Who launches the txupinazo opening rocket?
In fact, this custom of setting off the rocket from the City Hall balcony only dates from 1941. Even then it was not a very complicated issue as to who would have the honor. It was always the President of the Festive Commission. Thus, if we look up the list of past names, the same name will often repeat several times. If anyone wanted to stand out in the crowd then this custom was a good chance for them to be in the limelight and it continued without much variation up until 1979. By this time, live television coverage began and launching the opening txupinazo rocket took on even more importance. Too important for a mere councilor who simply organized the fiesta program. However, once the mayor, Juan Manuel Pérez Balda (1980) had had his turn, he passed the honor onto another councilor, Benicio Aguerrea, since he felt that once was enough for anyone to do it. >From then on, it was decided to rotate the honor between the different parties and councilors in City Hall. And so, in 1981 the
