The municipality of The Realejos presented this Tuesday, April 25, the program of its May festivities 2023 which provides for more than 70 events between the months of April and June. The key dates will be those of the feast of Crosses and Fireson May 2 and 3; the Wizards Ballon May 20, and the pilgrimage, on June 4. The mayor of Los Realejos, Adolfo González (PP); the Councilor for Fiestas, Isabel Socorro (PP)and the parish priests of the Matriz del Apóstol Santiago de Realejo Alto and Santa Cruz de La Cruz Santa Parish, Angelo Nardone and Ruben Herrerapresented some acts that officially start This Saturday April 29starting at 8:30 p.m. in the Plaza Viera and Clavijo in Realejo Altowith the reading of the opening proclamation of the festivities by the communicator Raul Arencibiawho hosted more than 500 episodes of the popular TV show stall.
For the mayor, “May is the month where they celebrate in honor of the Cross, San Isidro Labrador, Santa María de la Cabeza and the Virgin of Remediesdevotional treasures guarded in the oldest Christian temple in Tenerife, the Parroquia Matriz del Apóstol Santiago, in this municipality that adorns up to 300 pieces of wood, especially in La Cruz Santa, and stars in the famous nocturnal fireworks between the streets of El Sol and El Medio Arriba». Due to the parenthesis forced by the elections on May 28, this year the festivities will last until the month of June, with the celebration of the pilgrimage on Sunday the 4th and Monday of Remedies on the 5th.
The stoppage forced by the 28M elections extends the party until the first week of June
Among the more than 70 cultural, religious, sports, solidarity and devotional activities plannedthe mayor highlights “the exaltation of the gastronomy, music and clothing typical of our islands as the central axis of these celebrations that, one more year, will invade the streets of the municipality.”
This Saturday, after the reading of the proclamation, the presentation ceremony of the candidates for Greater Pilgrimagea total of twelve young people from the municipality who will aspire to occupy the throne that he currently holds Miriam Negrin Torres at the gala to be held on May 13. They are Zuleima Quintero (Montes Claros Neighborhood Association), Jaquelin Rodríguez (Tulipán Neighborhood Association), Alexia Yanes (Los Cochineros Cultural and Recreational Association), Paola González (Cruz de la Calle El Sol Association), Zuleima García (Cultural Association and Neighborhood San Cayetano), Lucía Rodríguez (Campo Verde Neighborhood Association), Sofía Padrón (AF Los Cañaverales), Ainhoa Méndez (Cruz del Peral Festival Commission), Gara Hernández (AF Acorán), Eva Borges (Círculo Viera y Clavijo) , Lucía Romero (Cruz Santa Casino Society) and Aroa Farrais (La Barca Neighborhood Association).
The dance of magicians plans to bring together thousands of people on the night of Saturday, May 20
The most anticipated days will be, as every year, May 2 and 3, days in which Los Realejos will change color to welcome the Crosses and Fireworks of May 2023. This celebration, the most important in the municipality, was declared in 2009 as Festival of Tourist Interest in the Canary Islands and, since 2015, it also holds the category of National Tourist Interest granted by the Ministry of Tourism of Spain. On Tuesday 2, starting at 11:45 p.m., the light located outside the Municipal Tourist Office will begin the final stretch of the countdown to the Crosses and Fireworks of May, a unique festivity that celebrates the historic pique between Calle de El Sol and Calle de El Medio Arriba with one of the largest fireworks displays in Europe, lasting almost three hours.
Miss World Spain
In addition, on Saturday May 6 The Realejos will attract the eyes of all Spain thanks to the reception of the contest Miss World Spain 2023, which will take place in Plaza Viera y Clavijo starting at 9:00 p.m. In this event, the 52 representatives of each province or autonomous city of the country will wear typical costumes from their places of origin.
