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25-04-2024, 06:51 AM
The representation of 'Good and Evil' has also been declared a BIC, at the request of Más Ruines que Caín, Cabildo and the City Council of Tuineje.
The Cabildo of Fuerteventura has managed to have the island's coastal cattle herds declared an Asset of Intangible Cultural Interest. The Cultural Heritage area of the Island Corporation has worked on the file so that this millenary tradition is recognized as a BIC in the category of 'knowledge and uses related to nature, the sky and the sea'. A procedure that has concluded today, April 24, being approved in an ordinary session of the Council of Cultural Heritage of the Canary Islands, at the request of the Island Corporation.
According to the island's president, Lola García, "one of our priorities from the Cabildo de Fuerteventura is to preserve the popular culture of Fuerteventura. In this context, we articulate different strategic lines for the protection of both tangible and intangible heritage, to preserve the traditions that are transmitted from generation to generation."
For his part, the Minister of Cultural Heritage, Rayco León, explained that "the apañadas constitute an ethnographic element of great value and one of the most identifying of the Majorera culture, which is why we started working on a file that, already approved, will allow us to give it impetus and greater protection".
The apañadas are an ancestral tradition, inherited from the aborigines. A practice that consists of gathering coastal cattle scattered throughout valleys and mountains to gather them in corrals with high dry stone walls that are called gambuesa and that are distributed throughout the island territory. This activity generates a series of norms, customs and beliefs around it since historical times. In addition to the aforementioned gambuzes, these elements include the figure of the coastal commissioner, who represents the highest authority of the areas destined for coastal cattle. Also noteworthy as ethnographic elements are the cattle marks, which are passed down from generation to generation.
The Good and Evil of Tuineje
The staging of The Good and the Evil of the town of Tuineje has also been declared an Asset of Intangible Cultural Interest, this being a file promoted by the Cultural Association Más Ruines que Caín, the Cabildo de Fuerteventura and the City Council of Tuineje. Thanks to this joint work, the theatrical work is now considered a BIC in the category of social use, ritual and festive act, which will give greater prominence to the representation that is held at Christmas time in the town of Tuineje.
For both Lola García and Rayco León, theatrical manifestations contribute to the maintenance of traditions. "In the case of El Bien y el Mal, promoting a performance that is the work of the Cultural Association Más Ruines que Caín, a group that carries out a great work to preserve this type of theatricalization," adds García.
The staging represents the struggle between the angel and the devil or good and evil. The Association Más Ruines que Caín is in charge of organizing the event every year, in coordination with the Church, and for several years it has been represented by the same people.
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The Cabildo of Fuerteventura has managed to have the island's coastal cattle herds declared an Asset of Intangible Cultural Interest. The Cultural Heritage area of the Island Corporation has worked on the file so that this millenary tradition is recognized as a BIC in the category of 'knowledge and uses related to nature, the sky and the sea'. A procedure that has concluded today, April 24, being approved in an ordinary session of the Council of Cultural Heritage of the Canary Islands, at the request of the Island Corporation.
According to the island's president, Lola García, "one of our priorities from the Cabildo de Fuerteventura is to preserve the popular culture of Fuerteventura. In this context, we articulate different strategic lines for the protection of both tangible and intangible heritage, to preserve the traditions that are transmitted from generation to generation."
For his part, the Minister of Cultural Heritage, Rayco León, explained that "the apañadas constitute an ethnographic element of great value and one of the most identifying of the Majorera culture, which is why we started working on a file that, already approved, will allow us to give it impetus and greater protection".
The apañadas are an ancestral tradition, inherited from the aborigines. A practice that consists of gathering coastal cattle scattered throughout valleys and mountains to gather them in corrals with high dry stone walls that are called gambuesa and that are distributed throughout the island territory. This activity generates a series of norms, customs and beliefs around it since historical times. In addition to the aforementioned gambuzes, these elements include the figure of the coastal commissioner, who represents the highest authority of the areas destined for coastal cattle. Also noteworthy as ethnographic elements are the cattle marks, which are passed down from generation to generation.
The Good and Evil of Tuineje
The staging of The Good and the Evil of the town of Tuineje has also been declared an Asset of Intangible Cultural Interest, this being a file promoted by the Cultural Association Más Ruines que Caín, the Cabildo de Fuerteventura and the City Council of Tuineje. Thanks to this joint work, the theatrical work is now considered a BIC in the category of social use, ritual and festive act, which will give greater prominence to the representation that is held at Christmas time in the town of Tuineje.
For both Lola García and Rayco León, theatrical manifestations contribute to the maintenance of traditions. "In the case of El Bien y el Mal, promoting a performance that is the work of the Cultural Association Más Ruines que Caín, a group that carries out a great work to preserve this type of theatricalization," adds García.
The staging represents the struggle between the angel and the devil or good and evil. The Association Más Ruines que Caín is in charge of organizing the event every year, in coordination with the Church, and for several years it has been represented by the same people.
Link with Photo