The Arrecife Carnival is not understood without the presence of Los Buches, a historical botarga of the urban carnival of the port and the only one of urban scope in all of the Canary Islands. Since December, the Parranda Marinera, a group of folk music and dance that protects the sounds and the porteño style, has been carefully preparing every detail and protocol that shapes this celebration so rooted in the capital of Lanzarote.
On the afternoon of February 15, the Constitution of La Botarga took place, an initiative conceived by the artist and researcher David Machado, artistic coordinator of the association, and supported by the official chronicler, memorialist of Lanzarote, recognized historian Don Óscar Torres in order to disseminate the rituals and form of Los Buches. Both are also working on the proposal for the traditions of the Parranda Marinera de Buches to be declared Intangible Heritage of the Canary Islands and, subsequently, Intangible Heritage of Humanity, thus recognizing the universal value of this cultural manifestation.
The event, which started promptly at 7:30 p.m. at the Agustín de La Hoz House of Culture, brought together various characters and traditions of the Arrecife Carnival. Don Juan Medina, the beloved “Charlot of Arrecife,” Don Alexis Niz, admiral of the Arrecife naval fleet, Don Manuel Rodríguez, the popular old woman of parsley, and the enigmatic masquerade dressed in the Shroud of Carnival, a tradition that Los Buches are recovering together with the Mararía association, were present.
The large audience that attended the event occupied all the seats, leaving many curious people at the doors. Representing the Arrecife City Council, Don Echedey Eugenio, first deputy mayor, accompanied by Don Roberto Herbón, second deputy mayor, expressed