Sunday, October 01, 2006
Buenavista del Norte Adopts a Son
At a presentation on September 12, in El Palmar, during the village's recent fiestas, historian and university professor, Manuel Lorenzo Perera, was named "adopted son" of the locality in recognition for his immense work in the investigation and diffusion of information on the customs and traditions of the area. Much of the knowledge he has collected and recorded has been via oral accounts from local people.
Perera, who is a professor in the faculty of education at the University of La Laguna is the man, if you want to know anything (in Spanish) about the local traditions, including local arts and crafts, the water sources in the area, beekeeping in Teno and many more aspects of the traditions and cultures of the Canary Islands.
He has a long list of publications to his name, including those specific to Teno and to the Northwest of Tenerife, Estampas etnográficas del Noroeste de Tenerife.
El Ayuntamiento de Buenavista del Norte nombra Hijo Adoptivo de la localidad al historiador y profesor universitario Manuel Lorenzo Perera
