Atlantic Roots, the Fair of Traditions of Lanzarote and La Graciosa, will incorporate within its programming the educational space Play the Farmer, an educational and playful cultural mediation proposal aimed at families that invites them to learn about the traditional agriculture of Lanzarote through play, participation, and active learning.
The initiative, designed specifically for this first edition of the fair, aims to bring to families, boys and girls the value of the island's agricultural heritage, the work of the peasantry, and respect for the land, highlighting the unique features of Lanzarote's agricultural landscape.
The space will be developed in a delimited area of the José Ramírez Cerdá Park, in spaces 14 and 15, on Thursday, May 14 and Friday, May 15, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and on Saturday, May 16, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The workshops will be free until full capacity is reached and will be led by Alegría Ludoteca.
Among the planned activities are We plant our first mile and We identify the crops of Lanzarote, a proposal focused on the observation of plants in the immediate environment and knowledge of traditional crops on the island.
The project is part of Raíces Atlánticas's commitment to turning tradition into a living, participatory, and close experience, especially for new generations. Lanzarote's traditional agriculture constitutes a resource of great pedagogical, cultural, and environmental value, which allows for working on content linked to knowledge of the environment, heritage education, sustainability, and cultural identity.
The island's agricultural landscape, recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System, GIAHS, offers an ideal setting to bring citizens closer to a way of understanding the territory marked by adaptation, ingenuity, and the deep bond between people and the land.
From the organization, the support of the Area of Landscape and Food Sovereignty of the Cabildo de Lanzarote is also highlighted, which is coordinated by the counselor Samuel Martín, and whose collaboration has been fundamental for the development of this proposal, both in advice and in the cession of material.
The president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Oswaldo Betancort, underlines that “Raíces Atlánticas is born to celebrate our traditions, but also to explain them, share them, and pass them on. The Juego al Campesino represents that spirit very well, because it allows families to approach Lanzarote's agricultural heritage through experience, play, and knowledge of the territory”.
Atlantic Roots will be held from May 13 to 16 in Arrecife, with a program that includes music, dance, oral tradition, crafts, gastronomy, traditional games, workshops, heritage walks, and activities linked to the popular culture of Lanzarote and La Graciosa.
Organized by Preventos Media, it has the sponsorship of the Government of the Canary Islands, the Cabildo of Lanzarote, the Centers of Art, Culture and Tourism of Lanzarote, SPEL–Turismo Lanzarote and the Canary Institute of Cultural Development, and with the collaboration of the Arrecife City Council and other entities.
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