Telde pays tribute to Tomate Canario in the pilgrimage of Pino.

'Telde and Canary tomato industry', It is the allegory of the wagon of the pilgrimage of Pino the municipality of Telde.

Designed by the City, It will be chaired by a scene of sharecroppers and occupy seventh place in the parade.

Telde and the tomato industry will be the reason for the cart that represents the municipality in the pilgrimage-offering to the Virgen del Pino that will be held next 7 September at the Villa Mariana de Teror.

The idea for the allegory came after the Tyldet Cultural Association Workshop School memorialize the 130 year history of the Canary tomato exports, who they are also celebrating the Canary sector employers Fedex y Aceto.

In the municipality of Telde it was where cultivation began. He was an employee of the company Swanston, Mr. Blisse, who worked in the construction of the old Port of La Luz and Las Palmas, which in 1885 He planted the first seeds of tomato on a farm Valley of Nine, with a view to export to the UK.

The goodness of teldense climate allowed the seed endure during the winter months in places like El Goro, the Pardilla, The snail, La Garita, Melenara, La Mareta or Jinámar. The cultivation quickly spread through the rest of the archipelago and with it the relations between the Canarian ports. He had conquered, at that moment, an essential destination for Canary agricultural production, helping many growers and farmers to launch into tomato.

The design of the wagon Telde for Pilgrimage del Pino -from municipal technician Javier Martel with the help of workers of the Department of Celebration directed by Juan Martel- It is based on the composition of its perimeter with ceretos for the offering, carrying tomatoes as the main element.

It stands on its central axis scene sharecroppers and sharecroppers in a day's work on a large scale. Like this, the composition in its vertical part and the highest point of the wagon is reflected, distributed by the greasy pole with the scene of the atareos for planting that offer more realism and meaning to the design.

For its realization, They are using materials such as wood or cork white carving and painting techniques to get textures and maximum realism of the elements.

Carriage decoration, which will occupy seventh place in the parade of carts, It will be projected on the dimensions of the cart, respecting their scale, its structure and the various elements that compose it comply with the characteristics marking the Cabildo de Gran Canaria for participation in the pilgrimage, with a high maximum 3,5 meters and a maximum width of 2 meters between the wheel axles.

From the Department of Celebration of the City of Telde thank the engineer Fernando Ojeda, the cooperation with the contribution of historical data and information needed, as an expert on the history of the tomato in the Canary Islands.
The Tajea y Torna Folk and Cultural Group will be in charge of musically entertaining the Teldense delegation that will participate in the pilgrimage-offering.

The AFC Tajea and Torna are formed around 50 components, divided between the body and tap dance, they interpreted 'Folías of Gran Canaria' before the image of the Virgen del Pino.