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Fiestas del Cristo in La Laguna 2021 |
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
The Fiestas del Cristo recover cultural events under strict security measures
Tenerife in September 2021
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Baile de Las Libreas, El Palmar Photo: Buenavista del Norte Town Hall (More images) |
- 7 September: Festivity of Nuestra Señora del Socorro in Güímar
- 8 September: Festivity of Nuestra Señora de la Luz in Los Silos
- 8 September: Festivity of Nuestra Señora de Abona in Arico
- 8 September: Festivity of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios in Tegueste
- 13 September: Festivity of San José in San Juan de la Rambla
- 14 September: Festivity of the Most Holy Christ of La Laguna.
- 20 September: Santísimo Cristo de la Dulce Muerte in Guía de Isora
- 29 September: Festivity of San Miguel Arcángel in San Miguel de Abona
Monday, August 30, 2021
Friday, August 27, 2021
Cristóbal de Ponte, founder of Garachico
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Iglesia de Santa Ana (Church of Santa Ana) Wolfgang Holzem, CC BY-SA 4.0 In 1520, Cristóbal de Ponte, the founder of Garachico, ceded a plot to construct the church. The dedication of the church to Saint Anne was inspired by his wife, Ana de Vergara. |
Cristóbal de Ponte (~1447-1532) was born in Genoa (Italy) and died in Tenerife. He participated with other compatriots, in financing the conquest of Tenerife; and his financial contribution must have been important, judging by the generous distributions of lands that resulted. Historian Cioranescu, relates that Cristóbal de Ponte was the first inhabitant of Garachico “at least, the first whose memory has been preserved. He had a house on his land since before 1499; he made a sugar mill around 1501 and water saw around 1504”.
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Cristóbal de Ponte, overlooking the Parque Puerta de la Tierra |
On the wall overlooking the Puerta de la Tierra in the park of the same name in Garachico, is this bust of Cristóbal de Ponte. To commemorate him, the sculptor Eladio de la Cruz, made a high relief, bronze bust of the founder who appears flanked by the coats of arms of Genoa and Garachico. The work is displayed on three natural stone monoliths designed by Lorenzo Dorta García. Several anchors, some from the old port and others donated by the port authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, complete a paved and landscaped complex.
In 1527 he was summoned by the Inquisition. He excused himself by saying he could not come because of his many years and ailments. In later writing he alleges that he is a sick man, very weak and skinny and has lost much of his sight in such a way that it is necessary for him to have a guide. Cristóbal de Ponte's will was opened upon his death in 1532, on May 11, before Antón Martín, public notary of Daute. His sons Bartolomé de Ponte retained the inheritance of Daute and Pedro de Ponte, that of Adeje.
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Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles and Convento de San Francisco RobertoZN, CC BY-SA 4.0 The former Franciscan convent - the oldest of the five convents that were built in the town - and church of Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles in Garachico, Tenerife, were founded by Cristóbal de Ponte, in 1524. This church is burial place of the aforementioned founder and his wife, Doña Ana de Vergara. |
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Pastel de Tres Leches (Three Milk Cake)
Pastel de Tres Leches in a bar in El Palmar, Buenavista del Norte |
It's not a great image and you can see that I'd already made a right mess of the table with my main course, but this is a desert I had once, as a birthday treat, in a bar in the El Palmar Valley in Buenavista del Norte. It was their version of the dessert, Pastel de Tres Leches (Three Milk Cake), a sponge cake soaked in a mixture of three kinds of milk.
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival 2012
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Carnival Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 2012, Carmen Gil González |
Carnival Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 2012 was Carmen Gil González, with a costume entitled, "Imperio" (Empire), designed by Santi Castro and representing Zona Comercial Tranvía.
In 2012, the court was made up as follows:
- 1st Maid of Honour: Guacimara Afonso Martín, with a costume entitled 'Del color de la guayaba' (The color of guava), representing newspaper La Opinión de Tenerife and McDonalds and designed by Daniel Pagés.
