Amics i Antics Alumnes de la Universitat de València (Alumni UV) planned around half a dozen cultural activities for February. The month will start with the popular Carnival of Villar del Arzobispo, but there also will be guided walks around the cities, new editions of the gastronomic and reading clubs, and a cinema forums inside the Alumni Comparteix cycle.
Forbidden during the Franco dictatorship, the carnival was recovered in Villar del Arzobispo becoming one of the most famous popular festivities of Valencia. The most curious part about this festivity is the figure of the “Chinchoso”, a dummy representing the negative values and burned in the bonfire so the flames purify their bad actions. This trip is organised by the Alumni UV group for the 6 February, guided by Pepe Usach, from Villar.
Is an activity organised in collaboration with the Club de Viatges Fil-per-Randa, as well as the walks around the city, inside the cycle “Valencia, por dentro y por fuera” (Valencia, inside and out), titled “Valencia y Borgia. Un linaje universal” (Valencia and Borgia. A universal lineage), that will go all over the key places to understand the history of the Borgia (day 20), and “Fuentes públicas de Valencia. Al ritmo del agua” (Public fountains of Valencia. At the rhythm of the water), an itinerary around the most emblematic fountains of the capital (day 21).
Alumni UV and Alumni Comparteix Clubs
The Alumni UV clubs continue running in February. The 9 February, the Reading Club, at the “Palacio de la Exposición” library will debate about the novel “Brooklyn Follies” by Paul Auster, a comedy praised by the public and recognised as one of his best books; and the day 17, the Gastronomic Club, organised in collaboration with Valencia Club Cocina, will go into the Valencian traditional cook and spoon dishes thanks to experts chefs.
On the other hand, the the group of the Universitat de València proposes this month a cinema forum on sustainable human development inside the Alumni Comparteix free cycle. Maria Àngels Ull, tenured professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Universitat de València, will lead the activity consisting on the projection of the film “The 11th Hour” (Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Cooners, US. 2007), a documentary focusing on the consequences the planet is suffering due to the climate change, such as uncontrollable natural catastrophes, and a subsequent colloquium with the attendees. The Alumni Comparteix cycle leaded by the members of the group, in charge of giving talks, workshops, courses and master classes; will take place at the Alumni UV place, in the General Foundation building of the Universitat de València (Amadeo de Saboya, 4), the 25 February, from 16:00 to 18:30.
More Info:
http://www.uv.es/amics
Last update: 30 de january de 2016 07:00.
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