The popular pilgrimage in honor of San Marcos, in Tegueste, one of the most important in the Canary Islands, “it will be static with wagons and carts, which will be placed in a route that people will be able to visit”. This is how he explained it this Thursday at the microphones of Cope Tenerife the mayor Ana Mena, who hopes that in 2023 the party can be held normally, because “we always say that next year, and I hope that the next one will, that it smells like a ventorrillo and party meat”.
The Consistory has proposed this format of the popular festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic and, therefore, the health regulations established by the Government of the Canary Islands. Thus, you will be able to appreciate the work of the carters, who, as happens every year, have been carrying out their crafts for months. “The carters have been enthusiastic and we cannot lose the custom and tradition”, Mena has indicated.
The mayor has recognized that the popular festival will not be able to have its traditional celebration, that is, with thousands of people Kicking the streets of the municipality, “because it has a lot of influx and I think we are still not in the best conditions”. And it is that “in larger municipalities, where you can disperse the celebrations, it can go well, but ours is smaller and more difficult to control.”
Precisely that responsibility was key last year, when the neighbors celebrated their pilgrimage from their rooftops and balconies. However, that did not prevent many from putting on the magician’s costume and going down to the street.
