorter duration of the MIS 4 period compared to MIS 5 and MIS 3 and the inaccuracy of some of the chronostratigraphic data should be considered
Although these MIS 5 and MIS 3 data are not comparable directly due to their different degrees of temporal resolution
they generally reflect a Neanderthal population consisting of highly mobile groups occupying relatively small territories
</a>Location of Abric del Pastor rock shelter
Our ongoing investigations at Abric del Pastor are geared at understanding site formation processes and combustion feature formation processes
dissecting archaeological palimpsests and providing a chronostratigraphic context for the Middle Palaeolithic occupations
our objectives are threefold: (1) to provide chronometric dates that help establish if the archaeological deposit formed during MIS 5
and (2) to characterize the combustion features and corroborate their nature as anthropogenic combustion structures
and (3) to describe and assess the variability of the lithic
faunal and combustion record within its stratigraphic context
</a>Stratigraphic log of abric del Pastor showing the different lithostratigraphic units
the position of absolute dates and combustion structures
</a>Field views of two Abric del Pastor combustion structures: H2 in Unit IVb (left) and H17 in Unit IVf (right)
</a>Flatbed scan of a micromorphological thin section from combustion structure H17 in Unit IVf (left image) and selected photomicrographs taken from its black sediment: (a) Sedimentary matrix with abundant unidentified charred particles (black) in an ashy matrix (gray)
Image taken in plane polarized light; (b) Same view in crossed polarized light; c) ashy sediment aggregate with frequent unidentified charred particles
Image taken in plane polarized light; d) Angular burnt bone fragment in plane polarized light
The clay content in the site’s sediments is too low to identify clay minerals heated above 500C unambiguously
</a>(a) Magnetic susceptibility contour map showing a high value zone at the H17 location (the H17 perimeter as recorded in the field is indicated by a dotted line); (b) Charcoal distribution contour map showing that most of the charcoal remains in Unit IVf cluster at the H17 location
</a>Histograms displaying n-alkane concentrations in combustion features and associated control samples collected from thermally unaltered sediments immediately adjacent (x-axis = number of carbons; y-axis = concentration in μg per g of dry sediment)
</a>(a) Spatial distribution of lithic and faunal remains and combustion structures from Unit IVd1; (b) Detailed spatial distribution of the refitted specimens within IVd1 related to combustion structure H9 (left) and a photograph of the refitting sets showing how they conform to an almost whole flint nodule (right)
</a>Spatial distribution of lithic and faunal remains associated with H17 within the context of Unit IVf
Our multidisciplinary study adds a new context to the relatively small set of Middle Palaeolithic sites dated to MIS 4
the absolute dates obtained frame the Abric del Pastor sequence between 43 ka and 72 ka
covering the whole of MIS 4 and early MIS 3
Although the current dates are stratigraphically coherent
more dates need to be obtained to corroborate this chronological framework
individual small-sized particles on this type of substrate can be easily reworked by trampling
the presence of granular microstructures with sedimentary aggregates containing highly fragmented
silt-sized charcoal and ash and a mix of burnt and unburnt microscopic bone fragments suggest some reworking of the original combustion features
We did not observe any microstratigraphic features indicative of runoff or of any other water-related syn-sedimentary mechanism
the prominent absence of ash layers in the Unit IV combustion features - except for H17 in IVf -
could be a result of wind erosion in combination with trampling
This agrees with FTIR data showing random presence of wood ash in the samples
although these data should be taken with caution given the presence of microscopic secondary calcite throughout the Unit IV deposit
we have not been able to isolate the signal of this (geogenic) secondary calcite and cannot be certain that it differs from our pyrogenic ash reference samples
Micromorphological samples from combustion features in Unit VI show more abundant combustion residues
which predate a major roof collapse at the base of Unit IV
Sediment samples from hearth H17 in Stratigraphic Unit IVf
which appeared in the field as a sub-circular gray zone with a few scattered bone fragments
charcoal concentrations and magnetic susceptibility data point to in situ burning
High magnetic susceptibility values in the adjacent area could be explained by short-distance ash dispersal by wind
trampling or other syn-depositional agents
Charcoal analysis from H17 suggests the use of mainly juniper wood and the concentration of fuel remains at the center of the hearth
Further spatial investigation is needed to assess postdepositional effects on charcoal dispersal
El Salt is within 5 km distance from Abric del Pastor and both sites show the same lithic raw material types
pointing to exploitation of a single river-bound territory
the current evidence from both sites suggests similar settlement patterns for the Neanderthal groups that occupied the this region of the Iberian Peninsula throughout MIS 4 and 3
pointing to supramediterranean conditions and readily available woody fuel at the site during the MIS 4 – MIS 3 transition
MIS 4 Unit IVf shows a reduction in diversity with Juniperus sp
the unit IVf charcoal sample is associated with a single combustion structure and might reflect anthropogenic selection rather than the natural vegetation
Further paleoenvironmental evidence from this and other mid latitude MIS 4 Middle Palaeolithic contexts will add to these data and help shape regional paleoenvironmental maps that will allow us to investigate Neanderthal adaptations in more detail
The associated local climatic context does not appear to have drastically changed during this period and Neanderthal groups living in this region were making fire and show similar settlement patterns to those from the following MIS 3 period
Comparable high-resolution geoarchaeological data is needed for MIS 5 at a regional scale
as well as a geoarchaeological focus on the MIS 5/MIS 4 and MIS4/MIS 3 stratigraphic boundaries at different sites
which might conceal valuable paleoclimatic information and contribute to our understanding of associated human dynamics
For this study we used two absolute dating techniques: Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) on a loose sediment sample from Stratigraphic Unit IVd and ESR/U-Series on two teeth samples from stratigraphic units IVc and VI (See Supplementary Information for methodological details)
For our multiproxy investigation of the combustion features we used different techniques
which we applied to a selection of features according to their availability for sampling
Most of the features concentrate in Stratigraphic subunit IVd
The techniques used were: (1) Soil micromorphology of intact sediment blocks to investigate microscopic components and their arrangement
(2) Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) to identify calcareous wood ash and burnt clay
(3) Magnetic susceptibility to corroborate in situ burning
(4) Anthracology to characterize wood fuel and 4) Lipid analysis to seek combustion biomarkers (see Supplementary Information for methodological information on the different techniques)
and (3) Spatial analysis of the lithic and faunal record using ArcGIS software (see Supplementary Information for further details)
Excavations and multidisciplinary investigations at Abric del Pastor have been carried out since 2006 by a research team directed by B.G.
