Certamen Actual
 
Literary University Barrio del Carmen, 1915
The tradition tunesca in Murcia is out of any doubt. Test of it is the importance that his Prickly pears have at national and international level, as well as the interest that wakes up in groups of the whole world the celebration of any event in our city.

The Tuna Universitaria del Distrito de Murcia-1912, in his emulation for promoting the spirit tunesco in Murcia, proposed a few years ago the celebration of a new Music Festival. This proposal was well received and from this moment his organization was entrusted to him.

The first thing that it was necessary to choose was the place. Something that did not turn out to be difficult. And the fact is that there existed multitude of reasons that were endorsing the election. First of all, the University of Murcia, in his birth, was nailed (under the name of Literary University) between the year 1920 and 1935 in full Carmelite heart, taking root in such a way that it happened to be known like "The University of Carmen". Secondly, the Barrio del Carmen is the most important of the city, for tradition and for extension (with his more than thirty thousand inhabitants). Everything was in march. The Tuna would Patrol again for the streets that saw his first steps at the beginning of the XXth century.
It was necessary to choose a stage, and this was not a problem either. The first six editions were framed in full Carmelite heart, in the Garden of the Count of Floridablanca. From this date and given the growth of the Contest, this one moved to the Barracks of Artillery of Murcia, in full Quarter, which offers an unbeatable frame for the celebration of an event of these characteristics.

Only it was staying for choosing the emplacement in the time... and it did not turn out to be difficult either. This way, from 1997 there has being celebrated in Murcia, somewhere near July, the International Music Festival "Barrio del Carmen" framed inside the program of Holidays of this Quarter that, in these dates, celebrates the festivity of the Virgin of Carmen, his Boss (July 16).

Some of the best tunas have already gone on from the world; and there will be many other those who have the opportunity to know Murcia and his nations, and to achieve that the spectacle does not do but to exceed, as it has come happening year after year, the forecasts that of him have been done.
Only his sweetheart stays to be grateful to the "nations of Carmen" and have done to our sleep, a hollow in his hearts and, especially, wish the relation of the Tuna Universitaria del Distrito de Murcia-1912 and the Quarter of Carmen to keep on being so special and affectionate.
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