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July 2: Feast of Our Lady of Regla

The Feast of Our Lady of Regla is celebrated on July 2 in the town of La Vegueta.

During the days of the celebration, the town is filled with a festive atmosphere, which will culminate on the last day with the procession of the Virgin, from the hermitage of Regla to the Yacomar Socio-cultural Center.

During these festivities there will be no shortage of traditional popular festivals, board games, Canarian ball, theater shows, musical performances and other activities that will liven up the days for both young people and adults.

 

 

May 30: Canary Islands Day

On Canary Islands Day we celebrate the anniversary of the first session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands. This session took place on May 30, 1983, ten months after the publication of the Statute of Autonomy in the Official State Gazette.

On this special day for the Canarians and for all those who live on the islands or visit us, we try to highlight all those traditions and customs that identify us as a unique, simple, humble people of hard-working and welcoming people...

Feast of Corpus Christi.

Catholic festival celebrating the Eucharist. The festival originated in the Middle Ages, when in 1208 the nun Juliana of Cornillon promoted the idea of ​​celebrating a festival in honour of the body and blood of Christ present in the Eucharist. Thus, it was celebrated for the first time in 1246 in the Diocese of Liège (Belgium).

In the municipality of Tinajo it is traditional to decorate the streets where Christ is carried in procession with carpets of sea salt, dyed in colours.

September 15: Feast of Los Dolores.

"In recent years, the Festivity of Los Dolores has become a benchmark of popular support for a traditional festival which, without losing the flavour of Canarian culture, has managed to expand its borders beyond the residents of Tinajo and Lanzarote, becoming the most popular festival on the island, highlighting everything that characterises our archipelago. Events such as the "Nanino Festival", "The Regional Craft Fair" attended by the greatest professionals in the sector in the Canary Islands, "Performances by great artists", "The Pilgrimage", etc.

October 12: Pilar Festival

The Virgin of Pilar is a Christian devotion of the Catholic Church, whose image has its main center of worship, on the Island of Lanzarote, in the hermitage of Pilar in "El Cuchillo". The Pilar Festival is celebrated on October 12, the day on which the Holy Mass takes place and the image is processed throughout the town.

Quesería Abuelo Machín

This is a small family cheese factory whose production room is located in the house itself and which since 2021 has been making fresh and semi-soft cheeses from native breed goat's milk. Aridane is a young man who knows the production techniques from his ancestors, maintains a respectful grazing of his cattle in the caldera de las quemadas, takes care of the animals, milking, making cheeses and distributing them to shops.

Ria de La Santa Beach

 

The Santa estuary is located just two kilometres from the fishing village of La Santa.

The estuary was an arm of the sea that crossed the island of Lanzarote and a small islet located in the north-east of Lanzarote.

With the construction of the Hotel La Santa Sport, this small islet was connected to the island of Lanzarote by means of bridges, so the channels for the entry and exit of sea water were closed, thus forming a small lagoon that today is enjoyed by lovers of swimming, windsurfing and water sports in calm waters..

Hermitage of Our Lady of Regla

The hermitage of Nuestra Señora de Regla in La Vegueta (Yuco) was built by popular subscription towards the end of the 17th century. Inside it is possible to find interesting paintings and a 17th century altarpiece dedicated to the Virgin. Apparently the small, dark-skinned image of Regla was brought by an emigrant who, upon returning from Cuba, said he had bought it from some Franciscans as a token of gratitude for the fortune he had made in Cuba.

Guiguan Viewpoint

The fact that agriculture exists in Tinajo and Lanzarote is due fundamentally to the ingenuity, willpower and perseverance of the farmers themselves who for centuries have been forced to work the land without faltering and to overcome the continuous tests to which nature has subjected them; not only in the meteorological order (scarce rain and strong sunlight) but also to skillfully overcome the conditions of the environment.

Hermitage of Los Dolores

The origins of the hermitage of Los Dolores and the devotion to its image are strictly linked to the volcanic phenomena that occurred between 1730 and 1736, as it was built by the collective promise to the Virgin of the inhabitants of Tinajo. Little is known about the primitive construction, as the documents referring to the themes of the Virgin were burned in a fire at the beginning of the 20th century in the archives of the main church of Teguise.

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