The site comprises a small (40 m2) rock shelter containing a stratified clastic deposit dominated by coarse components (cobbles and gravel in a sandy matrix)
while IVb and IVd are finer-grained and concentrate the bulk of archaeological remains
Excavation of the Unit IV sequence comprised a 38 m2 surface area
a large portion of the total space within the small rock shelter
Units V and VI are only known from a 2 × 2 m test pit within the excavation area
The key data generated and/or analysed during this study are included in this published article (and its Supplementary Information files)
The complete datasets generated during and/or analysed during the study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request
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has been given an improved conservation status
it was learned that the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
announced that the status of the Black Shama (Copsychus cebuensis) has been given an improved status.&nbsp;
&ldquo;An upgrade (improved status) means that the species&#39; population has improved
better information is available to make a more informed decision,&quot; Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation
(PBCFI) Executive Director Lisa Paguntalan-Marte told GMA Integrated News
&quot;We were able to determine presence of species in areas that did not have previous records of Siloy
know that Siloy survives in a variety of habitats even tree plantations and degraded habitats,&quot; she added
In a scientific paper posted by the Cambridge University Press
Paguntalan-Marte and other authors shared that &quot;A total of 111 point count stations was surveyed resulting in 93 Black Shama detections
the population density was estimated at 313 individuals/km2&nbsp;for a total population of 11,839 individuals (9,160&ndash;15,415)
The largest sub-population (10,470) was in Alcoy
&quot;Our total population estimate and sub-population estimates were higher than the estimate of 6,650 individuals made by BirdLife International for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature
The species was found to survive in a variety of habitats in at least 20 localities covering roughly 37 km2&nbsp;of karst forest.&quot;
based on information from the PBCFI website,&nbsp;&quot;is a shy
elusive songbird that occurs only in the Philippines
producing complicated yet melodious calls lasting 20 seconds or more
The habitat of the black shama is the lowlands and forest foothills of the island of Cebu
but deforestation has reduced its numbers and they are now quite rare.&quot;
The decades spent to monitor and count the Siloy in its habitats have taken fruit
&quot;It is a testament of how local communities (forest wardens of Alcoy) protected and helped Siloy recover its population
That citizen science participation helped a landscape-level survey to help determine population density of a threatened endemic bird
That sustained support for locally managed forest areas can lead us to saving species,&quot; said the wildlife biologist
private sector and media) and doing it right l
we can help save species from extinction,&quot; she added
Most people know of the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, but fewer people know of Miguel Primo de Rivera, who took over <a class="destination-link place-destination-link" href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/spain">Spain</a>’s government in a coup in 1923
one of which was an unlikely railroad to link the textile town of Alcoy with the port of Alicante
the rails themselves were not laid as the project proceeded
and other civil engineering infrastructure were completed first
This took a long time and with the coming of the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939)
Part of the track near the town of Castalla was cut by a new motorway in the 1990s
but the majority of the track bed has been converted into two fantastic trails
One of these greenways runs along a steep route (for a railroad) from near the village of Agost (just inland from Alicante) to a parking lot under the shadow of the Maigmó mountain
and roughly 16.5 miles of compacted gravel track
&nbsp;The other greenway runs from the outskirts of Alcoy (close to an old growth oak woodland in the Carrascal de Font Roja Nature Park) through amazingly spectacular scenery to the outskirts of the town of Ibi
It’s about six miles long (of which about 4.5 are tarmac) with 10 amazing tunnels and three impressive viaducts
Some of the tunnels intersect natural caves in the limestone
The authorities seem to be blocking up these connections
There is an amazing contrast in scenery between the Alcoy and Maigmó greenways
While the Alcoy section is largely in pine forests
once you cross the Maigmó watershed the land becomes semi-desert
Between these two officially recognized greenways
it’s perfectly possible to cycle most of the remaining track through the olive and almond plantations on the outskirts of Ibi and Castalla
with the occasional detour along public roads
This links the two greenways to form a spectacular and historic cycle route between Alcoy and Alicante
Logistics of returning back to the start are not too bad if you are prepared to lock up your bike and return to pick up your car by bus
If traveling by train check that bikes can be carried.For a less physically demanding cycle ride one should start at the Alcoy end and
you will be on a route that descends to the coast (not that it is all downhill by any means)
The unofficial part of the route South of Castalla starts at the southern end of Avenida Alcoy
go south along the tarmac service road to the roundabout
Go around the roundabout to pick up the old trackbed again at the second exit
You can then follow the old rail line to within about a mile of the start of the Maigmo greenway
with this section being on quiet public roads
The world&#39;s longest tunnel with an undersea section
A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics
The remnants of this unusual bridge await an uncertain fate
The remains of a centuries-old water system that inspired local legends of secret tunnels
It was meant to help transport wounded soldiers to a secret underground hospital
This ancient tunnel is one of the most important examples of Roman hydraulic engineering in Spain
The narrow passages will challenge even the bravest driver
This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies
Figures of hunters, animals, and geometric shapes decorate the walls of a series of gorges to the South of Alcoi (Alcoy), <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/spain">Spain</a>
the area was the domain of nomadic hunters
Several of the shallow caves are still marked with the 7,000-year-old cave paintings
The shallow caves were never used as permanent housing
they were used as temporary shelters by hunters in pursuit of the game depicted on the cave walls
and declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1998
but the paintings can still be seen on tours hosted by the Alcoy Archaeological Museum
The shallow chambers that are known to contain cave art are near the southern boundary of the catchment in the valley of the Sarga
a tributary to the main river of the area (close to the urbanisation of Estapar)
They are all fenced off and under the control of the Alcoy archaeological museum who regularly offer guided tours
It is possible to get quite close to the caves on the normal walking trails but for a visit to see the cave art you need to book on a free guided tour
A hidden Buddhist gem accessible only by boat
These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain
The walls of this sandstone outcropping are covered with 2,000-year-old artwork
These primitive rock paintings include a very beloved depiction of a woolly mammoth
See replicas of Europe&#39;s most famous cave paintings and even some of the animals that feature in the art
A magnificent place to see authentic paleolithic cave paintings that are an astounding 33,000 years old
Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years
A convincing but demanding win for Barça away to PAS Alcoy (0-4)
João Rodrigues and Pau Bargalló both scoring braces for the blaugranes to come away with a victory after two draws in their previous visits
PAS Alcoy are one of the best sides in the league when playing at home
and Edu Castro's side ensured they remained in possession for as long as possible during the match
Barroso picking up an error from Gonzalo Pérez
before passing to goalscorer João Rodrigues (0-1)
The side from Alicante had a good chance to equalise on 25 minutes
but the referees decided it hadn't fully crossed the line despite the home side's protestations
Barça dominating possession and controlling the game
Pau Bargalló made the most of a mix up between Formatjé and Sergi Canet to score a powerful shot from halfway inside the opponent's half to make it 0-2
Eight minutes later Marc Grau and Pau Bargalló combined for Barça's third
the latter firing past Marc Grau in the Alcoi goal virtually from the same spot as his previous effort (0-3)
Still time for another goal as João Rodrigues finished some great play by Bargalló (0-4) to score his 29th in the OK Liga with a minute to go and confirm Alcoi's defeat
Noia Freixenet at the Palau Blaugrana on Monday 5 February (8.30pm)
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João Rodrigues - starting five - Carles Grau
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Aubrey Alcoy’s “Violence Against Women” won first place in Rep
Lucille Roybal-Allard’s congressional art competition
won first place in Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard’s annual student art competition
The competition accepts submissions from high school student artists who live in the 40th District
Seventy-six student artists competed this year
Alcoy won for her piece “Violence Against Women,” created with graphite pencils and gouache watercolor paint on stretched canvas
won second place for her work “There’s Hope,” created with watercolor
received an honorable mention for her work “Guidance,” created with acrylic paints
The people’s choice award winner was Adara Gonzales
also a junior at Downey High School and student of Yvette Puente
All 76 entries submitted for the art competition were judged on originality
Aubrey Alcoy will receive a $1,000 scholarship
for herself and a parent to attend the Congressional Art Institute’s National Exhibit Opening and $500 for travel expenses
She will have her entry displayed in the U.S
while the other winning students will have their artwork displayed in Rep
Roybal-Allard’s District Office in Commerce
500 posters featuring Alcoy’s Violence Against Women will be printed and copies will be distributed to schools and community organizations throughout the 40th Congressional District to inspire other young artists to participate in next year’s competition
Jadyen Arana will receive a $750 scholarship and a $175 gift card for art supplies
Litzy Loza and Adara Gonzalez will each receive a $250 scholarship and a $125 gift card for art supplies
Each winner’s school will receive a gift card ranging from $200 to $500 to purchase supplies to advance their art program
Schools with five or more entries will receive a $100 gift card for art supplies
it’s an honor and a joy to celebrate the work of our student artists at my annual art competition,” said Rep
“Each entry is worthy of recognition and appreciation
and we are grateful to all participants for their willingness to express themselves through art and share their talent with our communities
I offer my most sincere appreciation and congratulations
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The Circulo Industrial de Alcoy is a cultural institution in the center of the city of Alcoy, about 30 kilometers inland from <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/alicante-spain">Alicante</a>
It is a city that rightly boasts of the quality and quantity of its Art Nouveau and Art Deco architecture
The institution was founded in 1868, as a place for meetings by businessmen, entrepreneurs, and the middle class of <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-to-do/alcoi-spain">Alcoy</a> but it did not occupy the building until the 20th century
The institution has operated the building since it was opened except for the period of the Spanish Civil War when it was occupied by Republican trade unionists from the city
The building itself was designed in the years 1909-1911 by architect&nbsp;Timoteo Briet Montaud&nbsp;from Valencia
The building is said to be one of the most representative works of the&nbsp;Art Nouveau style in Alcoy and is one of the best preserved in the city
This applies both to the exterior and the elegant interior spaces
It is described as having characteristics of the architectural Art Nouveau movement known as &nbsp;"Secession"
which was highly influenced by the Austrian Modernist movement
The institution operates a dress code. Men wearing short trousers and tank tops are not allowed to enter. Opening hours 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Every day except national and local holidays.
