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in mind at the urban Festival in La Granja city park the day before. the gastronomy and live music night on May 29 at 7pm at the nuestra señora de África market will be the crowning event.during his presentation of the festivities, santa cruz

mayor José Manuel bermú-dez stated that "May brings us to where we should be: a col-ourful city with spring scent, animated by our parks and gardens. With the Fiesta de Mayo we connect with our old customs, which are passed on from generation to gener-ation and contain the mem-

ories of our childhood. the city shines, just like our tra-ditional costumes. it is beau-tiful, joyful and warm." and indeed, the city centre and other districts fill with fresh spring life and people start

to spend the majority of their free time outside again.

Los Realejos

the cruz santa district of Los realejos enters into the fes-tivities with fervour. over 300 crosses are adorned with flowers, and the celebrations continue

until the end of the month. High-lights include the small romería (animal blessings and parades) on May 15, a cattle show on May 26 and the romería in honour of the patron saints san isidro Labrador and santa María de

la cabeza on May 27. those interested in canarian folklore will be entertained on May 12 and 13. on the second week-end in May there will be a large handicraft market in Los reale-jos and on the sunday evening the local people will sing for their fellow citizens. on May 19, the baile de Magos takes

place and the streets will be filled with people in tradi-tional costumes, obligatory for the event. various folklore groups from all seven islands will perform at the Festival de las islas on May 26. n

The great Romería in honour of the patron saints of Los Realejos

The Paseo Romero remembers fishing traditions in Tenerife’s capital At the Baile de Magos in

Los Realejos all will celebrate in Canarian costume