The ONCE coupon for Wednesday October 20 will be dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the Miracle of Calp. Five and a half million coupons will spread the image of this act of the Calpina festive trilogy throughout the country.
This morning the plenary hall of the City Council welcomed the presentation of the coupon with the presence of the director of the ONCE in Alicante, Estela Medina, the mayor of Calp, Ana Sala, the president of the Association of Moors and Christians, M.ª Angeles Penella, and the pastor of the Iglesia Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Miguel Ángel Marcos.
The president of the Association of Moors and Christians thanked ONCE for its support in the dissemination of the festivities with "the most symbolic act that commemorates the miracle of our Patron represented by festeros." For his part, the parish priest of the Church of Our Lady of the Snows has pointed out "it is nice to see that this important act for Calp will be known everywhere".
The director of the ONCE in Alicante has announced that five and a half million coupons will be distributed and thanked all the citizens who buy the coupon and who allow the ONCE to maintain its social function. us to spread this image of your parties through the coupon that so much social work carries behind ”.
The mayor has praised the work of the ONCE and pointed out that “this coupon has been in the making for two years, it should have been published in 2020 on the 250th anniversary of the Miracle but due to the pandemic it could not be but this year it does not occur to me the best way to start the week of festivities that we are going to experience with the same intensity and enthusiasm, I encourage everyone to buy the coupon on the 20th to collaborate with ONCE and give visibility to our parties ”·.
The Miracle is one of the main acts of the festive trilogy, based on the historical events that occurred on October 22, 1744. It is declared a Festival of Autonomous Tourist Interest and is staged every year during the celebration of the patron saint festivities of the Moors and Christians.
The ONCE daily coupon offers, for 1 euros, 5 prizes of € 55 at five figures. ONCE coupons are marketed by the nearly 35.000 ONCE selling agents.
