In a pot, the conejeros have always toasted the millo with which they later made gofio. The lands of this island have been stirred with wooden plows and the nights of Lanzarote were illuminated with oil lamps. These are just some of the farming tools that San Bartolomé has been showing since May 15 in the courtyard of Casa Cerdeña.
"Before Lanzarote was eminently touristy, it was an island with many farmers," explains the Councilor for Culture and Festivities of San Bartolomé, Juan Antonio de la Hoz, "we wanted to incorporate these elements of the past into the tourist attraction of our days, recovering the tools and the values they represent." The children are going to be the protagonists of this exhibition, since it will be visited by educational centers on the island so that "they know how their grandparents worked the land," says de la Hoz.
But we are not only staying in agriculture, the folklore of the islands also has a place in this exhibition. Costumes worn by pilgrims from all the towns of the Archipelago in their pilgrimages and groups of typical Canarian choirs and dances can be seen in San Bartolomé. La Gomera, Tenerife and La Graciosa, the Majoreros, the inhabitants of El Hierro and, of course, the Conejeros, are represented in this exhibition in which the puppies, aprons and embroidery worn by the mannequins in the exhibition give an idea of the cultural and folkloric range that the archipelago hides.
This exhibition pays tribute to the farmer saint, San Isidro, and is part of the parade of social and cultural activities that the City Council launches on the occasion of the Canary Community holiday. This is the VII Canary Week, which, despite what its name indicates, will be extended from May 5 to 31.