- 2nd Maid of Honour: Cecilia Navarro Arteaga, with a costume entitled 'Quisiera ser' (I would like to be), representing Barbacoa Tacoronte Fiesta Canaria Carnaval and designed by Expedita Hernández.
- 3rd Maid of Honour: Jéssica Guardia Carrillo, with a costume entitled 'Aurora' (Dawn), representing NTM Digital and designed by David Hernández.
- 4th Maid of Honour: Fabiola Vera Martínez, with a costume entitled 'Siboney', representing Centro Comercial Meridiano and designed by Saliarca Creativos.
Carmen Gil González, Reina del Carnaval 2012 de Santa Cruz de Tenerife
The theme of carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 2012 was "Flower Power. The prodigious 60s". The stage was initially going to be giant, but due to lack of budget it ended up being a long panel, with sixties motifs, such as a colourful bus, peace symbols and a Vespa scooter, with two other bright coloured panels on the right and left. On stage there were also images of previous carnival queens, legends such as "Don't worry be hippy" and figures and drawings of characters in hippie costumes. The stage was also decorated with buildings in the city drawn in a psychedelic style.
At the carnival queen gala, themes such as the arrival of man on the moon, the Vietnam War, student protests, the fight for the protection of nature and the emergence of the New Age were highlighted. These themes were mixed at the beginning of the performance in a conceptual way trying to emulate the artistic forms of that time. It was followed by a tribute to music groups and singers of the 60s, among which the Beatles stood out, with a huge yellow submarine, the Rolling Stones, with the characteristic mouth and large tongue, Fifth Dimension and Ben E. King with mythical songs performed by musicians from the islands, some of them with the lyrics changed to a more carnival tone to melodies such as, "Yellow Submarine ", "Stand by me ", "Aquarius" or "Let the Sunshine In".
TelevisiónCanaria broadcast the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival Opening Parade, for the first time in its history.
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Town Hall of San Miguel de Abona
Monday, August 23, 2021
The offering of the Hearts of Tejina in the plaza is cancelled for the second year
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Corazones de Tejina |
The festivities in honor of San Bartolomé de Tejina will be held, for the second year, mainly with cultural events of reduced capacity. That is why the offering of the Hearts of Tejina in the square is cancelled and will take place inside the church, according to the council.
The festivities began on August 1 with the proclamation by researcher Leopoldo Izquierdo Fernández and included the VII Conference on Historical Dissemination of the History of Tejina, at the Unión Theatre Tejina. The Theatre will also host the Art Festival, on Monday the 23rd, and the musical performances by Miriam Reyes and Vocal 7, on Thursday the 26th and Friday the 27th, respectively. Sunday 29 will be when the tribute to the Feast of the Hearts takes place, with events in the church and in the cultural space.
La ofrenda de los Corazones de Tejina en la plaza se cancela por segundo año
Festivities of the Hearts of Tejina, Tejina, Tenerife. August 24, Saint Bartholomew's Day.
Los Corazones de Tejina, on the island of Tenerife, is a festival declared an Asset of Cultural Interest that is more than 100 years old. It is celebrated in the last week of August and without a doubt it is one of the most striking traditions that are celebrated in summer, due to the cross-shaped structures that have two wooden hearts and arranged vertically. They are decorated with flowers, with flour cakes with of traditional and religious allegorical motifs, and with fruits. The hearts, which can measure up to 12 meters high and weigh almost a ton, accompanied by their respective parties from their neighbourhoods, are brought to the church square. There they are received by the saint, San Bartolomé, at the door of the church and an emotional act known as the Offering takes place.
Friday, August 20, 2021
Cestería Canaria (Canarian Basketry)
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Handmade baskets from the Valle de el Palmar |
Straw basketry
Rod basketry
Cane and wicker basketry
Pírgano basketry
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival 2011
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Carnaval Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 2011, Naomi Cabrera Pulido |
Carnaval Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 2011, was Naomi Cabrera Pulido, with a costume entitled, "Cien años de historia" (One Hundred Years of History), designed by Leo Martínez and representing newspaper El Día, who won for the 3rd consecutive year.
