Festivals
INGENIO
OUR LADY OF CANDELARIA AND SAINT BLAS Held on February 2nd and 3rd, at Plaza de la Candelaria in Ingenio, with typical dances, Choirs and Dancers competition, and Villa de Ingenio Brass Bands Festival. Saint Blas protects against illness of the throat, and the tradition dictates you must get the string that will protect you from winter maladies. The string must be worn around the neck until Ash Wednesday, when it shall be burnt. SAINT ISIDORE THE LABORER Held on May 15th around Plaza del Buen Suceso, Carrizal. Popular festival held in El Carrizal, with different events. The most important is the cattle fair. Farmers from all over the island show local breeds of bulls and cows, goats, sheep and horses, hoping to be awarded with one of the coveted prizes. Tasting of local delicacies such as “puchero canario” with “gofio”, cheese, olives and rice pudding.
Cuisine
Tourist Information Office Calle Ramón y Cajal nº1 35250 - Ingenio Tel: 928 783 799 turismo@ingenio.es
TYPICAL PRODUCTS FROM THE MUNICIPALITY “Puño” bread Black pork Cured cheese and honey from Guayadeque Ravine Mojo (spicy sauce) Olive oil
OUR LADY OF GOOD WILL AND SAINT ROQUE
Typical Recipe
Held on August 15th and 16th, at Plaza del Buen Suceso, Carrizal. The traditional Soup of Our Lady of Good Will is a typical dish, usually made early on August 15th, to be offered to those taking part on the festival held on that date.
Virgin Mary’s Soup
Handcrafts and Farmers Market, with local artisans and producers.
INGREDIENTS Ripe tomatoes Onion Chickpeas Eggs Potatoes Beef “Puño” bread Garlic Spices Ground cinnamon Sugar
Gran Canaria Tourist Board Triana, 93 35002 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Tel: (+34) 928 219 600 Fax: (+34) 928 219 601 PREPARATION
www.grancanaria.com International Folklore Festival ”Muestra Solidaria de los Pueblos”.
MUNICIPALITIES OF GRAN CANARIA
Throw in a casserole the beef, some water, chickpeas, tomato, onion, one garlic bulb and the spices: clove, bay leaf and a handful of peppermint leaves. Leave to cook, and when the beef is tender put the broth aside overnight. The soup is prepared the next day: cover the bottom of a clay pot with thinly cut potato slices, put “puño” bread sliced on top. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon and sugar, and cover with four beaten eggs. Pour the broth over, little by little, and when the bread is damp, cook on a low heat. When it starts to boil, leave to rest and it’s ready to serve.
The name “INGENIO” (sugar refinery) comes from the sugarcane crops and refining, which confirms its historical origin as an agricultural town. Discover a truly artisanal town, where you will find a magical and beautiful culture.
Located on the Southeast of the Island of Gran Canaria.
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The monoliths in Francisco Tarajano Reading Park represent different events of the town history, in quiet and calmed surroundings. Towards Plaza de la Candelaria you will find one of the most emblematic sculptures in the town’s artistic legacy, “The Washerwomen”, which represents two women washing their laundry in the ditch. The sculpture is a tribute to the women’s daily hard work. The next points of interest will be Plaza de Candelaria, and the Parish Church that gives name to the square, Church of Our Lady of Candelaria, whose construction started on 1901 on the site of the old chapel of the same name, of which there are no remains. Following our route, we arrive at Néstor Álamo Park, surrounded by colourful houses overlooking the park, ornated
with colour and vegetation. Paquesito Palm Tree, of spectacular height, is one of the tallest in Gran Canaria. The park hosts, from 1996, the International Folklore Festival “Muestra Solidaria de los Pueblos”, which shows Ingenio’s and the participant countries’ culture and heritage.
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Within 150 metres from the Park we find the Díaz and López mills, which have been converted into the Water and Sugar Museums, and Antoñico Bordón’s mill. There you will find information about the town’s history from the XV century, with WATER as the guiding element, the power that operated the sugar refinery that gives its name to the town, and its historical evolution. Towards El Puente we sense the aroma of bread freshly-baked in wood ovens over 250 years old at the town’s artisanal bakeries, where you can taste the “puño”bread.
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Playa del Burrero
How to Get There BY BUS FROM LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA Burrero beach.
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Guayadeque Ravine.
YOU CAN’T LEAVE INGENIO WITHOUT VISITING OTHER INTERESTING SITES:
FROM THE SOUTH On one of the most emblematic streets, in other times busy with shops and businesses, today you will find the Local Handicrafts Workshop. Its open doors invite you to look at the different handicrafts of the Ingenio.
Next to Our Lady of Candelaria’s Church there are several sculptures that stir the curiosity of visitors, but have a deep meaning for the population of Ingenio. The great-grandparents of the town used to breed pigs (cochinos), to be sold from village to village. That’s how they made a living. Thus, people from other villages used to say, when they saw them approach with their pigs: “Here comes the cochinero”
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The Openwork Association, with first-hand information about the town’s craft. This unique art, that has been passed through generations, gives international prestige to the openwork. Natural spaces such as: Guayadeque Ravine, where you will see everything that defines the Canary Islands along its path, and restaurants dug in the mountain; La Pasadilla and Lereta are rural spaces where you can enjoy the native flora; El Draguillo reveals our forefathers’ enigmas; and Burrero Beach, a typical southern seaside area with ideal conditions for the practice of kitesurfing, diving and other watersports.
Ingenio Heritage Interpretation Centre, an interactive space that invites you to travel back in time, from today to the pre-hispanic era. International Folklore Festival Museum, where the visitor can travel across the five continents, and see costumes, objects and belongings of the different groups that have taken part in the 23 editions of the Festival.
People from Ingenio are widely known as “The Cochineros”
Carrizal, constantly dedicated to packing tomatoes, has Our Lady of the Good Will Church and square, places to enjoy a lovely history walk, and the Bishop’s House, more than 500 years old.
Our Lady of Candelaria.
Burrero Beach.