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Thousands of teenagers dressed up as royal pages and put on <a href="/topic/blackface" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-8715211-/topic/blackface" data-vars-event-id="c6">blackface</a> as part of a Three Kings parade in <a href="/topic/Spain" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-8715211-/topic/Spain" data-vars-event-id="c6">Spain</a>
The procession, which dates back to the 19th century and commemorates the arrival of the magi Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspar at Jesus' birthplace, took place in the Spanish town of Alcoy, in <a href="/topic/alicante" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-8715211-/topic/alicante" data-vars-event-id="c6">Alicante</a> province
As part of the parade people paint their faces black with large red lips before marching through the streets and handing out sweets and presents to local children
Parades held in cities and villages elsewhere in Spain on 5 January feature three men dressed up as kings
Balthazar is historically depicted as being black
thought to be the country's longest-running
did they even stop to ask any black person how they feel about it?” one person wrote
who are you foreign person to come in and say what celebrations they may have
leave them alone,” another person commentated
A third added: “Are you telling me they couldn’t find some black people in Spain to ask if this was offensive or not?”
Former Spain and Barcelona footballer <a href="/sport/football/news-and-comment/andres-iniesta-controversial-blackface-racist-picture-news-a8714606.html" target="_blank" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-8715211-/sport/football/news-and-comment/andres-iniesta-controversial-blackface-racist-picture-news-a8714606.html" data-vars-event-id="c6">Andrés Iniesta</a> faced a backlash after he posted a photo him with a group of people
as part of the Three Kings Day celebration
The 34-year-old midfielder has yet to respond to the social media criticism
Critics have called for an end to the controversial blackface depictions for some time
Nathalie Labeau, a collaborator with Afrofeminas, told <a href="https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/12/18/trans_iberian/1513600440_342120.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-8715211-https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/12/18/trans_iberian/1513600440_342120.html" data-vars-event-id="c6">El Pais</a> in 2017 that the elaborate affair was “based in an imperialist and colonial history that celebrates white superiority”.
But Lorena Zamorano Gimeno, a councillor for heritage and tourism in Alcoy, told the paper there was no racist undertone to the town’s “heart-warming” celebration.
In Spain the Epiphany, which takes place on 6 January, caps the Christmas season. This is when children receive their presents from the Three Kings - not Santa Claus.
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the Salesian &Aacute;ngel Tom&aacute;s Solidarity Initiative Foundation (FISAT) Social Platform has concluded an agreement with the Generalitat Valenciana
which provides a new socio-educational resource for the city of Alcoy
the Don Bosco Educational Support Project in Alcoy becomes a Day Centre
with the capacity to care for 24 girls and boys in need of specialised attention
This doubles the number of recipients and provides the resource with an intervention team consisting of social educators
a psychologist and a Social Intervention Technician
The FISAT Foundation will work with the city's Social Services to refer new recipients until places are filled
The Don Bosco Day Care Centre accompanies boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 17 in situations of vulnerability and facilitates orientation processes
full social integration through socio-educational
It is an open day care resource inserted in an active and participative way in the territory and becomes part of the public network of centres for the protection of minors at risk and social exclusion in the Valencian Community
The Don Bosco Day Care Centre is part of the Social Educational Platform of the Alcoy Salesians
FISAT currently has three day care centres
two in Valencia and one in Alcoy; as well as six Educational Support Projects (EAPs)
and in 2022 served more than 300 children and adolescents through these resources
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You&#8217;re barely out of your Halloween costume by the time people are caroling in the streets and Mariah Carey&#8217;s &#8220;All I Want For Christmas Is You&#8221; is blasting from every storefront in town
The festival takes place in from 22 to 24 April
and commemorates the legend of James I of Aragon reconquering the city from the Moors
Festgoers dress up as either Christian pajes (pages) or Muslim negrets (the little negroes)
distributing gifts and otherwise acting like Santa
The reasons this is offensive are tenfold (Blackface? Mocking the massacre of Black people? Islamophobia?). But according to <a href="https://afrofeminas.com/2017/12/09/un-blackface-massif-a-alcoy-peut-il-etre-patrimoine-immateriel-de-lhumanite/">Afroféminas</a>
the community wants UNESCO to bestow the Christmas tradition with the title of &#8220;intangible heritage of humanity.&#8221;
&#8220;This offense is unworthy of many people,&#8221; the authors at Afroféminas write
&#8220;It is offensive because it is a stereotype that ridicules
we are not fantastic characters present in the streets of Alcoy and the rest of Spain
We can not invoke the past to avoid any changes
We are here and it hurts us to be represented as a clown
without humanization&#8221; (Translation: Google)
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A new activity is proposed within the framework of the project<a href="/es/exposiciones/industria-matrices-tramas-y-sonidos/">Industria / Matrices, tramas y sonidos</a>
coordinated for IVAM by Lorenzo Sandoval and Tono Vizcaíno: a tour of Alcoi in the company of Salomé Moltó
to learn about some of the voices and key locations of the collectivization process for factories during the Civil War
The suggested route is a tour of biographies that are interlinked through an urban space
it includes the biographies of some of the workers that took part in the collectivizing experience
who Salomé Moltó interviewed in the 1980s and 90s
which gave rise to a work of great documentary value
Salomé’s own experience as a researcher and activist
Salomé Moltó (Cocentaina) is a sociologist
a writer and is passionate about literature
where she studied French Language and Literature and the «Civilisation Française»
Retazos históricos de la posguerra 1939-1953 (2011) (Historical Post-War Fragments 1939-1953) and Alcoy (1936-1950)
colectivización y represión (2015) (Socialization
she has contributed to journals such as Evocación from París
and is a member of the editorial committee of Siembra
Her works aim to promote awareness-raising and to inform on the problems that concern our society
NOTE: in case of rain the activity will be covered in the exposure zone in the IVAM Alcoi
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‘Painting King Balthasar is a practice that cannot be justified in a country like Spain’ 
As most households across the world begin the glum task of wrapping up the Christmas season, Spaniards are readying themselves for what they consider the most magical night of the year: the arrival of the Three <a href="/topic/kings">Kings</a> with bundles of gifts and sweets
On the night of the 5th of January families gather on the city streets to watch the passing of kings Melchior
Caspar and Balthasar and their entourage of marching bands
The parade tradition, which dates to the late 1800s and is rooted in the kings’ visit to the infant <a href="/topic/jesus">Jesus</a>
is a joyous occasion usually followed by feasts and the unwrapping of gifts either at midnight or on the morning after
But what many experience as a mesmerising evening of colourful floats, others have denounced as a blatant example of <a href="/topic/spain">Spain</a>’s unresolved problem of racism on account of King Balthasar being represented by a white man in <a href="/topic/blackface">blackface</a>.