In 2011, the court was made up as follows:
- 1st Maid of Honour: Fabiana Milena Vera Martínez, with a costume entitled "Cabaret", representing Tranvía de Tenerife (Tenerife Tram) and designed by Santi Castro.
- 2nd Maid of Honour: Sonia Hernández Fumero, with a costume entitled "Freyja", representing Centro Comercial Meridiano and designed by Saliarca Creativos.
- 3rd Maid of Honour: Carmen Idaira González Díaz, with a costume entitled "Felicidad" (Happiness), representing Redetel Telefonía S. A. and designed by Juan Carlos Armas.
- 4th Maid of Honour: Naomi Cordobez Hernández, with a costume entitled "Canaima", representing Floristería Tin and designed by Juan Carlos Armas.
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
The strange crime of Vilaflor
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Casa de los Soler in Vilaflor |
Monday, August 16, 2021
The famous Sangría of San Roque
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Sangría |
- First of all, use a decent wine, neither a gran reserva nor a tetra-brick.
- Always use hard fruit, such as peach, apple, pear, etc. Never use canned peach or pineapple.
- The maceration time of the sangria must be at least 2 hours. In that time we will give the fruit time to transmit flavours to the wine.
- Sweeten to taste, but remember that the fruit itself or if orange or lemon soda is added, it will already add sweetness.
- You can add cognac or any other alcohol. Your call.
- Put the ice in the glass, at the moment of serving. If you make a bowl of sangria as is normally done, leave it only with the fruit and do not add ice to the bowl, because if the ice melts, the sangria will be water.
Sunday, August 15, 2021
The State to auction the Punta de Anaga Semaphore Station for 22,000 euros
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Igueste de San Andrés - El Semáforo |
Offers for this facility, which dates back to the end of the 19th century, may be submitted until October 15; The winner will be known on the 26th of the same month
The Ministry of Finance and Public Function is putting the Punta de Anaga Semaphore Station up for public auction with a starting price set at 22,260.64 euros.
The historic building, which turns 126 years old and has been included in the heritage red list due to its high degree of deterioration, passed into the hands of the State in 1970, when the Ministry of the Navy handed it over to the Treasury as it was considered unnecessary as a point for communication with ships.
As detailed in the announcement by the Ministry of Finance, both the land on which it stands and the building itself goes up for auction. Thus, the extension reaches 1,194.84 square meters, while the property, with masonry and concrete walls, has 247.25 square meters and consists of a single floor that includes three houses and an observatory.
The date set for this auction, which also includes two other properties, one in La Orotava and the other in La Laguna, will be October 26, 2021, starting at noon. Then, the list of bidders will be read and the envelopes containing the sealed bids will be opened. Offers may be submitted until October 15.
Not everyone is happy about this: Mayor of Santa Cruz, José Manuel Bermúdez, criticizes the decision of the central government and asks them to suspend the auction and rehabilitate the historic maritime signaling station for the "enjoyment of all".
The Semaphore of Punta de Anaga, according to the Santa Cruz chronicler, José Manuel Ledesma, was one of the first 20 electric semaphore stations that were built on the Spanish coast, by Royal Order on June 9, 1884. Its staff were made up of two lookouts and a signalman; the lookouts being chosen from among graduate officers of the reserve, navy boatswain or pilots of the Merchant Navy, all with more than five years of service.
Built of red tuff, 222 meters above the cliff, it has a rectangular body, with two houses, a kitchen and a toilet, another rectangular body attached to the previous one, which served as a home for the orderly, and a third hexagonal body intended for an observatory. .
