SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 19 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Carnival of Puerto de la Cruz celebrates this Monday the ‘Kill the snake’ or the ‘Mataculebra’, an ancestral rite that thanks to the ethnographic work of Professor Manuel Lorenzo Perera, 2022 Canarias Award for Popular Culture, revives every year in the touristic city.
The ‘Kill the snake’ or the ‘Mataculebra’ is a sample of traditional folklore that is celebrated every year in the streets of the city and also one of the favorite activities for the students of the schools of Puerto de la Cruz that stage this rite unique in the Porto Carnival.
The ‘Mataculebra’ is also a carnival tradition of Afro-Cuban origin that has survived in Puerto de la Cruz as an ancient tradition that is a source of encouragement and pride for the tourist city and that is part of the cultural legacy of its ancestors.
This singular way of celebrating Carnival is part of the differentiated stage as emigration folklore, corresponding to one of the zoolatric rites that black slaves contributed to the cultures of different countries of South and Central America, including Cuba. From the Caribbean island it was brought to the Canary Islands, organized in two islands: La Palma and Tenerife.
