The carnival parade of the Sardine of Inclusion Yesterday he returned to take his music and color to the streets of the historic center of La Laguna, with the participation of more than 5,000 people from all over the Island, according to data from the organization, in a parade that makes diversity visible and claims inclusion and social integration for 17 editions and that yesterday returned after the stoppage due to the pandemic.
The parade started at 11:00 a.m. from the Plaza de La Concepción and thousands of masks and widows of Don Carnal accompanied the sardine, along with the batucadas, from 75 entities, day, occupational and educational centers of all kinds. The tour passed through the streets Obispo Rey Redondo (La Carrera) and Viana, up to the Plaza del Cristo, where the Sardine of Inclusion said goodbye with a massive batucada.
“Here equality is claimed, that everyone can participate in an event of these characteristics. It is a claim to be able to do the same, no matter how capable you are,” said José Juan Cruz, one of the organizers of the event, along with Viviana Alonso Bonilla and Amaya Padilla. José Juan Cruz appreciated that the parade went “perfectly and it was spectacular”, on a day in which, in addition, “the good weather accompanied us”, and he thanked “the work of the police to be able to organize it and put 120 buses in La Laguna”. . The event also had all the resources of the local Orange Point, from guides and interpreters for deafblind and deaf people or sensitive backpacks.
He Mayor of La Laguna, Luis Yeray Gutiérrez; the Councilor for Social Welfare, Rubens Ascanio; the mayor of Municipal Works and Services, Josimar Hernández; that of Parties and Security, Badel Albelo, and the Councilor for Culture, Yaiza López Landi, as well as a representation of the Government team and the local Corporation accompanied the organizers.
Luis Yeray Gutiérrez highlighted that “we have always said that this is an inclusive City Council and, of course, people with diversity have to play a role in society, and that is what we want to show with this Sardine of Inclusion”. “It is an overflow of joy, illusion and demand”, added Rubens Ascanio, who emphasized that it was “a day of visibility and demand for the rights of the more than 170,000 people with disabilities who reside in the Canary Islands”.
Likewise, José Juan Cruz indicated that in future editions “we will try to do it in different spaces on the Island so that the Sardine of Inclusion moves throughout the Island.”