El Estado subasta el Semáforo de Punta de Anaga por 22.000 euros
Saturday, August 14, 2021
Tenerife, the paradise of pools
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Piscinas Naturales de Garachico |
The island monopolizes the majority of natural pools (61 of 117) in the Canary Islands that have just been declared of regional tourist interest
Tenerife is the Canarian paradise of pools. From north to south, from east to west, the Tenerife coast is full of well-known or undiscovered natural pools full of unimaginable biodiversity. In addition to being a hallmark, they have become a great claim for those looking for a different way of enjoying the sea, more in contact with volcanic nature.
You just have to look at the internet, where hundreds of articles circulate with classifications of the best pools in the Canary Islands. For this reason, the Ministry of Tourism has just declared 117 of these pools of regional tourist interest. And Tenerife accounts for the largest part: 61 out of 117, 52% of all the Islands.
The Charcos de Marea Master Plan presented last week includes measures to improve the service facilities with an investment of 29.4 million euros. Fernando Miñarro, general director of Tourist Infrastructure of the Canary Islands, explained that the most accessible and visited natural pools have been selected, as well as the best equipped and with the greatest landscape values. "The objective is to improve all the facilities with the utmost respect for the enormous biodiversity in these pools. At no time is it intended to modify the landscape. It is a plan to improve accesses and car parks, with actions to minimize the impact of the urban intervention already carried out or to be carried out”, details the person in charge of this department of the Ministry of Tourism.
In Tenerife, the municipality with the most lava hot tubs is, by far, La Laguna (28). And within La Laguna, most are at, Punta del Hidalgo (27). This part of the coast linked to the Anaga massif has a volcanic platform that juts out into the sea for a kilometre and extends for more than four kilometres, with a succession of pools and coves of black sand between streams with shapes sculpted at the whim of the waves and tides. There are Punta Arroba, Redondo, Intermedio, Alargado, Cumplido, El Redondillo, De Las Ovejas, Del Mono ... and Charco Del Diablo (The Devil's Pool).
The north of Tenerife concentrates those best known by the local population: Charco del Viento de La Guancha, El Caletón de Garachico, La Laja de San Juan de la Rambla or Los Charcones de Buenavista del Norte. But in this list of the Government of the Canary Islands there are also interesting options in the south: El Roquete de Arico, los 8 del Malpaís de Rasca (Arona), el Del Marqués de Adeje, La Jaquita de Guía de Isora ... "What we are looking for is simply to put value these extraordinary corners of our coast, which provide a different and unique experience, at the same time that we guarantee their preservation", details Miñarro. The Minister of Tourism, Yaiza Castilla, contributes as other objectives "the consolidation of a specific model of intervention in the coastline of conservation and integration in the offer of the destination" with placement of signs, general improvements –which concern safety– and new facilities, such as a shaded areas.
This first census of natural pools of regional tourist interest arises from a larger project. The embryo is the work Charcos en Marea, edited by the Ministry of Tourism and in which a detailed study of the 492 tidal pools registered in the Canary Islands is carried out. Its author is the architect and scholar of the volcanic coasts of the Canary Islands, Alberto Luengo, a work that is part of the Ecoáreas-Mardetodos project, which has been developed by the Government of the Canary Islands since 2014.
The classification was made from a screening of those 492 described by Luengo's work. "First half was discarded and then there were 117 that we consider to be perfectly suited to the selection criteria," says the general director of Tourist Infrastructure of the Canary Islands. Tenerife accumulates the largest amount, perhaps because there is a tradition on the island that goes back a long way and that has prompted some municipalities to finance actions in the most well-known pools. But the rest of the Islands are also of great value, apart from the wild ones, which have not entered this list because they are more inaccessible and because the priority in them is to keep their natural world intact. In addition to the 61 in Tenerife, 18 in Fuerteventura, 11 in Lanzarote, 10 in Gran Canaria, 8 in La Palma and El Hierro and 1 in La Gomera have been identified as being of tourist interest.
