Ayagaures celebrates its festivities in honor of the Child God from April 26 to 28

As marked by tradition, which began in the 50s, the residents of the Ayagaures ravine will ask the image of the Child God for a good year of rain to fill the dam and guarantee the irrigation of their crops. They will do so during the celebration of their festivities that will begin next Friday, April 26 and will last until Sunday the 28th. The Festivities Commission has worked for months to design a program that, as indicated in the information brochure, “reflects the richness of our traditions and offers moments of fun, coexistence and spirituality.” 

 

Thus, on Friday the 26th the festivities will begin with the decoration of the streets of the neighborhood; and the inauguration of a historical exhibition of all the programs created for this celebration from 1978 to 2024. In the afternoon, the performance of Trío el Salitre will take place, while the Zanga Tournament is held in the square; Later, starting at 21:00 p.m., the most daring neighbors will take the stage to participate in Karaoke Night. 

 

 

Saturday will be the afternoon with the greatest tradition, with the Pilgrimage and Offering to the Child Jesus. The procession will leave from the 'roof' to the town square. The tour will be enlivened by music and songs from the neighbors who participate, always dressed in traditional clothing. For this day, the Commission has made available to anyone who does not want to travel by car to the neighborhood, a bus that will leave from the Maspalomas Ambulatory at 17:00 p.m. and return to the same point at 01:00 a.m. After the Pilgrimage Offering, the Proclamation of the Festivities will take place with the Voice of the people, led by Marisa. The night will close with the Great Verbena by Yeray and Lolino; the luminous fires and a cup of broth. 

 

Sunday will begin with a workshop and children's games, and the Great Canarian Wrestling Exhibition. At 13:00 p.m. there will be the Eucharist that will give way to the procession that will be accompanied by the Archipelago Band. Subsequently, a tribute will be made to all the presidents of the ElToscón Cultural Association and the Pilancones de Ayagaures Neighborhood Association, in which the collaboration in the growth of the neighborhood from 1982 to 2023 will be recognized. At noon, the Asadero Canario will begin and the Verbena del Solajero by Dúo Purpurina. In this festival the Festival Commission encourages all participants to come with a striking and elaborate hat, since the most original will be awarded in the female and male categories. For the little ones there will be inflatables and games with Fantasy Animation; and for a snack, the birthday celebration of all the boys and girls in the neighborhood with a great chocolate that will put an end to the festivities until next year.