SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, December 9. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The XXXIX Canary Islands Craft Fair, organized by the Cabildo of Tenerife and the Government of the Canary Islands, will host tomorrow, Sunday, starting at 12:00 p.m., a concert by the Las Candelas Music Band in which the folk group Añate, the timplista, will also participate. Pedro Izquierdo and the singer Paula Gómez.
The Tenerife Fairgrounds will host this unprecedented concert where there will be a round trip to the roots of folklore with a fusion between music band, dance group, timple and voice. Admission to the concert is free, as is the case for the Fair, which can be visited until tomorrow between 11:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
In addition, various artisan micro-experience workshops will be held during the weekend. Thus, today, Saturday, starting at 5:00 p.m., there will be a children’s ceramics workshop taught by Alexis Marrero where participants will make a piece on a wheel.
For her part, Laura Quintero will teach a leather workshop between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. for adults that will consist of making baby booties with hand-sewn leather. At the same time, Maru Pacheco will offer a paper and cardboard workshop for adults in which a fashion accessory will be made with reused paper and cardboard.
On Sunday, Maru Pacheco will teach a children’s workshop starting at 5:00 p.m. where participants will make a Christmas ornament with paper and cardboard. For his part, Alexis Marrero will offer a ceramics workshop for adults from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. where they will make a piece on a wheel.
The XXXIX Canary Islands Craft Fair brings together 140 professionals from 53 artisan trades at the Tenerife Fairgrounds from December 5 to 10. Within the institutional stand, a space has been created where a loom is installed so that the weaving artisans, both participants and guests, can work on site, making, among other things, traditional costumes.
In addition, a screen has been placed on which images and videos that have been contributed by all the Island Councils in relation to the subject matter will be projected. The exhibition space also includes artisanal pieces made with the weaving trade that have been awarded by the Government of the Canary Islands.
The graphic material is accompanied by representative pieces of the craft for display at the stand, being reflected on each island with the following distribution: Lanzarote: Traditional pottery, La Palma: Weaving and silk preparation; El Hierro: Cane and wicker basketry, Tenerife: Rosetas; La Gomera; Fuerteventura: Draft and Reed Workshop; Gran Canaria: Pirgano basketry. The stands are labeled with the trade, name of the artisan or name of the workshop and the island of the artisan.
