The Department of Culture begins the mascaritas dances in Juan Grande that will cheer up the entire municipality until March 3
The Department of Culture of the City Council of San Bartolomé de Tirajana yesterday, Tuesday, February 13, began the festive calendar of the traditional carnival that will run through the different population centers of this municipality until March 3.
"The initiative to celebrate the traditional carnival by all towns aims to create community and cultural and neighborhood identity through the festive celebration and, at the same time, rescue and enhance the festival from the perspective of the simplicity with which it was celebrated in the past, expressed in the casual costumes of the mascaritas and in the shared tasting of the tortillas, anise buns and boiled eggs that are usually carefully prepared for these dates, while enjoying the dance," says the second deputy mayor and Councilor for Education. and Culture, Elena Álamo Vega.
With these objectives, the traditional carnival has been traced with an attractive history of dances throughout the geography of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. They started this Tuesday at the Intergenerational Center of Juan Grande with the performance of the Trío El Salitre, and this Thursday the 15th those festivals will be held in El Tablero, at the Carmelo Pérez Rodríguez Cultural Center, with the Parranda Los Chanos and the La Cucaña Folkloric Group; and also in Aldea Blanca, at the headquarters of the Famara Neighborhood Association, entertained by 'Mojo con son'.
In Castillo del Romeral the carnival celebration will be on Friday, February 23 at the cultural center with the same musical show as Aldea Blanca; and in Cercados de Espino, with the Trío El Salitre, the traditional festival will be on the ground floor of the Teleclub on Sunday, February 25, starting at 18:00 p.m.
In the upper area, in Tunte, the traditional carnival dance will take place in the Plaza Tenderetunte on Friday, March 1 with Los Chanos and 'Mojo con son'; and in El Pajar it will also be organized on Sunday, March 3 with 'Mojo con son' and the Parranda Pajarera, in the El Pajar building at 19:00 p.m.
