The great family of the Malpaís de la Corona Folklore Group celebrated its XX festival called 'Weaving Traditions' this Friday in the incomparable setting of the Haría square.
The event began at 9:00 p.m. with a splendid night where the public, who loves traditions, supported the group. The management of Malpaís de la Corona, when organizing its festivals, not only ensures that its songs and dances are the central axis of the festival, but also documents itself very well every year to rescue traditions, which with the passage of years and modernity are being forgotten.
The night began with the screening of a video that included 'The treatment of white clothes', a laborious work carried out mainly by women, such as washing, rinsing, bluing, drying, starching, ironing and storing clothes, a work unthinkable to carry out today. Next, the performance of the Maxorata Folklore Group began, which comes from Puerto del Rosario on the island of Fuerteventura and has been carrying the traditional songs and dances of the Majorera island for more than 40 years. The group is chaired by Noemi Hernández Herrera and its dance director is Germán Montelongo.
For this occasion they chose the most traditional and representative of Fuerteventura such as the Polca Majorera, Berlina, Mazurca, Folias, Seguidillas etc. Maxorata, conquered the public with a very careful staging, its very slow dances and its sweet and very tuned songs that were highly applauded during its intervention. Maxorata wore the traditional clothing of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Next, the video was shown where the theme chosen for this edition 'Weaving Traditions' was well reflected, where the steps to follow were detailed in great detail. First is the shearing of the sheep where the shearer selects some and proceeds to cut the wool very carefully so as not to harm the animal. The second step is the washing of the wool obtained, which is done with hot water, extracting all the organic remains. The third is the carding of the wool, consisting of stretching the fragments of the sheared wool, carefully separating the fibers by hand without cutting them. The fourth step is the spinning of the wool, which is twisting the fibers of the carded wool until obtaining a thread of the desired thickness, and finally, the dyeing of the wool to then take it to the loom to weave the desired piece.
After the screening of the video, the members of the Malpaís de la Corona de Haría Association took to the stage. The group is chaired by Luz María Rodríguez Pérez, its musical director is Domingo Cedrés Dorta and the dance director is Néstor Cejudo. For this edition, Malpaís wore the traditional clothing of Lanzarote from the 18th and 19th centuries and chose the most representative of the songs and dances of Lanzarote, such as Sorondongo, Seguidillas, Santo Domingo and Malagueña. In its performance, Malpaís took a break to present three new garments that the Lanzarote researcher, Ricardo Reguera, had located in the archives that are collected in the notarial protocols of Lanzarote, such as the two Armadores and the Justacor, both for men, and the Capotillo for women.
With airs of an Isa Parrandera and the words of gratitude from Luz María Rodríguez, the XX Festival 'Weaving Traditions' was closed. with the applause of the audience.