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The town of Burgos Huerta de Rey, famous for rare names of their neighbors, held on Saturday July 31 a day of weird nicknames
The mayor's name the town of Burgos Huerta de Rey, Antonio, is an exception in his village despite having 787,347 namesake in Spain, according to the National Institute of Statistics. In this population it is usually called in a different way than the rest of mortals. Digna Martian Burgundofora, Exuperancia, Plautila, Eufronio or Lupicinio are the names of some of the neighbors of Huerta de Rey. So to reach the 333 appeals that have been recorded in the municipal archives of the town since 1890. On Saturday July 31 in this population was held a day of strange names that brought together more than 200 people and picked up the witness of the International With Proper Name held in August 2008. The requirement for participation was that the name in question was not on the INE from the 150 most common in Spain.
came to be up to four people with the same name and there were seven men named John Miller in the village
"I Hierónides Ranulfo Benito Moreno and I love my name. I call it that because the day of my birth coincided with that saint, "said one of the neighbors of Huerta de Rey. The person responsible for this to be one of the locations with more funny names of Spain's Adolfo Moreno, Hierónides's grandfather, who was town clerk. In 1890, he began recommend to their neighbors to put their children names of saints or the Roman Martyrology because almost everyone as the same name as the village was repeated 4 or 5 names (Rica, Guerrero, Miller, Garate). In these circumstances , e properly rarely reached their intended recipients. "At that time, letters were sent without direction, and everyone found out about the intimacies of their neighbors because there were always errors with names," explains Hierónides. "He reached up to four people with the same name and was up to seven men named John Miller," said José Ángel Sebastián, one of the organizers of the day July 31. The only solution when no one knew who it belonged to a letter was that potential recipients to meet with the postman, opening the envelope and read the first few lines aloud to know who it was addressed.
"I do not have many namesake," says the verge of laughing Martian Digna, 84. "I have this name because the woman I was baptized and named" comments amusing. Despite what his nickname unearthly, Mars says which is a very open and cheerful. "Every time I like my name, I go up on television enough. At my age I'm getting famous!" He says. Nevertheless, in Spain there are 1,701 other people who call Mars, according to INE. Although the custom of putting a name depending on the saints is typical in many parts of Spain, which makes it different from Huerta de Rey is seeking among the strangest possible names. Funny Cartoons
In Huerta de Rey no trouble finding stories. "In the 70's, I lived in Valladolid. Once I got a letter in which only put on 'Hierónides Benito Moreno - Valladolid." No address or anything. Now when I go somewhere, spelling my name and then peace and glory here, "said the grandson of Adolfo Moreno. One of the councilors of the town, Ercilio Núñez, does not escape the tradition of the town." If people knew elsewhere in adolescence, at first they liked very well, but when they found out what my name was fleeing. So I had to say it was Pepe and Luis "he recalls. The town's mayor, Antonio Muñoz, says his parents wanted to make his brother a name so unusual that the priest refused." I had a cousin named Restituto Angel, but, as everyone called him Angel, did not learn your real name until he went to the military, "he recalls.
The tradition inaugurated Adolfo Moreno has led the international meetings with his own name, bringing together people who call in an unusual way. The first took place in 2008 and attended by over 300 people. On 31 July, held a day of strange names and attendance dropped a bit: more than 200 people came to Huerta de Rey. Mayor, Antonio Munoz, believes best of such events is the publicity given to the people. "Furthermore, any party that is made is welcome," he adds. Ercilio Councilman Nunez, who has been one of the organizers of meeting, gives a very positive and believes that the best of these events is that "serve to uncover the etymological meaning and symbolic names." Ensures that the decrease in the number of participants is that July 31 is a day that many people still had not come to town. "Still, people have come from Valladolid, Zamora, Madrid, Barcelona, \u200b\u200bLogroño," he says. To participate it was necessary for the proper name does not appear in the list of the 150 most popular of the INE.
The opening speech of the day funny names was provided by Adolfo Moreno, namesake and grandson of the secretary who started the tradition. Then there was a parade to the church, where they held a religious service at Our Lady of Arandilla. One of the most emotional moments of the day took place with the presentation of the golden book of strange names, a blank volume in which people who had signed an unusual nickname. The book will remain in Huerta de Rey so that whoever believes it has a strange name to sign. The day ended with a release of heifers and weathers. Problems
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The local mayor believes, nevertheless, that the custom of naming rare is lost with time, a theory that does not share the council Ercilio. "There are plenty of little boys more than 20 years following calling Oria, Arandilla, Aaron, Tobias ...", says. José Ángel Sebastián, one of the organizers of the day of strange names, does not believe that the tradition is being lost, but "all that happens is that now there fewer births.
Mayor regrets that, while allowing the people funny names appear in the media, nobody attends to the needs of that locality. The main problem of the population is unemployed, she says. "It recently closed a wool industry and a marble quarry that was eight miles from town. Another timber company also had to lay off many people, "he laments. Huerta de Rey account usually with 700 inhabitants, but that number quadruples in summer. This, according to the mayor, creates problems of water supply because "there is a deposit large enough."
As the people struggle to solve their problems, the golden book of strange names still waiting for visitors to make up with Rey Huerta appeals most curious pages of the locality.
