The Cabildo of Lanzarote, the seven town councils and the island's folklore groups, choirs and ranchos de Pascua have agreed to postpone the celebration of Navidad Isleña 2020.
The agreement was reached this Friday at a meeting of the Island Culture Board, in which the Island Corporation and the seven municipalities are represented, and after a meeting held last Monday 19th by the Councillor for Culture of the Cabildo, Alberto Aguiar, with the musical groups.
The decision, according to Aguiar himself, was taken due to "the limitations derived from the health situation caused by Covid-19". "We cannot guarantee that the situation is ideal to be able to hold the concerts, even if they are outdoors, as is the case of Navidad Isleña", said the councillor.
An alternative event in the summer of 2021
Aguiar has informed that the Cabildo has conveyed to both the town councils and the folklore groups, choirs and ranchos de Pascua, the proposal to hold an alternative event in the summer of 2021, "provided that the health and epidemiological situation allows it".
"It would be a question of holding another equivalent festival in the summer dates, but not replacing Navidad Isleña of 2021, which would also be held during the Easter holidays of next year", added Alberto Aguiar.
Navidad Isleña is an encounter organised jointly by the Cabildo and the seven municipalities and whose objective is to bring popular music, folklore and dance, as well as carols and Christmas songs, to all corners of Lanzarote and La Graciosa. The 2020 edition would have been the fourth edition of this festival.
At the Island Culture Board meeting this Friday, the Cabildo and the municipalities discussed other issues of coordination of the island's cultural programme.