Balthasar, whose country of origin is widely believed to have been either present-day Ethiopia or Yemen, is depicted in Christianity as a black man. But despite the more than 1.3 million Spanish residents of African descent, the youngest of the three kings is still widely interpreted by white men in blackened faces in cities like Pamplona, Seville, Alicante and in the Catalonia region.
Earlier this year Rita Bosaho, of the Ministry of Equality, lambasted Alicante’s use of blackface in January’s Kings Day parade.  “We’re plenty of black people living in Alicante for the city council to be carrying out this type of representation,” Bosaho wrote on social media. “Blackface is a racist practice that denies the ethnic and racial diversity in our society.”
Madrid-based NGO SOS Racismo defines blackface as “a practice that perpetuates racism against black people, by ridiculing and exaggerating their characteristic traits through black makeup and afro hair wigs. Blackface is created by white people, for white people, clearly making it a racist practice.”
But this scathing definition hasn’t weighed heavily enough on the government’s conscience, which continues to allow it.
Traditionally local authorities have picked city councilors or celebrities to play the roles of the kings. In 2014, then Madrid mayor Ana Botella told local media that if they “had a black city councilor, there would certainly be no problem with having a black king”.
However, the following year recurring pressure resulted in Madrid’s authorities promising they would stop asking white people to play the role of Balthasar. But not all authorities have caught on to the gravity of using blackface, particularly in the country’s southern cities.
Earlier this month the mayor of Seville, Juan Espadas, announced that Seville FC director Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo (known as Monchi) would be donning Balthasar’s opulent robes in next week’s Kings Day Parade. As controversial as this may be, Verdejo is far from the first member of Spain’s football association to take on the controversial role.
In 2009, when he was still playing for Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos was widely criticised for accepting to interpret Balthasar. At the time, Spanish news channel Canal Sur asked viewers if they recognised the man behind the make-up, saying: "he usually plays in white, not black”. Four years later former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker, Ruud Van Nistelrooy also sparked outrage by taking on the same role in the southern city of Marbella.
While it’s far from being stamped out, campaigners and members of the Afro-Spaniard community have mobilized en masse, calling the practice a “parody”, launching online petitions to end it, and likening it to America’s nineteenth century minstrel shows, where white performers in makeup ridiculed black people.
“Painting King Balthasar is a practice that cannot be justified in a country like Spain where there is evident ethnic diversity,” Afro-Spaniard activist Amin Arias Garabito wrote in an online petition to end blackface. 
“Continuing with this practice also means to continue making the afro community invisible, particularly the afro-Spaniard population, denying our right to participate as equals in the country’s distinct cultural events.”
Spain’s racism problem extends beyond the Three Kings parade, to football stadiums, schools, workplace, and other corners of Spanish society.
In a report this year the country’s ministry of equality warned that racism and discrimination against minority groups had worsened over the past few years. The blame, said the ministry, was with far-right politicians and fake news. Yet, the racist practice of blackface remains widely accepted by the country’s leadership.
As 6 January nears and children count down the days to what will likely be a smaller parade because of the pandemic, event organisers across Spain are busy sourcing the outfits for the three kings, and in many cases, the black paint for Balthasar too.
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The coup d’état in Myanmar has catalyzed a response by a super-exploited working class whose demands now threaten to go far beyond the defense of democratic rights
The movement’s bourgeois leadership has other intentions
The military’s motivation for staging a <a href="https://www.leftvoice.org/myanmars-working-class-is-at-the-forefront-of-the-fight-against-the-military-coup">coup d’état in Myanmar</a> (formerly Burma) remains unclear
as has become clear since the coup began on February 1
it has triggered a strong popular mobilization in which the working class plays a prominent role
As Andrew Tillett-Saks, a labor organizer in Yangon (Rangoon), told <a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Coup/Myanmar-coup-clouds-future-of-country-s-crucial-garment-industry">Nikkei Asia</a>
seems to have deeply inspired the general public
broken down some of the fear&nbsp;and catalyzed the massive protests and general strike we are seeing now.”
The working class as a social force thus has a strong presence in the resistance to Myanmar’s military
What processes of struggle and organization has this young working class been developing
will the working class be able to impose its own program against the military and the liberal bourgeois political forces that have ruled the country in recent years &#8212; and maintain the confidence of the popular movement
Myanmar is one of the fastest growing countries in Southeast Asia in the last decade
This follows the “democratic opening” initiated in 2011
which allowed the introduction of Western capital as well as Chinese investors
This has allowed the development of mainly light industrial sectors &#8212; a breath of fresh air for a totally underdeveloped economy in one of the world’s poorest countries
These investments have had social (and political) consequences
including the formation of a “new” young and very large (by the standards of this small country of 50 million inhabitants) working class that has become
<a href="https://www.focaalblog.com/2021/02/03/stephen-campbell-what-can-workers-expect-in-post-coup-myanmar/">Stephen Campbell</a>
an anthropologist and specialist on the working class in Myanmar and Thailand
wrote about the process of formation of this working class:
The working-class population in Yangon’s industrial zones comprises mostly former villagers pushed out of rural areas due to unmanageable debt
the infrastructural devastation of 2008’s Cyclone Nargis
and outright theft of their land by military and private business interests
As real estate speculation and elitist urban development over the past ten years drove up the cost of housing
hundreds of thousands of migrants arriving in the city were priced out of formal accommodation and turned instead to cheaper squatter housing on the city’s outskirts
Many of these new urban residents sought employment in food and other processing factories producing for the domestic market
or at garment factories producing for export
over a million workers &#8212; mostly young women
including many squatters &#8212; were employed in garment
and accessories factories in Myanmar &#8212; mostly around Yangon
workers at factories and workplaces across Yangon’s industrial zones have over the past decade organized collectively
and gone on strike in impressive struggles against employer intransigence and outright violence
Such struggles pre-date the country’s so-called democratic transition that began in 2011
which was also the year new labor legalization granted workers a legal right to form unions
while the new labor law cannot be credited with empowering workers
it did grant them greater legal space in which to organize
This proletarianization of the rural population
has not been accompanied by a significant improvement in living conditions and income
Inflation and low wages have kept the working class in a very precarious situation
forcing some workers to look for jobs in richer neighboring countries such as Singapore
one of the main “advantages” the government and military has touted to attract investment from multinationals
the monthly minimum wage is $63 (about $3 a day)
while wages in neighboring (and competing) countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia range from $90 to $145 a month
Compounding these miserable wages are systemic worker harassment
even those established by the new “democratic” powers
the conditions are very favorable for capital at the expense of workers’ rights
if the local and international capitalists and the military thought that the workers
were going to remain passive in the face of this exploitation
recently the Myanmar working class led resistance struggles to improve working conditions and against the abuses of the bosses
As Campbell explains in an <a href="https://www.himalmag.com/between-labour-and-the-law-myanmar-stephen-campbell-2018/">interview</a>
mostly in the industrial zones around Yangon
Factory workers have repeatedly expressed indignation about wage theft
the firing of worker organizers and poor working conditions
inflation continues to raise the cost of living in Myanmar; this has eroded the value of workers’ wages and forced many workers to take on large debts to cover basic living expenses
These factors have all motivated persistent worker unrest in Myanmar
including the recent spate of labor protest
This situation has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic
has caused some 60,000 workers to lose their jobs
and has closed hundreds of factories since April 2020
