El Perelló’s mayor thanks mural volunteers
The volunteers with El Perelló councillor Maria Cinta Llaó and mayor Ferran Cid. Photo: Alfonso Domínguez González
The council of El Perelló has officially thanked the volunteers who created the mural that decorates the wall of the Parc de les Comes.
An inauguration event was held on the evening of Friday 9 September attended by members of El Perelló’s council as well as many of the volunteers who spent more than 18 months creating the work. The mosaic depicts a wide variety of El Perelló’s traditions and attractions, including Firabril, the correfocs and the coastline.
Maria Cinta Llaó, El Perelló’s councillor for culture, said: ‘És una obra preciosa.’ She thanked all of the volunteers and pointed out that they had worked in all weathers to complete the task. She read out a poem written by resident Antoni Boyer (see below for Catalan original and English translation) and all the volunteers were presented with a gift.
Several of the volunteers also took the opportunity to speak. Many emphasised that the mural reflected the cross-cultural friendships of the village and that it had helped unite the community.
The work on the mural was led by local artist Linda Bradish, Steve Bradish and Gabriele Chiodi. The team of volunteers included local people, including children from Escola Jaume II, and others from countries including the UK, Brazil and Holland.
The mayor, Ferran Cid, suggested that the group might like to take on another project along the walls of the Hotel d’Entitats.
POEM TO THE MURAL (English translation)
Antoni Boyer
Translation by Cecilia Pallares
In our Parc of Les Comes
they have made a mural
Such a beautiful thing
has certainly never been seen!
The volunteer artists
who have participated in the work,
their great love of the village
they have clearly shown.
Three days every week
suffering cold as well as heat,
they haven’t stopped their work.
All of this has been made for Perelló.
Guided by Linda and Steve,
with constancy and will,
with patience and understanding,
the mosaic has now been finished.
It’s a mosaic that Gaudi
could have signed
because it has class,
it has message and quality.
In the mosaic, we can see
our Festa Major
our giants
and the devils of the firerunning.
The Santa Llúcia beach,
the wind turbines in the mountains
and a corner of Pont de l’Àlia
where the waves arrive.
Don’t forget la Diada
Where the paella is present,
the monument to the heroes
and on top of everything, la senyera.
And if you look, the big hive
makes it clear and evident
that El Perelló without doubt
is the village of honey.
Of honey… and of good oil!
That is signified by the olive tree
grown with the sweat
of the farmers of Perelló.
There is a wall dedicated
to Saint Anthony, our patron saint,
surrounded by the animals:
the pig, the rooster and the dog.
A boy breaks the pots,
a carriage does Tres Tombs,
and the calmant is burning happily,
so typical of El Perelló.
It is so much us, our mural!!
Cabrafeixet under the sun,
the mountains, the blue sky,
the hermitage and Morro de Gos.
And at the end, we have the sea
with fish of all colours.
This is the life of the sea and the land:
The LIFE of Perelló.
Finally, we can’t forget,
everyone must know,
that those who have made this mural
come from around the world.
All of them live in our village,
but with foreign origins;
from El Perelló we only have
Manolo Cano and Provi.
The others are from Peru,
Italy, the United States,
South Africa and Holland,
England and Brazil.
From green Ireland too
we have had representation.
We can say, then, that this mosaic
is international.
POEMA AL MURAL DEL TRENCADIS (original in Catalan)
Antoni Boyer
Al nostre Parc de les Comes
ens han fet un trencadís.
Una cosa tan bomica
segur que mai no l’heu vist!
Los voluntaris artistes,
que a l’obra han participat
lo seu gran amor al poble
clarament han demostrat.
Cada setmana tres dies,
tant patint fred com calor
de treballar no han parat.
Tot ho han fet pel Perelló.
Guiats per Linda i l’Steve,
amb constancia i voluntat,
amb paciencia i bona entesa,
lo mosaic han acabat.
Es un musaic que en Gaudi
hauria pogut signar
perque te categoria,
te missatge i qualitat.
En ell, veiem presentada
la nostra Festa Major,
lo gegant i la geganta
i els diables correfocs.
La platja de Santa Llucia,
los molins de les muntanyes
i un raco del pont de l’Alia
on arriben les onades.
No s’oblida la Diada
i esta present la paella,
lo monument als herois
i dalt de tot la senyera.
I si es mira el rusc immens
quada ben clar i evident
que el Perelló sense dubte
es lo poble de la mel.
De la mel…i del bon oli!
Que ho recorda l’oliver
conreat amb la suor
del pages perellonenc.
Hi ha una paret dedicada
al sant Antoni, el patro,
envoltat per les bestioles:
lo porquet, lo gall i el gos.
Un xiquet trenca les olles,
un carro que fa els Tres Tombs;
i el calmant que crema alegre,
tan tipc del Perelló.
Com de nostre es lo mural!!!
Cabrafeixet sota el sol,
les muntanyes, lo cel blau,
l’ermita i Morro de Gos.
I al final, tenim la mar
amb peixos de tots colors.
Es la vida al mar i al terra:
La VIDA del Perelló.
Finalment, no hen d’oblidar,
ho ha de saber tothom,
que els que han fet aquest mural
venen d’arreu del mon.
Tots viuen al nostre poble,
pero d’origen forani;
del Perelló nomes son
Manolo Cano i la Provi.
Los altres son del Peru,
d’Italia, d’Estats Unis,
de Sud-africa i Holanda,
d’Anglaterra i del Brasil.
Tambe de la verde Irlanda
hem tingut representant
Direm, doncs que aquest mosaic
ha estat internacional.
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