Hundreds of visitors, farmers and ranchers enjoyed the Threshing Day last weekend in the municipality of El Tanque. The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Pedro Martín, and the mayor of El Tanque, María Esther Morales, inaugurated a very special XXV edition on Saturday as this tradition returned after the restrictions decreed by the covid pandemic.
Throughout Saturday, different activities were held: exhibition of traditional games (stick game or Canarian wrestling), plowing and planting, a display of livestock and craft products (cheeses, honey, gofio, meringues, mojos or wines) and Various exhibits and stalls. As in previous campaigns, the Cereals Association of Tenerife (ACETE) organized the collection of the cereal in the northwest, which is where this cultivar is concentrated, more specifically in the municipalities of El Tanque, Buenavista del Norte, San Juan de la Rambla, Los Realejos and La Orotava. In 2021, the total production of cereals in the northwest of Tenerife reached 47,480 kilos, which is more than double the amount harvested in 2020 (22,710 kilos). Wheat of the barbilla variety was the most cultivated cereal, with 36,945 kilos, followed by triticale (5,220 kilos), rye (3,215 kilos), barley (2,100 kilos) and oats (500 kilos). For this year, total production is expected to equal or exceed that of 2021.
Pedro Martín assured that Threshing Day was “an opportunity to recover our traditions and to reconcile with our past, because it helps us remember what our history is and the value that everyone who came before us has had.” The mayor of El Tanque, María Esther Morales, pointed out that “for all tankers and tankers it is a pride to resume this activity again.”