the government and the bosses have used the coronavirus-related health measures to repress and fire trade unionists and the most active workers
This gave rise to a wave of labor struggles that
succeeded in curbing the employers’ abuses
this young generation of workers is forced to fight to survive within a framework of super-exploitation
Their struggle is literally one for survival
to wrest from the bosses &#8212; who can count on the help of the government and repressive forces &#8212; their very right to live
It is thus a struggle for workers’ dignity
which gives their demands a very “radical” character and elevates their moral authority
after decades of brutal repression and being in hiding
has lifted its head to resist the multinationals
one that deserves the respect of the international working class
This entire process of workers’ struggles is not simply the result of some kind of spontaneous resistance
It is also the result of the trade union organization Myanmar’s working class has been able to build in a very short time
Myanmar workers have suffered brutal repression by the military since the coup in 1962
Despite brief periods of “liberalization” in the country
Labor activists were condemned to going underground or into exile
with the so-called democratization of the country
new laws allowed workers to maneuver a bit and begin to create union organizations at the level of individual factories
workers waged various struggles and strikes for their rights
It is easy to understand why countries such as China
whose “model” serves as an inspiration to Myanmar’s capitalist class
are so determined to control the independent union organization of the workers &#8212; a situation that of course also benefits the Western multinationals
This is why the government and the bosses try to corrupt trade unions to be subservient to them
or even create their own such organizations
The Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar (CTUM) “and its members don’t encourage strikes.&nbsp;… Unions aim to establish themselves as a credible actor in the emerging industrial relations landscape in Myanmar
which is difficult if they are too confrontational
international organizations and donors put friendly pressure on them to solve disputes through dialogue and arbitration rather than through open conflict.”
The same international organizations are working with the political authorities to put in place legislation to limit the use of countermeasures such as strikes. As <a href="https://www.himalmag.com/between-labour-and-the-law-myanmar-stephen-campbell-2018/">Stephen Campbell</a> explains
The quasi-civilian government of U Thein Sein
introduced new legislation drafted with support from the ILO
legalizing trade-union formation (in October 2011) and formalizing collective bargaining (in March 2012)
The new laws aimed to curb strikes by providing institutional channels for workers to pursue redress of employment grievances
many workers found these new institutional channels inadequate and so took the opportunity provided by the new legal coverage to&nbsp;increase strikes
there was another wave of strikes in the Hlaingtharyar
workers must also fight against attempts to divert them into channels of “dialogue” and negotiation with management and the state
all within the framework of completely pro-employer institutions
I’m worried the situation will go back to the way it was before [under military rule] and that the workers won’t have any rights anymore
we were told that the [legal minimum] wage was going to be increased in the coming months
But now we don’t expect that there’ll be an increase
and employers will oppress the workers and reduce their wages
it is not surprising that it has been the workers at the forefront of resistance against the coup
it is not a question of fighting for abstract freedom
but of fighting for survival and against an even greater threat of oppression by the bosses and the military
and organization has undoubtedly enabled the working class to arrive better prepared and able to play a very active role in the present situation
as far as the political objectives of the mobilization are concerned
the working class is soon very likely to find itself at a dead end if it limits itself to a simple return to liberal democracy under a new government of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party
Her government has allowed the bosses to pay workers a pittance and to be humiliated in factories and enterprises in the countryside
Her government sent the security forces to repress strikes and arrest trade unionists under any pretext
And Aung San Suu Kyi has shown quite well that she knows how to reconcile with the power of the military
There is a reason she has the support of the United States and a large number of the imperialist countries
since she has been the guarantor of the business of the multinationals and the super-exploitation of Myanmar’s workers
which is putting its collective bodies on the line in the resistance
fails to develop a policy of class independence
the movement will continue to be led &#8212; as it has thus far &#8212; by the bourgeois
pro-imperialist policy of Aung San Suu Kyi
That is the great contradiction in the movement today
The challenge is to establish the terms of an independent mobilization of the working class
but also against the various capitalist political alternatives
This struggle is also being waged within the workers’ movement itself
Again Campbell explains it this way:&nbsp;
Some trade union federations in Myanmar remain formally independent from political parties
but several upper-level union officials are aligned with the ruling [Aung San Suu Kyi’s] National League for Democracy
The Confederation of Trade Unions of Myanmar
was previously an exiled political organization based in Thailand
also served as General Secretary of the NLD-aligned National Council of the Union of Burma
The political independence of the workers and of all Myanmar’s exploited and oppressed have the possibility of overthrowing the entire system that crushes them
that despises their political and economic rights
and that is complicit in crimes against humanity directed at ethnic minorities
But this implies going beyond trade union organization toward the creation of a political organization of the workers themselves that offers an alternative to what is an enormous social movement that is on the move
First published in Spanish on February 13 in <a href="https://www.laizquierdadiario.com/Myanmar-la-clase-trabajadora-frente-al-golpe-entre-la-resistencia-y-la-trampa-democratica-liberal">La Izquierda Diario</a>
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The Indonesian president passed a law allowing military officers to hold government positions
The decision has fuelled protests and caused fears of a return to military dictatorship
originally published in Korean in December 2024
a member of March To Socialism — which maintains close political relations with the Trotskyist Faction — analyzes the reasons for the self-coup carried out by the far-right president Yoon Suk-yeol and its failure
as well as the strategic problems facing the mass movement in the current scenario
The Sri Lankan Left won unprecedented success in recent legislative elections
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is already walking hand in hand with the IMF and preparing severe austerity measures
Bangladeshi students have taken to the streets to challenge the government's quota system that restricts the job market
the government has unleashed unprecedented repression
Minnesota hospital staff recently lured immigrant worker Aditya Harsono into an ICE trap
proving hospitals care more about compliance than care
Healthcare workers must organize to fight back against these attacks
and students fighting genocide to mobilize together
let’s unite to confront Trump in the streets
55,000 SEIU members in California have gone on strike
A victory for these public sector workers would mean a victory for the labor movement and a defeat for Trump and the bosses
Trump’s first 100 days have shown that “peace through strength” is fundamentally an experimental
It is not at all peaceful or as strong as its proponents claim
The modest architecture of social housing is 1999’s resounding winner of the Fomento de las Artes Decorativas Awards
An apartment block by Arcadi Pla in Gerona and a residential development by Manuel de Solà-Morales in the Sangre district of Alcoy shared the podium in the architecture category
but sobriety determined the choices also in interior design
with Maroto &amp; Soto’s ‘La oreja de plata II’ jewelry store in Madrid; in public spaces
with Godía &amp; Casas’ Parque de la Solidaridad at Esplugues de Llobregat; in ephemeral spaces
with the group Tierra de Nadie’s installation ‘The City of Words’ in the Barcelona quarter of El Raval
Since the prizes are now open to the entire Iberian Peninsula
among the finalists are Portuguese buildings such as the Matosinhos cultural silo by Eduardo Souto de Moura of Oporto and the Pavilion of the Oceans that João Luis Carrilho da Graça of Lisbon designed for the Expo 98 in the same city
The latter project was awarded the grand prize of the jury
which praised the formal restraint that has ensured its survival beyond the duration of the exhibition
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Miguel del Rey (arquitectos colaboradores)
For Spanish children, January 5 is the equivalent of Christmas Eve, the night the three kings _ Melchior, Caspar and Balthasar _ visit their homes and leave them presents. Before that, the kings parade through the streets of Spain, flinging sweets to the assembled crowds. 