Sergio Hanquet, photographer and diver, knows the pools of the Canary Islands very well. But above all he knows the enormous natural wealth that they hide. "There is much more than what people imagine: algae, crustaceans, fish, octopus ... Even salts are formed that are also very interesting." Most of those species, are characterized "by a great resistance to constant changes in natural conditions". "It must be taken into account that many of these habitats fill and empty depending on the tides, suffer jumps in temperature and salinity ...". "Those who visit these places must take into account the enormous variety of life they possess" and asks for "a lot of respect for the natural environment and to bathe with great care". "What cannot happen is what happens sometimes, that you come to a pool and you find accumulations of waste. They are delicate ecosystems and you can enjoy the pool but with great caution", he emphasizes.
This Charcos de Marea Master Plan goes in parallel with specific plans developed by some municipalities that pursue the same objective as the regional Executive. The most significant case at present is that of La Laguna and its Sendero Litoral de Punta del Hidalgo project. After obtaining the Blue Flag for the also known as Camino de San Juanito, the Lagunero mayor, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez, promotes this part of the coast - from the Roquete beach, next to the Fishermen's Association of Nuestra Señora de la Consolación, up to the Charco de la Arena– on a maritime path with services and equipment and without altering its natural values. It is precisely in this coastal strip of Punta del Hidalgo where 27 of the 117 pools declared of regional tourist interest are concentrated.
Friday, August 13, 2021
Candelaria, again without August festivities
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Peregrinación a Candelaria (Pilgrimage to Candelaria) |
Mayor of Candelaria, Mari Brito, has confirmed that, for the second consecutive year in her municipality, there will be no August festivities in honor of the Patron Saint of the Canary Islands. “There will be no pilgrimage nor celebrations in the street, since the Council is not going to encourage the mass gathering of people. We will try to make the festival reach [people] through audiovisual media, as we did in 2020,” she explained.
The main objective is to avoid risk that may promote the advance of contagion.
“We have already discussed this with the Dominican community and they share our concern about the evolution of the pandemic. Now, we do not have the same tools to control the spread of the virus, therefore, the basilica will be closed on the night of August 14 and the events will be broadcast on television. They are going to be filmed without an audience so that people can live their faith from their homes in safety," she stressed.
The mayor hopes to once again have the understanding and responsibility of the citizens. “We will fight coronavirus with the mechanisms we have. In addition, there is enough time during the year for those who wish to be able to walk to Candelaria”, she concluded.
The Cabildo too recommends not making a pilgrimage to Candelaria
Minister of the Natural Environment and Security, Isabel García, recalled that "due to prevention measures to face the health crisis, the traditional trails of the summit will be closed to walkers from 6:00 p.m. on August 13 to 6:00 a.m. on August 16." The Highways Area will not close the TF28, as has been done in other years due to the presence of walkers, since the Candelaria Council itself has advised against a pilgrimage. It should also be noted that the Candelaria basilica will remain closed on the night of August 14.
“The celebrations in Candelaria this year will not take place, it is very important to avoid concentrations of people, so we recommend extreme care and common sense and therefore, from the Cabildo Security Area we urge the population not to carry out the traditional pilgrimage”, indicated the Minister of Security, Isabel García.
However, from the Cabildo it is recommended to follow the celebrations through the media that will broadcast the festive events. Televisión Canaria will broadcast the Proclamation on August 13 at 10 p.m. by Pepe Dámaso; a documentary "The skin of faith" about the Guanche Ceremony on August 14 at 9.30 p.m., and the offering to the Patroness of the Canary Islands on August 15 at 10:00 p.m., all of them recorded in advance.
El Cabildo recomienda no realizar peregrinación a Candelaria con motivo de las fiestas de la patrona
Thursday, August 12, 2021
Canarian quesillo, one of the most typical and easy to prepare desserts on the islands
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Quesillo canario |
Quesillo is one of the most typical and easy to make desserts in the Canary Islands, it is similar to flan, but made with a lot of condensed milk and on top of that, it's often served with cream in bars and guachinches throughout the island. A veritable calorific bomb, but nobody knows why it's called a quesillo since it doesn't contain any queso (cheese).
