The tapestry of desires, sentiment and illusion in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento was accompanied by the carpets that covered the evening path of the Blessed Sacrament.
Carrera del Escultor Estévez, Tomás Pérez, Cólican and del Colegio streets formed, once again, the triangle in which the Orotavenses returned yesterday to reflect the value that the tradition of ephemeral art of floral carpets has for the local population. “We see the light again, not only from a health point of view, but we return to recover our normality, our activity and our traditional and popular festivals,” he says. Francisco Linares Garciamayor of La Orotava. “After two years, we villeros and visitors once again have the opportunity to share and open our homes on these dates that are so significant for everyone”assures the alderman from the official program.
Corpus Christi in Orotaven recovers the splendor and life of this festival. During the night, early morning and morning there were many who worked hard to give color, feeling, expression and diversity to this tradition, the most unique of La Orotava. As expected, three years after covid-19 conditioned existence on the planet in the form of a pandemic, the historic center of La Orotava was filled yesterday with flowers and heather that embellished the route of the procession of the Blessed Sacrament, which in The late night passed over the spectacular tapestry of land from Teide and ashes from the volcano of La Palma made in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento de Villero.
It was a day reminiscent of pre-pandemic parties. Throughout the day the flow of visitors from all over the island was incessant. It is true that the flower carpets that marked the route through the streets surrounding the Town Hall and its square generated great expectation among the attendees, but All eyes were focused on the great tapestry, «the carpet of desires, feelings and illusion. Religious, but also of a social and human nature”, said Domingo González Expósito, the director.
The solemn Eucharist at 6:30 p.m., presided over by Bishop Bernardo Álvarez, accompanied by Luis Javier Argüello García, auxiliary bishop of Valladolid and general secretary of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, gave way to the procession that each year is responsible for remembering the ephemeral nature of tradition.