The first blackface incident came to light on Thursday, when parents who had requested personalised videos for their children from the Kings from Madrid’s city council complained that they featured a white actor wearing blackface and speaking grammatically
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1923-1985) va arribar a París per primera vegada el 1948
amb una beca que li va permetre imbuir-se en el coneixement de l’art modern i establir un contacte directe amb la pintura de Vasili Kandinsky
L’estiu de 1949 va exposar a València una primerenca mostra d’aiguades abstractes que naix
del “enlluernament” que li havia produït l’art exposat a París
s’enfronta a l’obra de Mondrian com a expressió del rigor i l’ordre de l’abstracció i s’alinea amb el vessant d’aquest
derivat dels corrents concretes del període d’entreguerres
Sempere freqüenta dos escenaris en els quals es forja aquesta abstracció: el Salon des Réalités Nouvelles
que representava una sèrie d’artistes amb els quals va travar contacte
especialment Victor Vasarely i Jesús Rafael Soto
L’estada a París li va donar l’oportunitat d’emprendre
una labor coherent i pausada d’investigació plàstica
que va culminar amb la definició d’una obra personal
moviment que es va presentar a l’abril de 1955 en la cèlebre exposició Le mouvement
impulsada per Vasarely a la Galerie Denise René
La investigació cinètica d’Eusebio Sempere es plasma en dos tipus d’obres
amb dibuixos a l’aiguada sobre paper Canson generalment negre; i
un conjunt de relleus lluminosos mòbils elaborats amb planxes de fusta
Sempere va presentar diversos relleus en l’edició de l’estiu de 1955 del Salon des Réalités Nouvelles –poc després de la celebració de l’exposició Le mouvement– i va distribuir un manifest en el qual es refereix a la llum com l’element amb el qual construir un diàleg poètic a través del temps
com un “impuls de reestructurar la pintura
tan maltractada llavors per l’èxit i la difusió de la tendència informalista”
Sempere desenvolupa un concepte compositiu que deixa fora la perspectiva
tot és primer pla i les figures geomètriques es multipliquen per l’espai neutre del paper
Construïdes quasi sempre per una multitud de ratlletes i xicotets plans de color molt matisat
les formes semblen evolucionar físicament en l’espai
en un anar i vindre continu del nostre ull”
Els relleus lluminosos mòbils –dels quals s’ofereix una representació exhaustiva en aquesta exposició–
ofereixen una evolució que va des de les formes geomètriques simples i la llum blanca dels primers
a uns altres en els quals aquesta es filtra per mitjà de plàstics fins de colors
les formes es compliquen i s’introdueix un mecanisme de motors xicotets que produeix una seqüència en l’engegat de les bombetes i en l’apagat d’aquestes
Són obres que Vasarely va valorar pel rigor del signe i la mesura del color i la llum i que
“s’inscriuen en el temps amb una sensibilitat continguda i commovedora”
Després de participar en la Biennal de São Paulo de 1959 amb alguns relleus i exposar en alguna de les mostres del grup Parpalló
Sempere torna a Espanya quan l’acceptació de la modernitat artística ja era un fet i l’ambient pictòric estava definit per l’informalisme
Comença llavors la segona etapa de la seua carrera
en la qual l’artista s’esforça per centrar-se en la pintura
en suports de més grandària i amb una preparació que aportava textura i rugositat al fons
sobre el qual va introduir referències figuratives lleus
Desenvolupa la seua gramàtica a força de fines línies de color mai homogeni
amb una varietat rica i refinada de tonalitats que
amb les dificultats tècniques que ell mateix assenyalava
li va permetre crear obres impactants en les quals la vibració i la mobilitat de la llum i l’efecte espacial i atmosfèric d’aquesta resulta determinant
any en què va viatjar per EUA i va conéixer Josef Albers
Sempere pren un nou impuls que el va portar a definir la sintaxi de la seua obra madura i a incorporar dos materials nous en el seu treball: el cartó i el ferro
Durant un període de temps curt i intens va elaborar un grup d’obres a les quals va anomenar collages
que requerien un treball minuciós de retallat del cartó
Aquest desenvolupament efectiu de la interacció de plans successius en profunditat és també la base de la creació de la sèrie de mòbils en varetes de metall cromat o pintat que va exposar aquell mateix any a Nova York
Sempere va intensificar la producció de mòbils a força de pantalles
amb el propòsit d’investigar al màxim els múltiples contrastos òptics al quals pot donar lloc el joc de plans diferents si es crea una escultura dinàmica
En aquesta època la seua pintura conté els elements essencials del seu llenguatge
a partir del signe primari de la línia juntament amb el color
ja siga en obres de caire exclusivament geomètric o en altres en què és possible entreveure referències a una figuració paisatgística que al·ludeix a la llum de la naturalesa
També crea una producció important de carpetes de serigrafies
tècnica en la qual l’aportació que va fer va ser molt notable
en les iniciatives més variades (que ell anomenava treballs d’investigació)
influïdes per la interacció de l’art plàstic amb la música
fet que demostra la riquesa dels interessos artístics que tenia
en el projecte que va fer per a la companyia IBM: una estructura mòbil i lluminosa sincronitzada amb la música i la poesia concreta
elaborada el 1969 per Eusebio Sempere juntament amb el músic Cristóbal Halffter i el poeta Julio Campal
En aquest context destaca també la participació que va fer en els “Seminaris d’Anàlisi i Generació Automàtica de Formes Plàstiques” del Centre de Càlcul de la Universitat de Madrid (l’actual Complutense)
dels quals sorgeixen algunes obres creades amb computadora; i en les exposicions Abans de l’Art
Experiències òptiques perceptives estructurals
que va organitzar Aguilera Cerni a València i a Madrid el 1968
que abraça tres dècades del treball de Sempere i hi inclou aiguades
itinerarà a la seu de l’IVAM a la ciutat d’Alcoi
del 16 de novembre de 2018 al 3 de febrer de 2019
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Spain - November 2023 - Over 660 young people gathered on 25 November in the city of Alcoy to celebrate the 23rd Day of the "Federaci&oacute;n Don Bosco"
celebrating 35 years dedicated to the social and integral promotion of children and young people
Participants from fifteen associations and youth centres from the Valencian Community
Castilla La Mancha and the Region of Murcia
filled the streets of the city with various activities under the motto "A Dream that made history"
 <a href="https://ivam.es/exposiciones/un-continuum-comu-indefinidament-llis-projeccions-sobre-allo-contemporani-en-la-col%c2%b7leccio-de-livam/" title="Valencià">Val</a> 
 <a href="https://ivam.es/es/exposiciones/un-continuum-comun-indefinidamente-liso-proyecciones-sobre-lo-contemporaneo-en-la-coleccion-del-ivam/" title="Español">Esp</a> 
This curatorial proposal delves into the IVAM collection to project other insights towards the contemporary
And it does so by inviting us to approach the pieces from a broader and more complex perspective
a new angle which leaves the door open to the potential connections and interpretations that may arise in this space of the exhibition
This project uses the pieces as a necessary central thread which helps us to reflect on various themes
such as the changing nature of the museum institution
or the anticipations of different movements that changed our responses to art
It does this using different artistic languages that bring us a little closer to that concept of what we understand as contemporaneity
The pieces displayed will take on other meanings depending on the perspective from which they are analyzed