Ingredients:
1 can of condensed milk of 370 g
1 and 1/2 cans of whole milk (measure with the condensed milk can)
5 eggs
The zest of 1 lemon
3 tablespoons of sugar or liquid caramel
Method:
In a bowl, pour the condensed milk, the whole milk, the beaten eggs (as for an omelette) and the lemon zest and mix well until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.
Make the liquid caramel: for this pour the sugar into a saucepan and melt it over low heat, without stirring, until it acquires a golden hue and is totally liquid. Be careful, it burns easily! (If you don't want to complicate life, just use liquid caramel from a bottle.)
Pour the liquid caramel into a mould, spreading it well over the entire surface.
Pour the milk mixture into the caramelised mould, then cook it slowly over a bain-marie for 1 hour and a quarter approx., taking care that the pan does not boil dry.
Remove from the heat and remove the mould from the pot. When it's cooled refrigerate for a minimum of 8 hours. To serve, unmold it by turning it over, but do it onto a plate or dish with a lip, since otherwise the liquid caramel may overflow.
Quesillo canario, uno de los postres más típicos y fáciles de preparar de las islas
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival 2010
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Carnival Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 2010, Alicia San Juan McNulty |
Carnival Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 2010 was Alicia San Juan McNulty, in a costume entitled, "En el País de las Maravillas" (In Wonderland) - her name is Alicia (Alice), after all - designed by Leo Martínez and representing newspaper El Día.
In 2010, the court was made up as follows:
- 1st Maid of Honour: Estefanía Ruiz Sabina, with a costume entitled "Aromas de sándalo" (Sandalwood scents), representing Centro Comercial Meridiano and designed by Saliarca Creativos.
- 2nd Maid of Honour: Milagros Jerónimo Fumero, with a costume entitled "Lágrimas de luna" (Tears of the moon), representing Tranvía de Tenerife (Tenerife Tram) and designed by Santi Castro.
- 3rd Maid of Honour: Verónica Rodríguez Díaz, with a costume entitled "Por ti volaré" (For you I will fly), representing NTM Digital, Electronics store in Puerto de la Cruz and designed by Alfonso Baute and David Hernández.
- 4th Maid of Honour: Nazaret González Martínez, with a costume entitled "Mundos diferentes" (Different worlds), representing Grupo Número 1 and designed by Miguel Ángel Castilla Abreu.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Fiestas de San Roque in Garachico 2021
Monday, August 09, 2021
Town Hall of La Laguna
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Town Hall of La Laguna. Image: Javier Losa, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
The Ayuntamiento de San Cristóbal de La Laguna (La Laguna Town Hall) building, located next to the Plaza del Adelantado, was ordered to be built by Alonso Fernández de Lugo after the conquest of Tenerife in order to house the island council. Initially, several constructions were carried out and the current one, which dates from 1540, has undergone numerous modifications and reforms throughout history, particularly during the reign of Fernando VII.
Address: C/Obispo Rey Redondo, 1, 38202 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. Phone: +34 922 60 11 00.
Official Website | Facebook (Cultura La Laguna) | Twitter | Youtube
Sunday, August 08, 2021
The Canary Islands observatories will broadcast the Perseid rain live
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Teide and the Milky Way |
Saturday, August 07, 2021
Caution Goats Crossing in Teno Alto
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Typical oncoming traffic on the road to Teno Alto |
Technical architect, Rafael Díez, has endeavored to adapt the danger sign for cattle to the goat reality of this corner of the Teno Rural Park
Rafael Díez Alcalde is a technical architect for a company hired to offer specialized assistance to the Teno Rural Park. When they addressed the need to install a danger warning sign for goats crossing on the winding access road to Teno Alto, this 51-year-old asked himself: "What does a sign with a cow mean in Teno Alto?".
Traffic regulations only contemplate the design of the silhouette of a cow on the P-23 sign.
He then put all his efforts into a new icon, a unique sign for Teno Alto. The danger signs foreseen by the DGT have the silhouette of a cow (P-23) and a deer (P-24). They mean danger due to the proximity of a place where the road can frequently be crossed by all kinds of domestic animals, and danger due to the proximity of a place where the road can frequently be crossed by wild animals. In the second case, it does not refer only to deer.
