El Tablero celebrates its 25th La Zafra Fair

 

The El Tablero Zafra Fair organized by the Department of Culture of San Bartolomé de Tirajana turned 25 this Saturday, and Mayor Marco Aurelio Pérez Sánchez participated with the town's residents to commemorate it. It was he who lit the candles on the cream and strawberry cake with which the social groups involved in this celebration sweetened the anniversary.

 

 

The activities of the Fair began around six in the afternoon, and took on body and soul as the afternoon became cooler with the setting of the sun. The San Antonio El Chico Pilgrimage, the friendly match between Spain and Ireland and the concert by Miguel Torres (Mykel Towers) at the Maspalomas Sports City, all at practically the same time, did not dent popular participation in the Fair.

 

 

 

 

Without missing the electronics of mobile phones, the children had a great time with the children's and traditional games designed in wood by the Castillo Viejo neighborhood group, and the older ones did the same, tasting the traditional foods that in the past were killed by jilorios and They replenished their strength for work in the harvest campaigns. The older women of La Cuadrilla worked hard this year to prepare chorizo ​​sandwiches, gofio pellets, chopped tomatoes and cheese tapas.

 

 

Another of the activities that attracted a lot of attention from natives and foreigners, including many tourists who came to El Tablero to enjoy an afternoon of festive typicality in a summer version, were the exhibitions and quick classes on the shepherd's jump, the game of the stick and the lifting of the plow, which powerfully attracted the attention of adults and children, especially the little ones, and even the girls. 

 

 

 

 

On this occasion, the craft exhibition was carried out by Ángela María Alemán Gutiérrez and her niece María Alemán Caballero, experts in making palm basketry; Domingo Suárez Ortega, with his cages and other traditional carpentry work; the cutler Manuel González Perera; Débora Maggiore, dedicated to doll making and other felt works; Pablo Ariel Arrigo, with his proposals for recycled materials; the weavers and wool spinners Ana Rosa Vega Godoy and Bárbara Suárez Herrera; the patchwork seamstress Pilar León Quintana; the weaver Santiago González Cabrera; the toymaker Gerardo Ignacio Maya; and the stone worker Fernando Martín Franco. The stall selling gastronomic products that the Panadería Suárez de Teror installed in the Plaza also had great acceptance.

 

 

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Fair, this year's musical concert was performed by the timplistas Altay Páez and Domingo El Colorao accompanied by El Quinteto, and the Department of Culture directed by the second deputy mayor Elena Álamo Vega thanked them with a commemorative plaque the collaboration and participation of each and every one of the town's social groups in the development of this event.

 

The Fair closed with the traditional taifa dance, which on this occasion was enlivened by the El Botellín and El Mejunje parties.