Stirring up excitement

ELCHE City Council an ‐nounced plans to pay tribute to one of its most beloved dishes, the rice dish, ‘arroz con costra’, with a sculpture in the city according to an an‐nouncement on Tuesday, April 18.

The sculpture will be set on a roundabout, and will depict a giant ‘perol’, cooking pot which the rice dish is tradi‐tionally cooked in.

The statue was proposed by the Association of Friends of ‘Arroz con Costra’, a group dedicated to promoting the dish and its heritage. The city’s mayor, Carlos Gonzalez, met with representatives of the association, and gave his support for the idea. The group is part of an effort to raise awareness about the dish and its cultural signifi‐cance.

The sculpture will be creat‐ed by renowned architect Manuel Gomariz, and will be more than two metres tall. It will be created using the tra‐ditional ‘trencadis’ technique, using broken ceramic tiles to