XXXIII Traída del Barro – Pottery Festival in La Atalaya (Day 4)

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La Atalaya de Santa Brígida dresses up for festivities to celebrate the 33rd Traída del Barro, which will begin this Monday, July 6, and run until Saturday, July 12, the day on which it will culminate with the “embarrada” (mud soaking). ▪️Monday 6th 5:00 p.m. – Workshop “Play with Clay” led by Domingo Díaz Barrios (“El Taranta”) for boys and girls. Venue: Centro Locero. 6:00 p.m. – Floral tribute to our historic potters. Venue: Casa Alfar de Panchito. 7:00 p.m. – Ceramics exhibition by the Association of Potters ALUD, and an exhibition of paintings by Felipe Juan. Accompanied by La Parranda de San Antonio. There will be snacks. ▪️Tuesday 7th 5:00 p.m. – “Play with Clay” workshop. 7:00 p.m. – Presentation of the book Maximin, by Esteban Rodríguez García. The event will be enlivened by harpist Armando Santana. ▪️Wednesday 8th 5:00 p.m. – “Play with Clay” workshop. 6:00 p.m. – Family gymkhana at the Centro Locero, led by Gregorio Jesús Rivero Gutiérrez and his daughters, Candela and Graciela. It will include a healthy snack. ▪️Thursday 9th 5:00 p.m. – “Play with Clay” workshop. 7:00 p.m. – Talk-colloquium “La Taia y el Put”, focusing on the figure of caddies past and present, and the strong historical link between La Atalaya and the Real Club de Golf de Bandama. With the presence of representatives of the club and caddies. There will be snacks. ▪️Friday 10th 11:00 a.m. – Traditional gathering and hauling of firewood. 12:00 p.m. – Traída Chica for boys and girls. Venue: CEIP José Manuel Illera de la Mora. 4:00 p.m. – Traditional stew in the emblematic oven of the Centro Locero. 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. – Salsa Festival with Proyecto Son and Las Musas. Venue: Calle Cura Navarro. ▪️Saturday 11th – MAIN DAY 1:00 p.m. – DJ Frank in the Nay and his dance troupe with “music from the day before yesterday”. 2:00 p.m. – DJ Alejo Sánchez playing great hits. 3:15 p.m. – Los Hijos de Tula. 3:30 p.m. – Traída del Barro procession with La Banda Guiniguada leading the crowd to El Goro for the traditional collective “embarre” (mud bath). 6:30 p.m. – Clean water bath and hot broth. Organised by Estrella Roja and Peña del Barro with the collaboration of the Ayuntamiento de Santa Brígida, Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Fedac, Alud, and other local entities.