San Bartolomé de Tirajana once again demonstrated its faith, community unity, and solidarity at the 73rd Pilgrimage-Offering to Our Lady of the Pine 2025 in Teror, participating with a sea-inspired cart dedicated to the Virgin of Santa Águeda. The municipality also donated 1.000 kilos of non-perishable food for the neediest families, reaffirming its commitment to collective values.
The oxcart, the work of artist Manuel Encinoso Quintana "Noli Encinoso," was created with the collaboration of more than thirty residents of El Pajar, San Fernando, El Tablero, and Tunte, symbolizing the strength of the community. Its design included more than 10.000 food grains representing each inhabitant of the municipality, handcrafted flowers evoking ocean foam, and elements reminiscent of agriculture, fishing, and the memory of Santa Águeda, the place where the first masses in Gran Canaria were celebrated.
The festive and devotional atmosphere was accompanied by the music of the folkloric group "A sentaos y tumbaos," which added a rondalla and dance troupe to the parade. To facilitate public participation, the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council provided five buses to transport attendees to the Marian Village of Teror, thus consolidating the tradition of a municipality that showcases its faith, its sea, and its solidarity at one of the most important events of Marian devotion in Gran Canaria.
