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The Day of the Cross or Cruz de Mayo is a celebration of the Roman rite to celebrate the Cross of Christ. It is a very widespread holiday both in Spain and in Hispanoam rica. The ancient Christian calendar includes three festivities dedicated exclusively to the Holy Cross or Cross of Christ: the Invention, the Triumph and the Exaltation. But the one that concerns us here is the one celebrated every May 3 called the 'nvenci n ' where homage is paid to the discovery in the fourth century by Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine of the Cross of Christ. It is believed that the Empress will have found three crosses in the Gota and that she will have recognized Christ's among them. |
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The celebration of the Invention of the Holy Cross on May 3 reached great relevance in the villages of the islands from the seventeenth century and organized by the brotherhoods that grouped local lites. It is a very widespread holiday both in Spain and in the Canary Islands. In it the crosses of the squares and roads are adorned with flowers. In many cities, contests have been held for a long time, rewarding the best decorated crosses of neighborhoods and neighborhoods, and in Santa Cruz de Tenerife a cross is taken (usually made of wood) and decorated with flowers. But the day of the Cross is not celebrated only in the capital of Tenerife, since on May 3 it has another more relevant meaning . In the little guanche Santa Cruz belonged to the Menceyato of Anaga under the orders of Beneharo, many were the attempts to conquer these lands, but it was not until May 3, 1494 when the 'Adelantado ' Alonso Fern ndez de Lugo arrived to Begin the conquest to end in 1496. They say that on May 3, the u201 Cadelantado ' disembarked in Santa Cruz, had a wooden cross planted and carried out the first Catholic mass in that place. It is for this reason that the day of May 3 for Santa Cruz de Tenerife is also celebrated the day of its foundation, understanding as such the day that the Castilian expedition arrived for the conquest. In its day, the day of the Cross the capital is filled with splendor with its flora crafts, l with its crossings attached or decorated in different facades or hermitage ... |
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HERN NDEZ GONZ LEZ, Manuel. Festivals and beliefs in the Canary Islands in the Modern Age. IDEA editions, 2007. RODR GUEZ MORALES, Carlos. The Laguna Crosses. Party, chapel and tradition. City hall of San Crist bal de La Laguna. 2015 Editorial and research team : Architecture Unit of the CICOP Foundation. Miguel ngel Fern ndez Matr n. Gislaine Hasse Jos Luis D will read Mart nez. Sendy Hern ndez lvarez. Photograph at: www.commonswikimedia.org |
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