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14-02-2023, 07:32 PM
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Pájara will celebrate the 200 years of the hamlet of Cofete.
Next Thursday will be presented at the town hall the programming planned for the anniversary.
The hamlet of Cofete will celebrate its 200th anniversary this 2023 and the city council of Pajara prepares a program for the event that will be presented this coming Thursday.
Although it must be remembered that the first settlers of Cofete of which there is a record date from 1816, the pre-Hispanic inhabitants of the Maxorata already inhabited this area that in times of drought continued to maintain pastures for livestock.
According to historian Rosario Sardinia in an interview in the newspaper La Provincia "Cofete was the first town that emerged in Jandía. Its genesis is related to the favorable conditions of the area for agricultural and livestock exploitation and colonization plans of Jandía that were promoted in the second and third decades of the nineteenth century.
In relation to the importance of the pastures Sardinia stated that "Cofete is located on the windward side, is a shady area and has a higher rainfall index and also benefits from the wet effect of the trade winds".
"Towards 1816 the sergeant major of Lanzarote José Feo de Armas y Bethencourt promoted the colonization of the area, although he had the opposition of the Cabildo of the island, which tried to counteract the colonization project of José Feo and replace it with another starring neighbors of the island. These colonizing projects resulted in the settlement of stable population in the place. In 1819 some families had already settled there and in 1823 there were already 28 families in the area. The colonization of the area was carried out by tenants of the counts of Santa Coloma, who were the owners of the meadow of Jandía and by the medianeros of the tenants.
Hermitage from 1838
"From the decade of the sixties of the nineteenth century. The hamlet had a hermitage since 1838 and in 1860 had several one-story houses and 24 huts, in which about 67 people lived, "explains Sardinia.
"In 1868 the hamlet was made up of 27 buildings, among which the tenant of the Dehesa stood out for its greater size. By then the cemetery was already functioning, without walls, which is to the west of the hamlet. The remoteness of the municipal and parish seat forced to improvise that cemetery, in which the people who died in Jandía were buried, often without other prayers or accompaniment than that of the neighbors. In 1868 there were about a hundred people in Jandía, most of whom resided in Cofete".
In this 2023 the city council will celebrate the 200th anniversary of one of the most remote hamlets of the daily life of the majoreros, but that are a cultural reference on the island as well as being located in a unique and spectacular enclave of our geography.
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Pájara will celebrate the 200 years of the hamlet of Cofete.
Next Thursday will be presented at the town hall the programming planned for the anniversary.
The hamlet of Cofete will celebrate its 200th anniversary this 2023 and the city council of Pajara prepares a program for the event that will be presented this coming Thursday.
Although it must be remembered that the first settlers of Cofete of which there is a record date from 1816, the pre-Hispanic inhabitants of the Maxorata already inhabited this area that in times of drought continued to maintain pastures for livestock.
According to historian Rosario Sardinia in an interview in the newspaper La Provincia "Cofete was the first town that emerged in Jandía. Its genesis is related to the favorable conditions of the area for agricultural and livestock exploitation and colonization plans of Jandía that were promoted in the second and third decades of the nineteenth century.
In relation to the importance of the pastures Sardinia stated that "Cofete is located on the windward side, is a shady area and has a higher rainfall index and also benefits from the wet effect of the trade winds".
"Towards 1816 the sergeant major of Lanzarote José Feo de Armas y Bethencourt promoted the colonization of the area, although he had the opposition of the Cabildo of the island, which tried to counteract the colonization project of José Feo and replace it with another starring neighbors of the island. These colonizing projects resulted in the settlement of stable population in the place. In 1819 some families had already settled there and in 1823 there were already 28 families in the area. The colonization of the area was carried out by tenants of the counts of Santa Coloma, who were the owners of the meadow of Jandía and by the medianeros of the tenants.
Hermitage from 1838
"From the decade of the sixties of the nineteenth century. The hamlet had a hermitage since 1838 and in 1860 had several one-story houses and 24 huts, in which about 67 people lived, "explains Sardinia.
"In 1868 the hamlet was made up of 27 buildings, among which the tenant of the Dehesa stood out for its greater size. By then the cemetery was already functioning, without walls, which is to the west of the hamlet. The remoteness of the municipal and parish seat forced to improvise that cemetery, in which the people who died in Jandía were buried, often without other prayers or accompaniment than that of the neighbors. In 1868 there were about a hundred people in Jandía, most of whom resided in Cofete".
In this 2023 the city council will celebrate the 200th anniversary of one of the most remote hamlets of the daily life of the majoreros, but that are a cultural reference on the island as well as being located in a unique and spectacular enclave of our geography.
link to article for pic