Jesus, son of "manters"*
Merry Christmas! Every year I make a nativity scene that is my interpretation of where Jesus would have been born if he had been born that same year 2017. This year I imagined that he was born "manter"*. It could be in many cities where people like them try to survive often, with the only thing they can do, because of their legal situation. But I have set it up in Barcelona and I wanted to have a reminder for the terrorist attack this summer. Playmobil's children, as always, have shaped ideas. I hope you like it and help you see what Christmas represents. Video this year is a lively video. Here is the chronicle and also the video of the manger.And now, let’s connect with our mobile unit in Les Rambles
Today, Les Rambles witnessed an unexpected event. After running away from the police, the “manters”* took shelter in the subway, as usual, as they cannot be detained inside the subway premises.
A young couple from the “manters” group were expecting a baby. After running away, she felt bad just as she entered the subway. She started suffering labor pain and she gave birth to their first child with the help of a midwife who accidentally was leaving the subway.
The remaining “manters” who were hiding with them from the police, approached the place where she gave birth. Through their WhatsApp group, the news have spread, and other “manters” are coming from both the port and the store of their own brand "top Manta". The news have also come to the support group "Tras La Manta" which is already in the place of the events. They have warned the press, and we are also reaching the place.
With the small amount of money they collected that day, they have bought the mother food and garments to wrap the baby that rests on a blanket.
In seeing the solidarity and the crowd gathering around, the police decided to stay apart and not to intervene.
Around the entrance of the subway, people are crowding in. Ordinary citizens are also approaching and bringing things. Others are coming from the mosaic of Miró and said, with deep feelings, that the same Rambla that had known the dead some months ago, it was now showing life at its best.
Voice is spreading and people are looking for a suitable home for the new family. We have been told they have already been offered a flat and tomorrow they will be able to move there.
Everyone is happy and Les Rambles is full of people. So crowded that it looks like when the Barça wins! The “manters” keep on selling their stuff. Among them, they say that this child is his Savior. The newborn child already wears a pair of Nike shoes, a Barça T-shirt and sunglasses.
The authorities, seeing the citizens' response, have decided to deal once and for all with the situation of the “manters” and committed themselves to find a solution for January 6th. The mayor who has come to see the newborn has also reaffirmed this decision.
From Les Rambles, Laia Bonet for TVBetlem.
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*Manter: Person usually sub-Saharan who is selling in the street in an illegal way because of lack of documentation that does not allow him to do a normal work