SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, May 14. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Cabildo de Tenerife, through the area of Historical Heritage, has published the fourth edition of the magazine ‘BIC’ with which the cultural heritage of Tenerife is disseminated and which, for the first time, is carried out in digital format to guarantee its maximum diffusion.
The insular director of the area, Emilio Fariña, has indicated that the objective of this tool is “to value the cultural identity and patrimonial wealth of the island and to sensitize the public about the need for its protection and conservation”.
Fariña added that the publication addresses the different categories that heritage includes, such as cultural, archaeological, ethnographic and architectural, among others, which make up the wide wealth of assets available to Tenerife.
The publication is available to anyone interested in the Cabildo de Tenerife website, through the following link: https://www.tenerife.es/portalcabtfe/es/el-cabildo/publicaci….
In this issue, Carmen Marina Barreto Vargas, PhD in Social Anthropology and full professor of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of La Laguna, has had the outstanding participation, who has made a comprehensive tour of all the island’s historical heritage.
A special mention is also made of the project of the Interpretation Center of the BIC Barranco del Muerto, at the IES San Matías, which has launched an innovative initiative for the dissemination and dissemination of archaeological heritage.
Under the title ‘From classroom to museum’, the project promotes different didactic activities aimed at enhancing this space that houses an archaeological BIC. Among them it has a permanent exhibition on the ravine and its surroundings, with the guidance and collaboration of the Institute and the Historical Heritage service of the Cabildo de Tenerife.
This educational project aims to raise awareness and awareness, not only of the students, but also of the neighborhood population, families and institutions on the island, through dissemination and awareness actions, to encourage citizen participation. in the protection of cultural and historical heritage.
Among other contents, the magazine also includes several reports that highlight popular traditions and customs of cultural interest, such as the tradition of the Tegueste boats and the traditional Baile del Niño, a dance that constitutes a heritage manifestation of great identity value.
It also includes articles related to the Guanches and shellfishing through the shell middens of Buenavista del Norte; the underwater cultural heritage, with material remains from Roman, medieval and modern times that have been deposited on the coast and seabed; the wine estates in the north of Tenerife; the blanket or cape, as a characteristic garment of the Canarian shepherd’s attire; the diversity of the Canarian culinary heritage; the cistern of the Palacio de Carta and the BICs of Tenerife.
The Heritage service manages a total of 29,382 records of heritage elements, of which 5,393 correspond to archaeology; 9,421 with architecture; 10,099 with ethnography; 69 with Movable Property and 4,400 elements in the process of characterization, which would increase the previous figures.
For better control and access to the records of cultural and heritage assets, the Historical Heritage area of the Cabildo has a new computer system that allows access to data from multiple operating systems and mobile supports. This is the MGeo application, through which all the information has been unified and homogenized in a single database, also equipped with a mobile interface that allows users to work and have access to the stored information at all times.
