After more than 20 years, posts here will now only be occasional ( |
| Día de las Alfombras 2007: Guinness World Record for the Largest Sand Painting |
A central sand carpet - created using sand and soil from Teide National Park - in the square in front of the town hall (pictured above) made the Guinness World Record for Largest Sand Painting; the 859.42 square meter "alfombra" or carpet of sand created in La Orotava in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) in June 2007.
In the early evening the procession walks all over these ephemeral carpets and destroys them, so the "window of opportunity" to see them is very short.
As works of art, they are breath-taking and for once I wish we had "smellyvision", because, if the sight of them is magnificent, then the aroma of tons of toasted plant material and the plethora of petals is close to hypnotic in itself.
This is the tapestry that commemorated the 100th anniversary of the carpet in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento in La Orotava, in 2019
| Year | Corpus Christi | Día de las Alfombras |
| 2010 | 3 June | 10 June |
| 2011 | 23 June | 30 June |
| 2012 | 7 June | 14 June |
| 2013 | 30 May | 6 June |
| 2014 | 19 June | 26 June |
| 2015 | 4 June | 11 June |
| 2016 | 26 May | 2 June |
| 2017 | 15 June | 22 June |
| 2018 | 31 May | 7 June |
| 2019 | 20 June | 27 June |
| 2020 | 11 June | |
| 2021 | 3 June | |
| 2022 | 16 June | 23 June |
| 2023 | 8 June | 15 June |
| 2024 | 30 May | 7 June |
| 2025 | 19 June | 26 June |
| 2026 | 4 June | 11 June |
| 2027 | 27 May | 3 June |
| 2028 | 15 June | 22 June |
| 2029 | 31 May | 8 June |
| 2030 | 20 June | 27 June |
| 2031 | 12 June | 19 June |
| 2032 | 27 May | 3 June |
| 2033 | 16 June | 23 June |
| 2034 | 8 June | 15 June |
| 2035 | 24 May | 31 May |
| 2036 | 12 June | 19 June |
| 2037 | 4 June | 11 June |
| 2038 | 24 June | 1 July |
| 2039 | 9 June | 16 June |
| 2040 | 31 May | 8 June |
| 2041 | 20 June | 27 June |
| 2042 | 5 June | 12 June |
| 2043 | 28 May | 4 June |
| 2044 | 16 June | 23 June |
| 2045 | 8 June | 15 June |
| 2046 | 24 May | 31 May |
| 2047 | 13 June | 20 June |
| 2048 | 4 June | 11 June |
| 2049 | 17 June | 24 June |
| 2050 | 9 June | 16 June |
