The Los Buches Marine Band will meet at the Casa-Museo del Campesino with a total of 11 free performances between February 27 and December 18.
“They are living history and heritage of Lanzarote, one of the last vestiges of a traditional way of life linked to the sea that we have the obligation to care for and protect for all that it means,” said the CEO of the Tourist Centers, Benjamín Perdomo, who believes that the Casa-Museo del Campesino gives “an important leap in quality” with the incorporation of the traditional group to its ethnographic proposal.
The Tourist Centers detail that next Sunday, February 27, a program of performances will begin that, subject to possible alterations that may be established depending on the health alert, will be completed on the next April 24, May 22, June 19, July 24, August 21, September 18, October 23, November 20 and December 18. On this last date, “several popular Canarian carols” will be added to their traditional repertoire. The Entity indicates that these concerts will be held “between 11:00 and 14:00 hours.”
History of the Los Buches Marine Band
"The Los Buches Marine Band is a tradition of the being and feeling of the seafaring people of Lanzarote. It is, in the opinion of many, the maximum expression of the popular carnival of the archipelago, and the “most alive” testimony of the links between the men and women of Arrecife and the sea", they highlight from the Centers.
As early as 1890, the French anthropologist Verneau wrote about “a tradition in which sailors roamed the streets of Arrecife during the carnival festivities”, wearing “old peasant clothes and mesh masks, hitting passers-by with inflated fish bladders”, known as “los buches”.
Prohibited in 1936, the Los Buches marine band adopted the original traditions, costumes, sounds and dances to give life to a group that has been, since 1962, heritage of the Carnival of Arrecife and the island of Lanzarote.