The Cunning Canary

The carnival in Las Palmas in 2010 lasts from January 26th until February 20th and there are all kinds of events from processions, parades, music, dancing, food and drink shows, drag queen competitions and, of course, the Carnival Queen Gala. Carnival, or Carnaval, is a magical time and there is a lot to see and [...]

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The Carnival Queen Gala takes place on February 12th in Las Palmas and this is part of the Las Palmas Carnival 2010. Expect to see some truly wild costumes including glitter, sparkles, feathers and skyscraper heels… and that’s just the drag queens!
The Las Palmas Carnival, also spelled Las Palmas Carnaval, is going to be a [...]

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St Joseph’s Day in Gran Canaria falls on March 19th and it is the feast day of Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary. Since Canarians are Catholic (most of them!) this is an important holiday, not least because the Canarians celebrate Fathers’ Day on St Joseph’s Day, or San José as they call it.
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As a nation of Catholics, the Spanish and Canarians celebrate Easter. Holy Thursday falls on April 1st in 2010, the day before Good Friday. The whole week is called Holy Week or “Semana Santa” in Spanish and you will see various processions in the streets.

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Good Friday falls on April 2nd next year. Most Canarians are Catholic so they celebrate Easter. There are processions in the street during Holy Week (the week before Easter) and you will see Canarians carrying religious statues in these processions.
Easter in Gran Canaria can be a busy time and the weather in Gran Canaria at [...]

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Most people think of Australia as opposed to Gran Canaria when they think of aborigines but April 29th is Aborigines’ day in the Canary Islands. This festival celebrates the Guanches uprising against the Spanish and when the Crown of Castile annexed Gran Canaria in 1483.
Expect music and dancing in some of the smaller Gran Canaria [...]

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The cheese festival in Gran Canaria takes place in Santa Maria de Guia each year, at the end of spring.
This little town used to be part of Galdar but the two are now separate towns, situated about 23 miles from Las Palmas. You can get a bus there. You have to get two buses actually [...]

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Epiphany falls on January 5th every year in the Canary Islands. This is the day before King’s Day which is when the Canarian children get their Christmas presents. The streets will be decorated with lights and Christmas decorations and there is a Three Kings Procession. This fiesta is very much oriented towards the children.

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Labour day is known as “fiesta del trabajo” in Gran Canaria and all over Spain. This is a public holiday so expect everything except the tourist shops, bars and restaurants to be closed. Labour day falls on May 1st, which is May Day in other countries. Apart from shops being closed, there isn’t a lot [...]

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As you might now, I work in the harbour, Puerto Escala, selling fishing trips. Christmas and New Year is the busiest period of the entire year, apart from July to September (the summer season). However… new year’s day is the most boring day to work in the harbour. As you might expect there is NOBODY [...]

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