Saturday, May 24, 2008
Tenerife Prepares to Celebrate Corpus Christi
The actual date of the Corpus Christi feast was on Thursday and in some parts of the Canary Islands, such as Mazo on the island of La Palma, the event is celebrated then. Here in Tenerife, most of the celebrations will take place tomorrow, Sunday, or on the 8th Day of Corpus Christi, next Thursday.
As in previous years, in many towns and villages in Tenerife, as well as the grander celebrations in the island's former capital, La Laguna, the carpets and processions for Corpus Christi will take place tomorrow, Sunday, May 25th.
The culmination of these spectacular celebrations, however, involving carpets of flowers and of sands brought down from Mount Teide, must be those in the town of La Orotava, which will take place on Thursday, May 29th. From early in the morning on that day, local families will make flower carpets in the main streets of the historic center of the town. See photos of 
Corpus Christi 2007.
On this occasion, the main carpet in La Orotava; the 850 square meter carpet made in the square in front of the town hall (which last year gained an entry in the Guinness World Records), being made by 22 alfombristas (carpet makers), is dedicated to Christ, Saint Peter and Saint Paul, as pillars of the church. For the first time, because of its declaration as a World Heritage Site, the Teide National Park will also be represented in this carpet.
On Sunday, in the Plaza del Adelantado in La Laguna also, there'll be a market with proceeds going to support C�ritas, the charity who look after the homeless. Both days will draw many thousands of people, both locals and tourists.
Tenerife se prepara para celebrar el Corpus Christi
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