Nervousness in Bilbao, waiting for Marijaia to arrive
Just a few hours before the 2025 Big Week burst, Bilbao has awakened uneasy. From this Saturday until next Sunday, the capital will once again live a nine-day holiday.
At 18:00 the official reception of the institutions will take place at the Arriaga Theatre and, an hour later, at 19:00, it will be Marijaia herself who will go out onto the balcony of the theatre to greet the crowd that is expected to gather in the Plaza del Arriaga in the heat. This year, Francis Díez(singer of the music group Doctor Deseo) will be in charge of reading the prophecy .
After the adrenaline of the txupin, the txosnas will open at 20:00 and, with the opening of the compound, a varied program will be launched that will extend from 16 to 24 August. Specifically, for this year's festivities the Bilbao City Council has organizedmore than 500 activities and morethan 600 Bilboko Konpartsak.
Parties without aggression
This year, the Bilbao City Council and the comparisons presented a joint campaign against male, racist and LGTBIQphobic attacks under the name 'Respect General' .
Thus, the City Council will launch aspecial security device for these days, involving 90% of the city's local police personnel, and will also activate, within the framework of the aforementioned campaign, a specific protocol of advice and action in the face of racist attacks this year.
The city's mayor, Juan Mari Aburto, this Friday advocated an "exciting, free and safe" Big Week, demanding respect and coexistence.
On the other hand, Bilboko Konpartsak has also appeared this Friday to warn that they will not remain silent in the face of the sexist, racist or LGBTBIphobic attacks and that they will give a "collective response" in which they have stressed that the txosnas will be "reference points"and that in these s "anyone who has suffered or seen an attack will be able to approach to receive the support and support."
They have also strongly condemned "unjustified police violence" and added that they will not allow "an arrest to become a beating." In this regard, they have criticized the violence used "to repress, humiliate or punish people for their origin, skin color or social status" and have stressed that they will not allow "barbarism to be normalized under the pretext of public order".
Special follow-up to EITB.
The main events of the holidays can be followed live through the television, radio and Internet channels of EITB, as well as the festive atmosphere of the capital city in the various news and programmes.
As the first date within this special program, this Saturday you will be able to watch live on ETB2 and eitb.eus the reception of Marijaia, from 17:55, by Klaudio Landa and Eider Hurtado, and the reporters Egoitz Txurruka and Soraya Vegas will interview both inside and outside the Arriaga Theatre.
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