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Ducks Crossing sign in the UK |
The exception that most interested Díez Alcalde is the Doñana National Park, in Andalusia, where you can see danger warning signs with silhouettes of lynx, snakes, rabbits, wild boars, birds, partridges and even butterflies. After much internal debate, he was put in charge of making the silhouette from a photo, with the help of a designer friend, and placed the image of a Teno Alto goat in the centre of this personalized sign. He hopes that, if there are no problems, it will be placed on the road that gives access to this Buenavista hamlet, with a double objective: to warn drivers of the possible presence of loose goats and to become a new symbol for Teno Alto. "Maybe even tourists will stop there to take pictures with the sign," he says. For now, the mayor of Buenavista del Norte, Antonio González (SSP), does not dislike the idea either: "Using these signs would contextualize much better the type of livestock that visitors to Teno can find and would be more accurate than the image of cow".
Friday, August 06, 2021
CD Tenerife calendar for 2021/2022 season
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Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López home of Club Deportivo Tenerife Image: JUAN BLAS tenerife, CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Thursday, August 05, 2021
Chayotas rellenas (Stuffed Chayotes)
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Chayotas (Chayotes) |
- Cut the chayotas in half and soak them with plenty of water (to cover them) for about 15 or 20 minutes, so that they lose the gelatinous substance inside.
- Drain the chayotas, with a knife scrape the remains of the sticky substance. With a sharp knife, extract the seed from the centre, leaving a hole, and remove the skin.
- Put plenty of water in a large pan, add salt, and cook the chayotas until tender (about 20 minutes approximately), you can also steam them. They must be done but al dente, so they do not fall apart.
- Meanwhile, peel the garlic and onion, chop them small and in a pan with a little oil, sauté them.
- Add the finely diced pepper and sauté.
- When the onion mixture is becoming translucent, add the meat, season to taste, add a little oregano and sauté over high heat until the meat is golden brown.
- Add a splash of white wine and reduce.
- Then add the finely chopped tomato and continue sautéing until everything is well combined.
- Fill the chayota halves and arrange them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or greased with a little oil, cover them with the béchamel sauce and sprinkle with the grated cheese.
- Gratin in the oven at 200ºC, until golden brown on top.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan.
- Add the flour and brown it a little until it forms a paste and takes color.
- Add the milk slowly and beat continuously with a whisk, over medium heat. Season with salt, black pepper and a little nutmeg and continue stirring until it begins to thicken, then remove from heat and immediately pour it over the chayotas.
Wednesday, August 04, 2021
Puerto de la Cruz is going back to 'The 90s' for the next Carnival
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Wall art in Puerto de la Cruz |
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival 2009
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Carnaval Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 2009 Ana María Tavárez Mata |
Carnaval Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 2009 was Ana María Tavárez Mata, with a costume entitled "Embrujada" (Bewitched) designed by Leo Martínez and representing newspaper El Día.
In 2009, the court was made up as follows:
- 1st Maid of Honour: Raquel de Ara Carballo, with a costume entitled "Vuelvo de La Guaira en correíllo cargada de loros stop besos Concha" (I return from La Guaira in a Correíllo loaded with parrots, stop, kisses Concha), representing Centro Comercial Santa Cruz Carrefour and designed by Santi Castro.
- 2nd Maid of Honour: Leonor Barreto Fuentes, with a costume entitled "Aria de amor" (Aria of love), representing Centro Comercial Meridiano and designed by Saliarca Creativos.
- 3rd Maid of Honour: Gisela Dorta Melo, with a costume entitled "This is for you, I love you, Thank you", representing Centro Comercial Alcampo - La Laguna and designed by Juan Carlos Armas.
- 4th Maid of Honour: Nuria Niebla Plasencia, with a costume entitled "Nirvana", representing Tranvía de Tenerife and designed by Santi Castro.