Día de Canarias
Día de Canarias or Canary Islands Day is the holiday of the Canary Islands .
history
The Día de Canarias is celebrated as a public holiday on May 30th every year in the Canary Islands. He recalls the first session of the Canary Islands Parliament on May 30, 1983, chaired by Pedro Guerra Cabrera , the first President of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. As early as the second Spanish republic, people in the Canary Islands tried to achieve this status, but the 46-year-old Franco dictatorship made this impossible. It was not until August 10, 1982 that the Spanish parliament in Madrid made the decision that the islands should be given autonomous status.
regional customs
In addition to the official ones, local events are held in many places. The Canarian customs are particularly in the foreground. There are some sports that are only practiced in the Canary Islands (e.g. Lucha Canaria ). The Canarios are particularly proud of their traditional costumes on this day. Each island has, just like the Romerias, different costumes that are worn. With these costumes you clearly show where you come from and that you are proud to be a Canario. It's not far from the traditional costumes to the music and dance. Canarian folk music at the z. Typical Canarian instruments such as the timple are also used in the repertoire of the official events.
Web links
- Día de Canarias on Infos-GranCanaria.com (German)
- Día de Canarias on Comprendes-GranCanaria.de (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Los isleños celebramos el Día de Canarias el 30 de mayo. El Estatuto de Autonomía fue aprobado en 1982 y reformado en 1996. laopinion.es, May 30, 2012, accessed on September 19, 2013 (Spanish).
- ↑ Programación 30M Día de Canarias. (PDF; 515 kB) Agenda de actividades. Día de Canarias 2013. (No longer available online.) Gobierno de Canarias, May 2013, archived from the original on October 15, 2015 ; Retrieved September 19, 2013 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
