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The Rooster of Morón
By: Inés María Martiatu
If you visit the city of Morón in central Ciego de Avila Province, you will be surprised to see a huge statue of a bronze bird in a park appropriately called Parque del Gallo (Rooster Park).
The story of this rooster dates back a long time to another place. The story begins in the 16th Century in Morón de la Frontera (Andaluscía, Spain) where the events occurred that gave rise to the saying: "he is like Moron's rooster, featherless and crowing".
At that time rival government officials in said town were behaving in a very abusive way toward the population. According to the story handed down through generations, one of those politicians declared himself leader of Morón and said there was no other rooster there but himself, and the people started to call him the Rooster of Morón