Timanfaya seeks old images of Tinajo related to the volcano and popular customs

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its incorporation into the Network of National Parks, a photographic exhibition will be produced to showcase how the society of Lanzarote has interacted with this natural and cultural heritage.

January 29 2025 (15:37 WET)
Family in the Timanfaya environment. Photo: Juan José Pacheco
Family in the Timanfaya environment. Photo: Juan José Pacheco

More than 16% of the Lanzarote municipality of Tinajo is located within the boundaries of the Timanfaya National Park, as the eruptions between 1730 and 1736 buried villages such as Tingafa and Maso, coastal lands such as the Corral de los Cabritos, maretas, cisterns, ponds, cultivable plains and meadows under the lava.

The Timanfaya National Park, through the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Energy that manages it, has initiated a collection of old photographs of Tinajo, related to the traditional uses of the volcano and other customs of the Tinajo society.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of its incorporation into the Network of National Parks, Timanfaya will produce a photographic exhibition that will showcase how the society of Lanzarote has interacted with this natural and cultural heritage.

This exhibition will open next April during the Tribute to Tinajo, a festive day in which crafts, environmental education and citizen participation will play a very important role.

Citizens can collaborate by sending their scanned images to the email comunicacion.timanfaya.50aniversario@tragsa.es or by going with them to the Offices of the Timanfaya National Park located at Calle Mareta, number 9 in Tinajo where they will be scanned in high resolution and manage the transfer of rights of each owner so that they can be used in the exhibition, attributed to each author.

Created in 1796 by segregation from Yaiza, the municipality of Tinajo is surrounded by the volcanic cones and lava flows of Timanfaya. The Timanfaya National Park is looking for photographs that are related to the customs of the Tinajo society: the planting of fruit trees in socos and lava bubbles, family excursions to parboil food with the heat of the subsoil in the Islote de Hilario, pilgrimages in honor of the Virgen de los Volcanes or livestock gatherings.

The Lanzarote national park began in August 2024 a program of conferences, round tables and exhibitions to disseminate the importance of this unique volcanic ecosystem in the world. All the talks are available on its YouTube channel.

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