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GET TO KNOW GRAN CANARIA I CONOCE GRAN CANARIA Nº <strong>16</strong><br />

7. Traída del Agua Fiesta (Lomo Magullo, Telde)<br />

7 August<br />

This festival is inspired by the rites of the island's pre-Hispanic aborigines, who<br />

pleaded with the gods to send them water in the form of rain. In return, they<br />

would go in procession to their sacred places and offer them milk and butter.<br />

Today, now that the water has been channelled, it is celebrated by opening the<br />

village irrigation channels at midday, although the festival begins much earlier<br />

with a "water fight". Get your swimming costume, goggles and snorkel ready...<br />

and don't forget your gun and bucket.<br />

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7. Traída del Agua (Lomo Magullo, Telde)<br />

7 de agosto<br />

Esta fiesta está inspirada en ritos de los aborígenes prehispánicos de la isla, que<br />

pedían a los dioses que trajeran agua en forma de lluvia. A cambio, iban en procesión<br />

a sus lugares sagrados y les ofrecían leche y manteca. Hoy, que el agua<br />

ya está canalizada, se celebra abriendo las acequias del pueblo a las doce del<br />

mediodía, aunque la fiesta comienza mucho antes con una “batalla de agua”.<br />

Prepara el bañador, las gafas y el tubo… y no te olvides de la pistola y el cubo.<br />

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8. Fuegos de San Lorenzo Fiesta (Las Palmas de<br />

<strong>Gran</strong> <strong>Canaria</strong>) - 9 and 10 August<br />

In the early hours of the morning of the 9th to 10th August, at around one<br />

o'clock in the morning, the village of San Lorenzo hosts an impressive fireworks<br />

display as the main event of its patron saint's fiestas, which are held in<br />

the first fortnight of August. This event always attracts hundreds of islanders<br />

who throng the streets of the village, even though it is a working day. A visit to<br />

this event is definitely worthwhile.<br />

8. Fuegos de San Lorenzo (Las Palmas de<br />

<strong>Gran</strong> <strong>Canaria</strong>) - 9 y 10 de agosto<br />

En la madrugada del 9 al 10 de agosto, alrededor de la una de la mañana,<br />

el pueblo de San Lorenzo acoge un impresionante espectáculo pirotécnico<br />

como acto cumbre de sus fiestas patronales, que se celebran la primera quincena<br />

del mes de agosto. Un evento que siempre congrega a cientos de isleños<br />

que abarrotan las calles del pueblo, aunque sea un día laborable. Merece la<br />

pena.<br />

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9. Fiesta del Pino (Teror) - 7 and 8 September<br />

The Virgin of El Pino is the patron saint of <strong>Gran</strong> <strong>Canaria</strong>. It therefore comes as<br />

no surprise that, on the eve of the 8th of September, thousands of islanders<br />

undertake the pilgrimage from all over the island to Teror to visit the Virgin<br />

and fulfil their promises. In addition to the popular devotion, an institutional<br />

act is held in which representatives from all the municipalities of the island<br />

arrive in carts bearing gifts and offerings to the Virgin.<br />

9. Fiesta del Pino (Teror) - 7 y 8 de septiembre<br />

La Virgen del Pino es la patrona de <strong>Gran</strong> <strong>Canaria</strong>. Por eso no es de extrañar<br />

que, durante la víspera del 8 de septiembre, miles de isleños peregrinen desde<br />

todos los puntos de la isla a Teror para visitar a la Virgen y cumplir con sus<br />

promesas. Además de la devoción popular, hay un acto institucional en el que<br />

representantes de todos los municipios de la isla llegan en carretas para traer<br />

a la Virgen regalos y ofrendas.

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