San Juan de la Rambla travel back to the 18th century this Saturday after a two-year break forced by the coronavirus pandemic. The Baroque Market of the Canary Islands returns, in its fifth edition, to recreate the past in Rosario Oramas Square and the surroundings of the historic ramblero complex. Theater, music and clothing will allow attendees to go back in time and attend the inauguration of a mayor through the so-called sworn act; fire the militiamen who left for Santa Cruz in defense of the island on the occasion of the invasion led by Admiral Nelsonor discover some of the secrets of the malvasia wine that triumphed in the world three centuries ago.
The V Baroque Market of the Canary Islands It opens at 11:00 a.m. with about twenty craft stalls. The first of the three dramatizations will be the staging of the sworn actthe inauguration of a new mayor (11:30 a.m.), followed by the reception of the Historical Cultural Gesta Association of July 25, 1797. Narrow Street will be filled with period games and children’s workshops starting at 12:15.
At half past four in the afternoon, a children’s parade with big heads will tour the town. Starting at 5:00 p.m., with the intervention of local actors and the aforementioned Historical-Cultural Association, the Tenerife Defensewith a special memory to the figure of Vicente Alonso del CastilloGarachico militia captain who fought against Nelson in The gestation. At 5:30 p.m. there will be an organ concert in the main church of San Juan and more games and children’s workshops on Calle Estrecha itself.
A new mayor will be appointed by means of a ‘Sworn Act’, the militiamen will leave for La Gesta and the valued malvasia wines will be remembered
baroque music It will continue in the patios and hallways of several mansions and corners declared Assets of Cultural Interest (BIC), from 6:15 p.m. An hour later the last theatrical performance will begin, dedicated to Malvasia wine. At 8:00 p.m., the work plague storiesof Burqa Theaterwill fill the boulevard streets with theater.
There will be more than ten hours of street performances during which you can also buy handicrafts or visit a tavern, also run by characters dressed in the style of the Century of the lights.
All the programming and the poster of the V MercadoBarroco de Canarias, the work of Alberto Luis Diaz, were presented this Wednesday, October 26, in one of the streets where it will be staged. A press conference that was “interrupted” by the mayor Manuel Alonso del Castillo, his wife and a companion, recently arrived from the eighteenth century. The ramblero president, Ezequiel Domínguez, humorously received a visit that left San Juan de la Rambla with two mayors, at least until Saturday 29.
The Councilor for Cultural Heritage, Gloria Mendez, explained that this year’s edition will serve to review the first four, with the support of the local theater groups La Chistera and La Alhóndiga, as well as numerous volunteers. The mayor also encouraged neighbors and visitors to “go dressed in period clothes, change their mentality and dare to travel back in time.”
Domínguez said that in the first four editions, the Baroque Market of the Canary Islands «has managed to establish itself as one of the most popular events in the North. With hundreds of people who gather in the square of the historic center to enjoy the day, the offer of its market stalls and the theatrical performances». In his opinion, “this year’s edition will be specialsince it returns eagerly after two years of waiting”, and with the aim that this fifth edition “exceeds the previous ones in quality and activities”.
The insular director of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cayetano Silva, also attended the press conference on behalf of the Cabildo of Tenerife and assured that this event evokes “times when the north of Tenerife was a national and even a world power in the world of wine, thanks to its malvasías”. The organization of the Baroque Market It also has the collaboration of the Cabildo and the Tenerife Rural Foundation.
San Juan de la Rambla It has already started with the preparations and the decoration of the streets of the town, where fabric pennants with different motifs have been placed. In addition, the Consistory announces that there will be a sixth edition of the Baroque Market in 2023.
