A calendar of events taking place in other parts of Tenerife in 2009.
JULY
11th July - Romería San Benito Abad - La Laguna
16th July - Nuestra Señora del Carmen - Puerto de la Cruz, Los Realejos, Santa Cruz, Playa San Juan, Puerto Santiago, Alcalá, Las Galletas
25th July - Commemoration of the Battle of Nelson in Santa Cruz
25th July - International Folklore Festival - La Laguna
25th July - Santiago Apostol, Los Realejos
25th July - Fiestas Patronales, Santiago del Teide, Candelaria, Santa Cruz
26th July - Santa Ana, Candelaria
AUGUST
3rd August - Nuestra Señora de la Nieves - Taganana
6th August - El Salvador y Ntra. Sra. del Rosario, La Matanza de Acentejo
14th August - Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Candelaria
Homage is paid to Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria when the islanders celebrate the patron saint of Tenerife, which is linked to centuries of faith and re-enacts the traditional appearance of the virgin in Plaza de la Basilica.
15th August - Asencion Day
A mass is held in the morning, at mid-day there is a procssion and in the afternoon, the traditional floral offering or Virgin's Pilgrimage, with folkloric groups taking part.
14th/15th August - La Caminata
A pilgrimage that starts in the evening of the 14th, attracting crowds of people who want to make the walk to Candelaria.
15th August - Fiestas de Agosto, La Victoria de Acentejo
16th August - San Roque, Garachico
16th August - San Joaquín, Fasnia
17th - 25th August - Fiestas de Santa Bárbara, Icod de Los Vinos
24th August - San Bartolomé, Buenavista del Norte
24th August - San Bartolomé de Geneto, La Laguna
25th August - Nuestra Señora Virgen del Buen Viaje, El Tanque
28th August - Romería de San Agustín, Arafo
29th August - Los Corazones de Tejina, La Laguna
29th August - San Juan Degollado, Arafo
31st August - Fiesta Bávara, Puerto de la Cruz
31st August - Romería de Nuestra Señora de la Victoria, La Victoria
SEPTEMBER
7th September - Romería del Socorro - Güímar
8th September - Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios - Romería, Tegueste, La Laguna
8th September - La Quinta, Adeje
8th September - Nuestra Señora de la Luz, Los Silos
8th September - Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, Tegueste
9th September - Fiestas del Cristo, La Laguna
14th September - Santísimo Cristo, Tacoronte
21st September - Nuestra Señora de la Luz, Guía de Isora
21st September - Fiestas del Cristo, Tacoronte
21st September - Fiestas del Cristo y del Drago, Icod de Los Vinos
29th September - Fiesta San Miguel, San Miguel de Abona
OCTOBER
3rd October - Nuestra Señora del Rosario - Fasnia, El Rosario, Valle Guerra
4th October - Romería de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnacíon - Adeje
7th October - Santísima Virgen del Rosario, La Laguna
8th October - Cristo de la Salud, Arona
10th October - Ntra. Sra. del Rosario, Fasnia
11th October - Santa Úrsula y Ntra. Sra. de la Encarnación, Adeje
21st October - Día Santa Úrsula
NOVEMBER
1st November - Festividad de todos los Santos (All Saints') - National holiday.
Spanish families take flowers to their loved ones graves in remembrance.
25th November ´Fiestas de Santa Catalina - Taganana
29th/30th November - San Andrés, La Guancha, Icod de los Vinos, La Orotava, Puerto de la Cruz.
This fiesta is very popular as it is the day when farmers offer their wine for sale. Guachinches all over the island open their doors especially for this event. If you are lucky you can buy some to take home, probably in a coca cola bottle. It is very distinctive but after the shock of the first glass it is very easy to drink. The day all the wine runs out, the doors are closed again until the following year.
On the same day the the 'Arrastre los Charros' takes place in Puerto de la Cruz and La Orotava, but children in most towns follow the tradition. Sometimes known as the day of the tin cans, children find anything they can string together; cans, pots, pans, tins, fridges, washing machine drums, in fact anything strung together that will make a horrendous noise as they trundle their assortment of metal through the streets. There are various stories of why this tradition started. One version is that the noise will scare off evil spirits, which considering the cacophony of sound, is quite likely to effectively do the job.
Icod de Los Vinos, La Guancha runs the 'tablas' down practically vertical streets in town. Anything from tin trays, flat boards or specially consturcted sledges, are used and the rider hurtles down from the top of the street, desperately avoiding any obstacles that may get in the way, before coming to an abrupt halt at the bottom and flying headlong into a mountain of old tyres. The Red Cross is on standby for any unfortunate misses.
DECEMBER
6th December - Día de la Constitución - National Holiday
8th December - Fiesta de la Purisima Concepción - National Holiday
24th December - Nochebuena (Christmas Eve)
Nochebuena is time for family members to gather around their nativity scenes with the family. Apart from the stunning official displays in every town, most families will have made their own nativity scene at home. The evening meal is served late, traditionally turkey with truffles. At midnight celebrations are interrupted by church bells calling people to 'La Misa del Gallo'. Tradition says that the only time a rooster was heard to crow at midnight was on the day that Jesus was born.
25th December - Christmas Day
31st December - New Year's Eve
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