Part of great tapestry of La Orotava It has been affected by the rains that, in the early afternoon, have made an appearance in the north of Tenerife. Just today, part of the tents that had been put up as protection before the arrival of the Oscar storm were removed and it was that rain that caused damage to the tapestry.
Made with natural sands from the Teide National Parkpart of the great tapestry of La Orotava has also been made with recycled plastic, specifically two triangles of 1.58 square meters each in pink to symbolize the fight against cancer.
This is the great tapestry of La Orotava of 2023
It is a religious rug with the three prints. In the central part, the image of the tabernacle of La Concepción, which celebrates its 200th anniversary, in neoclassical style, built in marble and jasper and brought from Genoa from the workshop of Guiseppe Gaggini. María Auxiliadora will be in the tapestry on the right for her canonical coronation last Sunday, with a background of the sky made in the colors of the rainbow, recalling diversity and inclusion.
In the one on the left, you can see the image of San Isidro, with the hope that recognition from the Vatican of his official appointment as patron saint of La Orotava can be achieved as soon as possible. “I hope it arrives before May 15,” declared the mayor. Behind the image of the saint appear many wands of magicians, at the time of the pilgrimage day and, with this, the 25 years of the Brotherhood of Farmers of San Isidro are remembered. And in the background, as in the image of María Auxiliadora, you can see Mount Teide, which offers the land to continue the tradition of this ephemeral art in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
Letters also appear, specifically, M and A, both in the central tapestry. The first, larger and in orange colors, while the second, vertically and in the center, is white. Below both you can see the use of the colors that represent the magician’s skirt of La Orotava.
TRILOGY IN THE GREAT TAPESTRY OF LA OROTAVA
This year’s carpet closes the cycle of a trilogy that began in 2019 where the recovery of ancient materials (flowers, burgados, eucalyptus and dates, among others) was introduced and the tribute to the carpet made 100 years ago (in 2019 for being the first in the square). The second was last year since in 2020 and 2021 they were smaller designs, adapted to the health crisis situation due to COVID-19.
On the one hand, this trilogy has maintained the recovery of materials and the structure of its design with the triangle as a reference in all three, but this year with an investment.
PALM ASH
15 Teide colors will be used, in addition to the black from the ashes of La Palma and green, difficult to achieve but the carpet makers hope to achieve it. Reeds will also be used that will not be glued to the ground but to another material so as not to damage the new natural stone tile recently installed in the enclosure; and flowers and ancient materials such as the shells of limpets, burgados, dates and eucalyptus bags.
As strictly religious motifs, the four evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Lucas and Juan) will be represented in small 3.5-meter-diameter tapestries that will be made by the four youngest carpetists on the team. Francisco Linares underlined the economic, social and cultural repercussion of the Patron Saint Festivities of La Orotava, given that in a week the Villa receives more than 200,000 people.
