If you have interest in knowing a bit about traditions and culture while you are on holidays in Tenerife we suggest you to join locals at any
Romería.
What’s a Romería?
lol It’s a popular festivity to honour a Saint or a Virgin where you would see everybody ( or at least, that’s the way it should be ) wearing traditional dresses , traje de mago, completing a procession with the Saint, not very long in general.
Romerías in Tenerife are quite joyful , people sing traditional songs, play timples, dance isas, folías and it’s a great chance to know a little about Tenerife’s folklore.
There are also activities arround romerías such as:
-local gastronomy tasting: papas with mojo, gofio, cheese..
- Exhibition of traditional sports as lucha canaria, a type of wrestling, or salto del pastor ( shepherds use to jump in the mountains or ravines helped with a long wood , very few people still doing it nowadays)
-Elecction of Romera , it’s like the queen of the festivity
-Animals exhibitions and competitions, mainly oxes pulling a cart with wood that have to cover a certain route
Romería in Tincer - Tenerife
For the next months this is the Calendar for Romerías in Tenerife 2012
Romerias in Tenerife in May 2012
- Romería in Santiago del Teide – May the 6th
- Romería in Tejina – May the 12th
- Saint Isidro Romería in Arguayo ( Santiago del Teide) -May the 13th
- Romería Chica in Los Realejos – May the 15th
- Romería in Guamasa – May the 20th
- Romería Guía de Isora- May the 20th
- Romería in Valle Guerra- May the 20th
- Romería in Santa Úrsula – May the 25th
- Romería in Las Mercedes – May the 27th
- Romería in Los realejos to honour Saint Isidro - May the 30th
Romerias in Tenerife in June 2012
- Romería in Granadilla – June 13 th
- Romería in La Orotava - June 17th
- Romería in Icod and Los Realejos - June 17th
- Romería in Igueste de Candelaria - June 24th
- Romería in Ifonche ( Vilaflor) - June 24th
Romerias in Tenerife in July 2012
- Saint Benito Romeria in La Laguna July 8th
Romerias in Tenerife in August 2012
Romería de la Guancha -August 11th
Romería de La Esperanza -August 12th
Romería of Our Lady Candelaria -August 15th ( festivity in the 7 Canary Islands)
Romería in Garachico- August 16th
Romería in Arafo August 26th
Romería en Vilaflor August 26th
Romerias in Tenerife in September 2012
- Romerías in El Socorro Güímar – September 7th and 8th
- Romería in Benijos, La Orotava – September 9th
Romerias in Tenerife in October 2012
Don’t be shy and join us in any of the Romerías listed, you won’t regret it.
2 May 2012
