The Teguise City Council, through the Department of Culture and within the programming of the Timple House-Museum, organizes a new edition of the Traditional Carnival of Teguise, an event that has consolidated itself in the municipality after more than ten editions and that highlights the most authentic manifestations of the Canarian carnival and its intangible cultural heritage.
The event will be held this Friday, March 6, at 20:30 hours, in the Plaza de la Constitución (Plaza de los Leones), with the Timple House-Museum as the setting for this cultural proposal that brings together music, masks, popular theater and traditional characters of the Archipelago's carnival.
In this edition, the Diabletes de Teguise, the Parranda Marinera de Buches, the Parranda El Golpito, the Baile de Piñata de Santa María de Guía, Cho Perico de Los Silos and La Chirichota from the island of Tenerife will participate, groups that represent different expressions of the traditional carnival of the Canary Islands.
Among them stand out the Diabletes of Teguise, considered the oldest carnival manifestation of the Canary Islands and one of the most representative symbols of the municipality during these dates.
The mayor of Teguise, Olivia Duque, has highlighted the celebration of this cultural event, recalling that the municipality "was a pioneer in promoting this type of initiative" linked to traditional carnival, and pointed out that “Teguise was one of the first municipalities to commit to the recovery and dissemination of the traditional carnival of the Canary Islands, and today we continue to strengthen that commitment with an event that has consolidated after more than a decade and that is now part of our cultural identity, also allowing us to continue sharing our traditions with residents and visitors.”
For his part, the Councilor for Culture, Andoni Machín, highlighted the importance of this meeting to value some of the oldest manifestations of the Canarian carnival and stressed that “the Diabletes of Teguise represent one of the oldest carnival traditions in the Canary Islands and constitute a unique image of our municipality during these dates, being also the hosts of a meeting that allows showing the richness of traditional carnival and reinforcing Teguise's role as a benchmark in the conservation of these cultural expressions”.
In this regard, the curator of the Timple House-Museum, Benito Cabrera, recalled that traditional carnival is part of the cultural heritage of the Archipelago and explained that “this encounter allows to show the diversity of characters, music and rituals that are part of the popular carnival of the islands, many of them transmitted from generation to generation, also contributing to keeping this cultural heritage alive,” also being responsible for the artistic direction of the encounter.
The Traditional Carnival of Teguise has consolidated itself over the years as one of the most unique cultural proposals within the municipality's programming, bringing together each edition groups and characters that are part of the festive heritage of the Archipelago.
The event will conclude with an end-of-party in which the "mascaritas" will dance alongside the Tiagua Bull, inviting neighbors and visitors to join this popular celebration