Magic, chariots and sweets: such will be the rides of the Kings Magi in Bilbao, Vitoria, San Sebastian and Pamplona
Melchor, Gaspar, and Balthasar (almost) are ready to cross the main streets, accompanied throughout the course by specially prepared light and colour shows.
Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar, during a press conference in Bilbao to report on all the details.
This Monday, day 5, theKings Magi are preparing to tour the streets of Bilbao, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Donostia-San Sebastián and Pamplona . Like every year, there will be a special appointment to see, greet and deliver the last letters to their Majesties of the East, on a special day full of magic and illusion.
Bilbo
Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar will be in Bilbao, accompanied by ten chariots and five street animations, with characters from mythology, video games and movies such as Transformers, Toy Story, Bluey and Bingo or Mario Bros. Along the way, three tons of gluten-free sweets will be distributed through turbines.
The parade will begin at 6:00 p.m., opposite Maria Diaz de Haro Street, with the help of the mythological horse Pegasus, six feet high, and the Greek goddess Athena. After crossing the Gran Vía de Bilbao, they will finish at the City Hall, around 7.45 p.m., with an official reception.
The entourage will consist of ten dancers dressed in snow dolls; Traski and Truski will sing Christmas songs in the same carriage with a band; Bumbeblee and Optimus Prime of Transformerswith an electrocharanga; characters like Buzz Lightyear and Woody of Toy Story; the Magic Elves of the Kings Magicians of the East; and Mario and Luigi, protagonists of the famous video game Mario Bros\u00.
Vitoria.
Following the annual appointment, the event will begin at 11 a.m., when the protagonists of the day will arrive at the railway station of the city, so that the Kings Magi will move from the Station Square to the Plaza de España, where they will hold their traditional farewell from the Town Hall, and then at the Villa Suso Palace to receive the last letters from the children between 12:15 and 18:00.
The parade will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Bilbao Square, eta will tour the streets France, Paz, Ortiz de Zárate, Florida, Ramón y Cajal, Micaela Portilla, Lascaray and Gasteiz Avenue, where it will end at the junction of the Blessed Zumarraga Street Tomas.
On this occasion, they will have seven chariots, three of them fantasy, and one last to distribute candy. Several theatre groups will take part in the ride.
San Sebastian
One more year, the Kings Magi will not miss their appointment with the Donostiarras with a multitudinary ride in which about 600 people will take part. Around 10:30 a.m. they will greet the City Hall from the balcony of the building in the Constitution Square and continue their visit to the city's neighborhoods.
As usual, the ride will begin at 6 p.m. on Ijentea Street and will take the following route: Boulevard, Hernani, Liberty Avenue, Urbieta, Prim, Vergara, Idiakez, Gipuzkoa Square, Legazpi and Boulevard.
The Cabalgata will have several chariots, as well as the usual groups of Kings Magi assistants and the various animation groups that will be responsible for putting color and music on the parade. At the end of the Cabalgata, the Kings Magi will visit several centres for the elderly, in order to fill the elders with magic and illusion.
Iruña
As every year, they will arrive at 16:00 on the Magdalene Bridge and walk through the walled enclosure. Accompanied by the procession, they will arrive at 16:30 at the French Gate, and after the bridge they will open the gates of the city, so that the bells will announce their arrival in the city.
After crossing Karmen Street, Navarrería Street, Mercaderes Street and arriving at the Town Hall Square, the City Council will receive them around 5 p.m. at Pamplona City Hall, where they will greet all the people gathered from the balcony.
The ride will begin at 19:00, next to the Santa Catalina School, on Abejeras Street, and then the tour of the Kings Magi will be as follows: Plaza de los Fueros, opposite to traffic, Avenida de Zaragoza, Plaza del Príncipe de Viana, Calle Sancho el Mayor, Plaza Linente, Paseo Sarasate, Plaza del Castillo, Avenida Carlos III, Calle Cortes de Navarra, Calle Amaya, Calle Emilio Arrieta and Erriberri.
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