in this present that surrounds us where everything can mean anything
there is nothing better than coming to a blurred territory to discover that perhaps the interesting thing is not defining what is contemporary
Spain - April 2023 - The Extraordinary Vocational Training Awards for middle and high school grades are the official recognition of the merits of students who have brilliantly completed this educational stage
who attends the "Salesianos Juan XXIII" work in Alcoy
was awarded the Extraordinary Award for Intermediate Vocational Training
in the area of Transportation and Vehicle Maintenance for the 2021-2022 academic year
Laura Leva enrolled in the 2020-2021 academic year to complete the intermediate training cycle in Vehicle Electromechanics
"In addition to showing great interest in the automotive world and distinguishing herself with good grades
and was part of the group of electromechanics students who designed and built the solar bank structure that is currently located in the courtyards of our center," they explain from the Salesian house
Laura currently works at the "Talleres Midas" chain of workshops
while at the same time continuing her studies
having taken a new course in Transportation and Vehicle Maintenance
From the department of electromechanics at "Salesianos Juan XXIII" they say they could not be prouder: "The satisfaction of every teacher is to see how the work and effort of their students are acknowledged and bear fruit," they add
TwitterTwitter users <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-three-kings-parade-blackface-teenagers-alcoy-alicante-a8715211.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">were outraged on Monday when videos emerged of a parade</a> in Alcoy
commemorating Three Kings Day with hundreds of teenagers dressed in blackface
Three Kings Day, also known as&nbsp;Epiphany Day or El D&iacute;a de los Reyes, is a celebration of the biblical tale revolving around three kings, or magi, who brought gifts to Jesus after his birth. In Spanish culture, <a href="https://www.thelocal.es/20190108/analysis-innocent-christmas-blackface-or-a-slippery-xenophobic-slope-for-the-right-in-spain" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">these three kings are meant to represent Asia, the Middle East and Africa</a>
the tradition has evolved to include Black slaves who the Spanish believe accompanied the kings.&nbsp;
hundreds of people paint their faces black and their lips red before marching through towns on January 5 every year
The Black slaves hand out gifts and candy to children in Alcoy and are viewed locally as similar to Santa&#39;s elves.&nbsp;
Antoinette Soler, founder of Spanish magazine&nbsp;Afrof&eacute;minas, <a href="https://afrofeminas.com/2020/01/06/afrofeminas-emprende-acciones-legales-contra-el-blackface-de-alcoy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">recently wrote a powerful op-ed criticizing the racist tradition</a> and said she had already submitted a request to the government seeking to stop it from happening
It is very offensive because it stereotypes
we are not fantasy characters that can&rsquo;t be found in the streets of Alcoy and the rest of Spain,&rdquo; Soler wrote
In Spanish newspaper El Pais,&nbsp;Alcoy councilor for heritage and tourism Lorena Zamorano Gimeno <a href="https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/12/18/trans_iberian/1513600440_342120.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">defended the tradition</a>
saying that the Black slaves &quot;use red ladders to climb up onto balconies and deliver presents to children.&quot;
The newspaper added that the tradition is more than 100 years old and that more than 2,000 people take part in the parade
&ldquo;We respect all opinions but in this case we believe there has been an interpretation that is not in any way connected to the experience that takes place in Alcoy. What has hurt the people of Alcoy most is that we have been called racists by people who haven&rsquo;t even experienced our procession first hand,&rdquo; <a href="https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/12/18/trans_iberian/1513600440_342120.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gimeno said</a>
Nathalie Labeau, a writer for Afrof&eacute;minas, <a href="https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/12/18/trans_iberian/1513600440_342120.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">told El Pais that the tradition was part of a larger culture of racism</a> in Spain that has real-world effects
this festival has been perpetuating racism year after year
It is based in an imperialist and colonial history that celebrates white superiority over the racial inferiority of communities of Afro-descent,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;
the event caused considerable backlash online when global soccer superstar&nbsp;Andr&eacute;s Iniesta posted a photo to Twitter of his family dressed in blackface for the holiday
???????????????????????? <a href="https://t.co/RhCXAj1AqB">pic.twitter.com/RhCXAj1AqB</a>
More videos of the parade made their way to Twitter
featuring hundreds of Spanish teenagers smiling and laughing while dressed in blackface
the teenagers said blackface is an integral part of their culture and that the tradition would never be stopped
&mdash; 5 News Australia (@5NewsAustralia) <a href="https://twitter.com/5NewsAustralia/status/1214221437591932928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2020</a>
Although the parade is an annual tradition
social media has given the world a glimpse into the event
creating an immense amount of anger and questions about the nature of the celebration.&nbsp;
These colonizers know that blackface is offensive&#8230;don&#39;t let them play dumb. <a href="https://t.co/rg1Rg2PJx4">https://t.co/rg1Rg2PJx4</a>
&mdash; ????Divided We Fall???? (@YtH8r) <a href="https://twitter.com/YtH8r/status/1214313549755035649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2020</a>
Lol @ people in the replies saying that Spain having no history of American-style blackface minstrelsy somehow absolves this racist caricature of its racism 
Do you also think you can say the n word just bc it&#39;s an English word associated with American racism? <a href="https://t.co/mCb07pz9sA">https://t.co/mCb07pz9sA</a>
&mdash; astropolitical/sociophysical (@keshawnrants) <a href="https://twitter.com/keshawnrants/status/1214496425184288768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2020</a>
&#8230; Many people are working for ending it
Petici&oacute;n &middot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/STOP?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#STOP</a> BLACKFACE IN SPAIN &middot; <a href="https://t.co/uHOJ8RWA7j">https://t.co/uHOJ8RWA7j</a>. ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/DegatoIrie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DegatoIrie</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/U74OVkp3t6">https://t.co/U74OVkp3t6</a>
&mdash; 爪ᎥᖇᎩმ爪 (@Miryam1968) <a href="https://twitter.com/Miryam1968/status/1214289218815643653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2020</a>
&ldquo;tHEy&rsquo;Re HOnOrinG tHe mOOrs&rdquo; 
You can honor someone WITHOUT using blackface
People will hide racist shit behind &ldquo;traditions&rdquo; <a href="https://t.co/mrPnRphQxY">https://t.co/mrPnRphQxY</a>
&mdash; ???? Hibiscus ???? (@Alley__cat_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alley__cat_/status/1214960007134900225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 8, 2020</a>
They&rsquo;re dressed as Moors. The people that came and civilized Europe when these people didn&rsquo;t know how to wipe they&rsquo;re own ass. <a href="https://t.co/C7k8jVNE2E">https://t.co/C7k8jVNE2E</a>
