Cultura Arrecife, directed by the councilor responsible for this Area in the City Council Abigail González, has contributed to the creation of a mural on the facade of the headquarters of the Parranda Marinera de Los Buches, located in Argana Baja, which has dimensions of 4 meters high by 3 meters wide and represents a member of the marine group with a buche in his hands.
Abigail González visited this Thursday accompanied by the deputy mayor and head of Festivities, Echedey Eugenio, the headquarters of Los Buches where they were received by the authors of the mural, David Machado and Lana Corujo, who detailed the characteristics of the work that includes the shield of Arrecife in its lower part.
The councilor stressed that “the collaboration of Cultura Arrecife represents a recognition of the valuable contribution to our cultural heritage of this historic marine group, which, in addition to being an intangible heritage of our city, maintains an intense community life with which it has contributed to the dynamization and cultural enrichment of our municipality.”
Likewise, Abigail González highlighted that “this mural not only constitutes an artistic intervention, but also represents a visual tribute to the marine origin of Arrecife, a constant reminder of our roots and a reflection of the festive spirit of this emblematic institution, Gold Medal of the Canary Islands and genuine expression of the porteño carnival.”
The Parranda Marinera de Los Buches constitutes a folkloric emblem originating from the city of Arrecife and by extension a living testimony of the traditional Canarian culture. The first testimonies of its existence come from various French authors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in which reference is made to a group of people who disguised danced, played instruments and sang, carrying buches - dried fish bladders inflated - in their hands with which they hit, carefully, those who passed by their side.
