THE Council of Spokespersons of the City Council of Pamplona agreed to grant the Pamplona scarf from this year to Marivi Esparza Mugueta, in charge of keep the image of San Fermin that each holiday is placed in the niche before the lockdowns. This proposal will be ratified on Wednesday, September 4 in an extraordinary plenary session. The Pamplona handkerchief should be delivered on Monday, September 9 in the events celebrating the 601st anniversary of the Union Privilege.
The handkerchief of Pamplona, according to the Regulations of Protocol, Ceremony, Honors and Distinctions of the City Council of Pamplona “is a honor which aims reward to natural or legal persons and entities who, by virtue of their daily work, their personal or professional career, have actively and significantly contributed to the consolidation of the projection of the city of Pamplona“.
Mariví Esparza Mugueta, with her daughter Goizargi Barba Esparzais responsible forand keep and place the figure of San Fermín in the niche of Santo Domingo, towards which the bull riders direct their chants asking for protection a few minutes before 8 a.m.
In 1978, Four young people from the Pamplona clubs, including Mariví’s husband, Andoni Barba Pardo, were in charge of Buy a new San Fermin statue and make the sign with the shield of each club that frames the Saint. The figure comes from the Military Hospital of Santo Domingo, but as the building was already in poor condition, in 1981 it was decided to create a permanent area for San Fermín. the niche of Santo Domingo.
During all the mornings of San Fermin, her husband was in charge of placing the figure of the Saint in the niche and she wanted to take it out, but Since his death, it is she and her daughter who have been responsible for placing him, among all the looks and excitement of girls and boys. After the confinement, sThey are the ones who bring the figurine to the Town Hall where he rests from July 7 to 14.
For this reason, the Pamplona scarf will distinguish this year Mariví Esparza, from the Donibane group, a “essential woman in one of the most important and moving moments of the San Fermín festivities»
Ninth scarf since 2016
The Pamplona Handkerchief has been awarded since 2016. In its first edition, it was recognized Paulina Fernández, owner of Churrería La MañuetaThe following year he relapsed. journalist Javier Pagola and in 2018 they received it Elisa Sesma, Pablo Sánchez-Valverde and Mari Cruz Landabecause of his professional career linked to Sexual Information and Planning Center, Andraize. In 2019 and 2022, sport, especially football, was the protagonist, with recognition first for international referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco and then to May Guard Echalecu and Oier Sanjurjo Matécaptain and captain of the first CA Osasuna women’s and men’s teams.
In 2020, the year of the pandemic, the Pamplona City Council wanted to highlight the work carried out in the health field, by awarding the Pamplona Handkerchief to the Official College of Physicians and to Official College of Nursingrepresented by Vicente Estremera and Belén Izcue. In 2021, the recognition went to the the historian Juan José Martinena and last year, in 2023, the Pact for the elderly of San Juan.
