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The Malaga Fair kicks off today with fireworks and a concert at the Beach

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Tonight the locals and visitors to the Costa del Sol are starting engines for nine days of intense party with a fireworks show and a concert at the beach La Malagueta in Malaga city, which will begin at midnight and will last until the wee hours of the morning.

When the clock strikes 00:00, the magic and color of fireworks will take over the capital. More than seven tons of pyrotechnics are ready to get launched into the air tonight and illuminate the sky of Malaga.

The fireworks show is the result of careful planning and installation to achieve the synchronism between the pyrotechnic effects and musical pieces that comprise it, producing a real sense of beauty and synchrony able to create in the viewer a myriad of emotions.

For this end will be used 7226 kilos of gunpowder and pyrotechnic devices, which will create for 23 minutes more than 40.000 effects in the sky of Malaga. A spectacle not to be missed.

Everything changes in Malaga during these the nine days of Feria, since the party prevails over anything else.

The fair, which takes place from the 14th to the 21st of August, still has its two locations, the Day Fair in the city centre and the Night Fair on the fairgrounds.

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Fair of Epoch in Marbella

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

In the Costa del Sol resort town Marbella will be held from the 13th to the 15th of August a Fair of Epoch. The event will take place in the Park Parque de la Represa, with a large number of activities representing the era of the 20s of last century.

The Feria de Epoca is organized by the Marbella Town Hall and offers many activities as for instance children’s corner with games and workshops, Carrousels, magic show, black and white photography, silent movies, cabaret and a gramophone with music of the early twentieth century. The program furthermore includes a parade through the historic centre of Marbella.

The Park Parque de la Represa will host this fair of the 20´s for three days from 18 pm to 23 pm.

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Enjoyable summer evenings at Fuengirola Bioparc with dance and percussion full of rhythm and color

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

The vibrant rhythms of the African djembe or ‘talking drums’ of the Senegalese group Sicobana Africa are responsible for the unusual journey into the heart of the jungle that takes place every evening in July and August, except for Mondays, in Bioparc Fuengirola.

The sessions include spectacular African dance choreography and tribal percussion which show why the drums since ancient times are the soul of music making in the so-called forgotten continent.

This particular activity can be completed with a special dinner in the light of the candles for 35 Euros for adults and 15 Euros for children. Also during the summer, the exhibition opens its doors until midnight for Sumatran tigers, Malayan tapirs or pygmy hippos to surprise the visitors.

The popular Fuengirola Zoo, which last March changed its name to Bioparc Fuengirola, is presenting a new park model based on respect for nature and the preservation of their species.

The enclosure in which live more than 1,400 animals of 130 different species has an innovative architectural design called ‘zoo-immersion “, which introduces and immerses visitors in the habitat of each animal.

Young and old will spend an unforgettable day in the park because they can see many animals in a magical setting and know faraway places such as Madagascar, Equatorial Africa and Southeast Asia.

The tour through the Bioparc Fuengirola begins on the island of Madagascar, with a massive baobab tree 25 meters high, which has become the icon of the compound and one of the largest artificial trees in the world.

There are a variety of spaces with wetlands, forest floor, the valley of the gorillas and the mountain forest. There is as well a space set in Southeast Asia where are living tigers, orangutans of Borneo, cockatoos, squirrels … This area also has an excellent reproduction of a mangrove swamp that has earned the award for best European site.

The main objective of Bioparc Fuengirola is the conservation of the environment and animals through the reproduction of the species. Some of the most important births occurred in the park have been of emblematic species like the Sumatran tiger, included in the Red List of Threatened Species with the highest category of “critically threatened”. Currently, only 250 animals are free in their natural habitat.

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