Thursday, September 20, 2007

Tenerife Village Fiesta: Day 7

Well, yesterday, it was a (hopefully rare) case of "rain stopped play".

Actually, I don't know if it stopped the football, but because it had been raining heavily here in the valley during the afternoon, as much as I love you all and, as intrigued as I was to find out just exactly what could deserve the exalted title of Estadio Los Pedregales (Los Pedregales Stadium), I had absolutely no intention of going out and getting myself wet. :)

So, onto today's events, weather permitting:

Fiesta Day 7 - Thursday, September 20th (Old Folks Day)

(After walking a mile to the village and often back again most days to cover these events, this day is the one I now feel best qualified to attend! :)

At 17:00 there is to be a mass for the emigrants. They mean, of course, the locals who emigrated, mostly to Venezuela. Almost everyone you speak to in this valley has family there, or has spent some time there themselves.

At 18:00 is the Old Folks Festival, with participation from several folk groups and with a free afternoon tea laid on for all the OAPs who attend.

Visit the following page for the start of this series of posts on these Fiestas.

Fiestas El Palmar 2007 Photos