The Cirne
de Xàbia
Foundation
launches the
Nits de Tinta
exhibition
about
fisheries
The Cirne de Xàbia Foundation
hosts until the end of February the
exhibition ‘Nits de Tinta. A singular
art of fishing ‘that compiles a series
of photographs of Jake Abbott and
Felipe Escolano belonging to his work
of divulging a traditional fishing art
as rooted in municipalities such as
Xàbia and Poble Nou de Benitatxell
such as’ Les Pesqueres’.The mayor,
José Chulvi, and the head of the
Heritage service of the Generalitat,
Marta Ponce, attended the opening
of this exhibition subsidized by the
Ministry of Education, Research,
Culture and Sports and after Xàbia
will visit other points of the Marina
Alta. The photographer Jake Abbott
has explained the peculiarities of the
fishermen, platforms of reeds that
were installed on the walls of the
cliffs from where they fished during
the winter nights. Access to fishing
was intricate through rudimentary
ropes and ladders and the claim was
the lighting of a light that attracted
squids, cuttlefish and rockfish, which
is why this practice is also known as
‘Encesa’.