The Colombian population residing in Lanzarote celebrated the Day of the Little Candles on Sunday night into Monday, one of the most important traditions in the Latin American country to welcome Christmas. The event took place at the Charco de San Ginés, in Arrecife, with the attendance of hundreds of people.
The deputy mayor of Arrecife, Echedey Eugenio, has conveyed "the universal values of unity, gratitude, and coexistence of a tradition that once again demonstrates the full integration of the Colombian community into the social and cultural life of Arrecife, Lanzarote, and the Canary Islands," as he highlighted in a statement.
Eugenio has congratulated the Colombian community on the occasion of the celebration this Sunday of the Day of the Little Candles, one of the most emblematic and deep-rooted traditions of this group and already integrated as part of the multicultural fabric that enriches the capital of Lanzarote.
Among the public representatives present at the event, held under the slogan *From the Pond to the Heart: We Celebrate the Light We Share*, were the president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Oswaldo Betancort, as well as the councilor for Citizen Participation of the Arrecife City Council, Cathaysa Suárez, whose department collaborated in its organization.
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The councilwoman highlighted "the excellent work of integration and volunteering carried out by Acciones Unidas," the association promoting this Day of the Candles, which is celebrated on December 7th, the eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and marks the beginning of Christmas, emphasizing "the bond of coexistence in Canarian society of this tradition that in Arrecife we have already adopted as our own."
The celebration illuminated the Charco de San Ginés with hundreds of small candles that represented wishes, thanks, and requests for health, prosperity, unity, and peace; and it became a clear demonstration of the close ties of the Colombian community with the city and the Island