The José Ramírez Cerdá Park once again imbued Arrecife with Canarian identity on Friday night with the celebration of the XXXII San Ginés Folk Festival, one of the most deeply rooted events of the patron saint festivities of the capital of Lanzarote.
The Folk Group Coros y Danzas Arrecife acted as host for an evening that featured the participation of the groups Maxorata from Fuerteventura and Tajaraste from Tenerife, in addition to the Arrecife formation itself and 12 soloists representing the 12 folk groups from Lanzarote.
Previously, at the Music Kiosk, also located in the park also known as Parque Viejo, commemorative plaques were presented to the participants, in a simple act of recognition as a memento of their participation and collaboration in the Festival.
“Cultural Heritage”
The deputy mayor and councilor for Festivities of the city, Echedey Eugenio, thanked Coros y Danzas Arrecife for “the excellent organization of this event which, for another year, has contributed to preserving and ennobling the cultural heritage of the Canary Islands”.
Eugenio also highlighted “the excellent staging of the participating groups and soloists” and emphasized “the involvement” of the large crowd gathered in José Ramírez Cerdá Park, while underscoring the importance of maintaining an event within the San Ginés Festivities that brings the traditions and cultural identity of the Archipelago to the forefront.
An Old Suitcase
The thread of the event was carried by the actors from Gran Canaria, Jenifer Artiles and Isaac Dos Santos, and the Lanzarote actor Mario Oses, who took the audience on a journey through the islands through an old suitcase whose interior held different representative elements of each territory.
Fuerteventura, Tenerife, and Lanzarote thus appeared through this scenic device that served to introduce the brilliant performances of Maxorata, Tajaraste, and Coros y Danzas Arrecife, respectively, in a staging that combined music, tradition, and narration.
Equally brilliant was the opening of the Festival with the joint performance of the 12 soloists: Jesús Rodríguez (Los Campesinos), Omar Roger (Rubicón), Judit Gil (Guanapay), Pedro Cabrera (Gaida), Matías Hernández (Güerma), Rita Méndez (Malpaís de la Corona), Juan Antonio Pérez (Timbayba), José Machín (Guadarfía), Nieves González (La Gran Aldea), Aníbal González (La Peña), Mar Betancort (Guagime), and Andrés Suárez (Coros y Danzas Arrecife).
The performers joined their voices to sing a seguidilla and, upon finishing, received from Coros y Danzas Arrecife a commemorative plaque with the traditional Lanzarote headdress as a token of gratitude for their participation.
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