Gata is preparing to celebrate, on January 5, 2023, the representation of the Misteri dels Reis Mags. One of the most magical festivals on the festive calendar in the town that this year opens as a Festival of Autonomous Tourist Interest.
The Department of Fiestas and the Kings Commission have presented today this year's edition with which it is intended to recover all the showiness of the act and accommodate the maximum number of people. Thus, the festival manager, JoanVi
Vallés, has explained that the scenes of the Palace of Herod and the portal of Bethlehem will be located on the esplanade of the skate of the schools where chairs will be placed for the public.
This theatrical performance, which began in 1968, has been performed in Gata for 56 years, except in 2021 when the pandemic prevented its celebration. As the festival councilor has commented, «Christmas to Cat is the Misteri dels Reis». He also wanted to thank all the people who participate in the organization, representation, staff,... who make it possible to do it year after year and who, thanks to the sum of this effort, have been recognized as a Festival of Autonomous Tourist Interest .
For Antonio Monfort, stage director, "the Misteri dels Reis de Gata goes further." He has been in charge of publicizing one of the novelties, which is the arrival of the three Kings of the East with the entire royal entourage from La Pau street to the school group accompanied by the Unión Musical Band, which this year joins the act and the Municipal School of Dance. Thus, he has encouraged the entire town to go out to welcome the Kings upon their arrival in our town.
The Reyes de Gata acts begin Thursday, December 29 with the collection of letters that is done house by house to bring the joy of the festival to the little ones of the town. Joanvi Vallés has invited visitors to participate
also in this act going to the town squares as a meeting point. We continue on January 4 with the traditional proclamation that the royal messengers carry out through the streets of the municipality, at dusk, announcing the arrival of the three kings.
In addition, on January 5, at the end of the Misteri, the most awaited moment for the little ones arrives, since the royal viziers will distribute the gifts of the Kings from house to house, another of the peculiarities of the Gata festival that is enjoyed by adults and little ones and that this year also returns.
