This Friday at 9:30 p.m. after the reading of the proclamation, the Nanino Díaz Cutillas Folk Festival kicked off, which was born at the same time as the Fair and which has also celebrated its 28th edition. This edition was attended by.
On this occasion, Los Granjeros de Montaña Cardones performed, who have celebrated 46 years of life this year since they met in Arucas on the island of Gran Canaria. They presented pieces of their own lyricists and composers, who follow in the wake left by the veterans Sindo Saavedra, Pedro García and Manolín Padrón.
The sound of the whistles, the chácaras and the drums of the Agrupación Folclórica de Sabinosa —the oldest in the Canary Islands, founded in El Hierro in 1931— flooded the Plaza de Los Dolores so that the dance troupe could perform the Herreño tango, the most famous piece in their repertoire.
And the Rubicón Folk Group from Yaiza was in charge of representing Lanzarote folklore in the Plaza de Los Dolores. Born in 2001 to promote the traditional music and clothing of the island, its soloists, players and dance troupe have gone through the Víctor Fernández Gopar seguidillas festival and created their own meeting, the Rubicón Festival, whose last edition was held last weekend with the Noroeste Guiense folk group (Gran Canaria) as a guest group.
An evening that had a great participation of public that came as usual to this festival that is one of the most important in the islands.