&mdash; Don Ali (@DonAliDey) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonAliDey/status/1214680755567153152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2020</a>
Blackface in Spain is disgustingly pervasive. <a href="https://t.co/UgCdpKorkT">https://t.co/UgCdpKorkT</a>
&mdash; &Oacute;scar Garc&iacute;a Hinde (@OGHinde) <a href="https://twitter.com/OGHinde/status/1214276835539861506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 6, 2020</a>
Spare me the &quot;Spain doesn&#39;t know about WS racism/blackface&quot; argument
The Spanish were some of the first pioneers to institutionalize chattel slavery &amp; have multiple traditions like this that celebrate running out the Moors (blk ppl) from Spain
&mdash; Vespi???????? (@Vespii009) <a href="https://twitter.com/Vespii009/status/1214638886523154432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2020</a>
Blackface is an integral part of Christmas holiday celebrations in many European countries and despite the negative response from the rest of the world
residents of the Netherlands and Spain have been particularly defiant in continuing the practice
Right-wing parties in Spain and the Netherland have seized on the controversy and pushed people to continue the parades
There is now an effort in Spain to have the Three Kings procession in Alcoy added to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage of Humanity list
Spain already lists the blackface parade as an event of national tourist interest and has added it as an &quot;Intangible Cultural Heritage.&quot;
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Another win for the Barça roller hockey side as Edu Castro's team defeat PAS Alcoi 6-0 in the Palau Blaugrana
Pau Bargalló and Ignacio Alabart confirmed the blaugranes third win of the season in the league
The contest in the Palau Blaugrana got off to the best possible start for Edu Castro's team
Pau Bargalló opened the scoring in just the second minute for the home side
The strike set the tone for the game yet the blaugranes did not add a second until the 22nd minute of the opening half
Marc Grau produced an excellent pass for Sergi Llorca to make it 2-0
A penalty from João Rodrigues added a third just before half time to give Barça a comfortable lead at 3-0 up
Pau Bargalló's pass was finished perfectly to make it 4-0
PAS Alcoi had a chance to get off the mark but the penalty shot was missed´
The blaugranes continued pushing forward and a fifth came along
Ignacio Alabart scored at the second attempt after missing with his first shot
The final goal for the blaugranes came with Sergi Llorca scoring after good work from Bargalló and Rodrigues
Alabart and Joao Rodrigues - starting five - Panadero
'Caco' Ceschin and Javier Verdú  - starting five- Dominguez
las monjas agustinas descalzas del convento del Santo Sepulcro de Alcoy (Alicante) han hecho entrega del inmueble y todas sus pertenencias a las Carmelitas Mensajeras del Esp&iacute;ritu Santo
un instituto religioso fundado en Brasil en 1984 y que hoy cuenta con m&aacute;s de 200 monjas repartidas por conventos de Brasil
era testigo de la firma donde se sellaba el compromiso de la priora de las Agustinas Descalzas y presidenta de la Federaci&oacute;n
con la madre Mar&iacute;a Jos&eacute; del Esp&iacute;ritu Santo &ndash;Eudette Rodrigues Santana 
fundadora y superiora general de esta congregaci&oacute;n carmelita
Se pon&iacute;a as&iacute; en ejecuci&oacute;n el decreto del 10 de enero de 2013 en virtud del cual quedaba suprimida la comunidad agustina descalza de Alcoy
que se fusiona con la de Benig&aacute;nim (Valencia)
las agustinas descalzas cierran un ciclo que ha durado 416 a&ntilde;os
desde que su primera comunidad se instalara en Alcoy el 18 de diciembre de 1597
Fundador de esta Orden religiosa fue el arzobispo y virrey de Valencia san Juan de Ribera que
con vistas sobre todo al culto eucar&iacute;stico
sac&oacute; varias monjas del convento valenciano de San Crist&oacute;bal
 Esta reforma se realiz&oacute; en paralelo a la que
llevar&aacute; a cabo en el seno de la Orden agustina la madre Mariana de San Jos&eacute;
de la que nacer&aacute;n los 45 monasterios de agustinas recoletas existentes hoy en el mundo
s&oacute;lo lleg&oacute; a contar nueve conventos
casi todos en la actual comunidad valenciana
dos (los de Denia y Almansa) pasaron a ser agustinos recoletos; y otros se han ido dejando en los &uacute;ltimos a&ntilde;os: el de San Mart&iacute;n de Tours de Segorbe (Castell&oacute;n) se suprimi&oacute; en 2000; el de Santa &Uacute;rsula de Valencia
en 2001; en 2005 el de San Felipe Neri y Santa M&oacute;nica
el de San Jos&eacute; y Santa Ana de L&rsquo;Oller&iacute;a (Valencia)
 No significa esto que los conventos se hayan cerrado
Las comunidades descalzas han quedado suprimidas
pero se ha puesto especial cuidado en buscarles relevo y dar continuidad a la instituci&oacute;n religiosa
El Santo Sepulcro de Alcoy no es un caso aislado
En lo que fue monasterio de J&aacute;vea trabaja ahora una comunidad religiosa de origen guatemalteco
Y el convento de L&rsquo;Oller&iacute;a lo ocupa en r&eacute;gimen de alquiler una congregaci&oacute;n argentina
 Esta tarea tan ingrata como necesaria &ndash;traslados
b&uacute;squeda de comunidades sustitutas ha sido normalmente obra del asistente de la Federaci&oacute;n de Agustinas Descalzas
siempre apoyado por la Madre Presidenta Federal
el visitador religioso de la archidi&oacute;cesis de Valencia
la Orden de Agustinas Descalzas queda reducida s&oacute;lo a dos conventos
Las pocas religiosas de Alcoy se han incorporado a la comunidad del monasterio de la Pur&iacute;sima y la Beata In&eacute;s de Benig&aacute;nim
que de alguna forma ven&iacute;a siendo el centro espiritual de la Orden
al proceder de aqu&iacute; las dos beatas agustinas descalzas reconocidas por la Iglesia: Josefa Mar&iacute;a de Santa In&eacute;s (1625-1696) y la m&aacute;rtir Josefa Purificaci&oacute;n Masi&aacute; Ferragut (1887-1936)
que las agustinas descalzas de Alcoy vuelven a los or&iacute;genes
La reforma concebida por san Juan de Ribera era un h&iacute;brido de los carismas agustiniano y carmelitano
dado que el Santo dio a sus monjas la Regla de san Agust&iacute;n y las constituciones de santa Teresa
tres carmelitas descalzas guiaron a las agustinas salidas de San Crist&oacute;bal en el inicio de la descalcez
unas nuevas carmelitas vienen a continuar en Alcoy la obra de la Iglesia
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In a statement, the Alcoy Municipal Government said that Sestoso took the  <a href="https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/256841-steps-coronavirus-pcr-based-test">real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)</a> and the result was released on Monday
Sestoso is the 6th mayor in the island of Cebu who tested positive for the coronavirus disease. His results came less than a week after <a href="https://rappler.com/nation/visayas/another-cebu-town-mayor-tests-positive-for-covid-19">Asturias Mayor Jose Antonio Pintor</a> announced through the Asturias Public Information Office that he was COVID-19 positive
Earlier this month, <a href="https://rappler.com/nation/visayas/tuburan-cebu-mayor-danny-diamante-positive-coronavirus-august-2020">Tuburan Mayor Danny Diamante</a> and Barili Mayor Marlon Garcia
Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan and <a href="https://rappler.com/nation/daanbantayan-mayor-tests-positive-coronavirus-june-2020">Daanbantayan Mayor Sun Shimura</a> have recovered from COVID-19
Cebu province has been under modified general community quarantine(MGCQ) for the past 3 months
Consolacion and Minglanilla towns remain under general community quarantine (GCQ)
Central Visayas recorded 2,895 active COVID-19 case