Night of Finaos: Procession of the Great Cart of the Dead

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Divina Muerte kicks off in Arucas, a terrifying cultural programme Arucas, October 23, 2026. - The mayor of Arucas, Juan Jesús Facundo, and the Councillor for Culture, Carlos González Matos, presented this Friday the cultural agenda of “Divina Muerte. Festividades Difuntas”. The mayor and the head of the department have fired the starting pistol for an extensive programme of activities with the inauguration of the “Altar de Muertos”, dedicated to the poets Federico García Lorca, Eugenio Padorno and Albertine de Orleans, as well as to the filmmaker and comic book artist Marjane Satrapi. Under the slogan “When two worlds merge into one”, the Department of Culture of Arucas Town Council is offering the public a schedule of cultural events for all audiences with free admission. Theatre, concerts, escape room challenges, audio fiction... will weave the programme together until November 21, with one of the most eagerly awaited evenings being Noche de Finaos, on October 31, when the Great Heralding Cart of the Dead will parade through the streets of the historic centre of Arucas from 9:00 p.m. onwards. Halloween, horror and oral tradition will set the tone for the itinerary of the month of the departed in Arucas, which also takes into account those who enjoy being startled, with proposals at the Municipal Cemetery of Arucas such as the audio fiction by the theatre company CR Escénica, “Susurros del Malpaís” (Whispers of the Badlands), which will take place on October 30 at 8:00 p.m., and the show by David Batista, “Ecos de un hilo infinito” (Echoes of an Infinite Thread); or the haunted house, which, from Sociedad Atlántica, invites you to share “El Último Sueño” (The Last Dream), with several sessions on November 13, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 21. This is a programme that reaches all the neighbourhoods of Arucas and that has the collaboration of the Asociación Cultural Salsipuedes, the Agrupación Folklórica y Cultural Rumantela, the Asociación CFP San Isidro Labrador, the Escuelas Artísticas Municipales, Labrantes de la Palabra, the Asociación Vecinal Dácil, 5 Comentarios and Comercios Arucas (COA). Admission is free for all performances, with prior registration required for some of them through the Arucas Espacio Cultural app.