The king of Spain, Felipe VI,called yesterday to build a world that is more “cervantino”is based on dialogue, freedom and tolerance, at the close of the year of Miguel de Cervantes’ celebrated 400 years of the death of the great writer, the creator of don Quixote.
“Remember to Cervantes is to remember who we are, where we come from, and how we should strive day to day to make the world that we live in a place, in the best sense of the word, the more ‘cervantes’, which combine always the dialogue and the freedom,” said the monarch in the act in the Royal Palace of Madrid.
The end of the year Cervantes, by which the whole of Spain, she was very aware of the development of the tributes, and counted with the presence of ministers of government, but the kings wanted that was aimed at the world of culture. So, accompanied Felipe and Letizia artists of the most varied strata: filmmakers, writers, painters, singers such as Raphael or Plácido Domingo, chefs, actors, people in the theater, film directors and performers such as Paco Leon and Angela Molina.
The king’s speech —who yesterday turned 49 years old— focused on the validity of the legacy of Cervantes (1547-1616). “If something has shown this year of commemoration it is, as it underlines the motto of this event, which Cervantes lived. And live more than ever”, he said. That way, Felipe VI spoke not never death, but life, and left an obvious paradox to the beginning, onwards, the century with the ideals of the writer.
“The society we want to build for those who come after us can not give up and should aim, above all, to be, in that sense, a society cervantina. Especially in the freedom and the dialogue; but also in the nobility and generosity of spirit, to continue the ongoing and unfinished task of building a better society,” said Felipe.
year Cervantes had the global vocation of transmitting the legacy to a spectrum of 500 million of Spanish speakers. But also do transcend the force of universal icon of don Quixote, translated into dozens of languages around the world, virtually since its first appearance in 1605.
“we are All a part of that journey and we share that confidence: the Spanish and our brothers of the other Spanish-speaking countries, with those who, from the pride of our cultural and linguistic heritage in common, we have participated in this celebration. And also share with us the heritage of cervantes, who, in all the world, identify with the legacy and the universal message left to us by the author,” said the King.
About Cervantes pointed out that “your ideal of justice, of tolerance, of freedom, of beauty, of solidarity, of love or of friendship are still as alive, remain as valid and necessary in our world today as they were in the times in which he exemplified in the pages of their works”, he added in his defense of a “sociedad cervantina”.
The king took advantage of the closing of the anniversary year to highlight the contribution of the creator of don Quixote to the process of construction of identity shared by all spaniards in all their diversity, a sensitive issue for the tensions Catalonia’s independence.
“Cervantes has defined it, as no one, the essence of what it means to be Spanish. With its lights and its shadows,” said the monarch.
Philip identified himself as “spaniard” with traits typically cervantine themes, ranging “from the gallant to wit, from the nobility to the ingenuity, from the sense of humor to a certain fatalism, from the rogue noble, from the sentimental to the ability to meet and overcome the most complex challenges”.
Cervantes contributed as well with their characters to express “a plural identity, and enriching, in one way or another, each Spanish in its interior, sharing the same personality within the diversity that characterizes and enriches Spain”.
The schedule for the fourth centenary of the death of Cervantes offered close to 500 projects and activities inside and outside of Spain, including exhibitions, theater performances, readings and conferences on the classic is the most influential of Spanish literature.
Along with the king’s speech, the closing ceremony held yesterday included readings of the actress Concha Velasco and the poet Antonio Colinas, in addition to performances of the music group Zarabanda and the theatre company, Ron Lalá.
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