Andalusian Festival Inaugurates Virtual Event
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced some parts of La Molienda de Riogordo olive oil festival online. Organizers are capitalizing on the opportunity to offer an English-language version.
Leila Bayandor Lawson
Forty kilometers north of Málaga, in the heart of Andalusia’s Axorquia region, the tiny village of Riogordo will celebrate its annual olive oil culture festival despite current Covid-19 containment measures.
This year, La Molienda de Riogordo will also inaugurate an online companion event, which will take place a few days before the festival and is dedicated to the many English-speaking residents of the region.
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You ve survived COVID-19 and now it s been more than two months and you still have problems with your sense of smell and taste. This is the type of complaint doctors are hearing from their patients during the spread of coronavirus.
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