Unique folk dance festival El Medano Tenerife with most unusual theatre stage setup.

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The international folk dance festival is only one of many Tenerife cultural festivals. It was hosted again by the Tenerife province Granadilla de Abona in the south of the biggest of all Canary Islands between August 16 and August 21, 2011.

The folk dancing celebration took place only one month after the island's renown Medano International windsurfing championships of mid July.

That makes it the second highlight in such short a period.

A most relaxed South Tenerife holiday Spain event

Most onlooker tourists were scarcely dressed for a day by the sea which was only a mere 10 or 15 meters behind their back.

Here it must be said that the temperature was 30 degrees Celsius. except under shade.

A young girl sat on the floor.

Her big, floral tattoo almost covered more of her skin than her pretty beachwear.

Some cameras were catching
the stunning event.

Free outdoors live entertainment

Boys in narrowly cut, black or red trousers were leading girls in wide skirts. The gold, black and white bottom stripes of the skirts were of typical, local, traditional fashion. So was the minimal headgear which held lady hair tightly in place. Red ballerina half boots graciously tapped the floor to a happy, fast rhythm.

The wide pavement arena of el Medano Plaza square couldn't have been more alive. Wide yard stairs led to an upper level. The steps invited for better view while some trees were shading spectators and standby artists.

You too, would have found it easy to discover all this. You also would have been stunned by the overall performance of the groupe. The swinging red skirts were superbly choreographed with fast beat tunes of live village music which accompanied the folk dances from a small distance.

What a great way of celebrating a summer's day with ocean breeze by a town beach under the sun!

Exceptional international music festival theatre stage

In 2011, the participants of this folk dance festival came from as far as Russia, Bolivia and Slovakia.

The unique Tenerife red mountain Montaña Roja is a memorable theatre
stage setup on its own.

Then add more of the beach fun, more action and spectacle together with Tenerife Island's main windsurfing platform and kitesurfing Tenerife playground which is el Medano beach.

This Medano sea front also represents Tenerife's biggest natural white sand seashore with almost two km of length.

Medano Tenerife international and local Spanish folkore

Join next year's event and visualize the exotic costumes during the folk dance festival. They are of all kinds of styles, makes and colors. They reflect diverse cultures of different corners of the earth. Admire their traditional, embroydered fabrics and accessories. Dream by listening to folk music with ancient tunes which remind Inka customs or Mongol traditions beyond Moscow's Red Square square. But don't only expect performers from far away or nearby Majorca. Discover talented Tenerife folk dancing presenters from Adeje, Santa Ursula as well as Punta de Hidalgo and Isla Baja Mar.

There were no folk dances by the much talked about folk ensemble of the Alzados of Icod el Alto Tenerife. Reason for this were most probably the towns's one week long yearly celebrations.

International folk art fair

Conclusion

The international folk dance festival of El Medano is just one more example of Tenerife's engagement to please tourists as well as of its dedication to Spanish traditions, or even as a part of its Guanche heritage and Spain art and culture.

This El Medano folk music festival is also one of many national Tenerife festivals, many of which are Romerias where learn more about their rich custom clothes and generous Spanish traditions or other musical events.

It is all the more admirable, as Tenerife culture hardly leads back more than 500 years. In fact, a few influences from ancient Guanche days make it even more exotic and intriguing.

Accommodation for el Medano folk festival

By the way, I took a taxi from my airport hotel Tenerife Hotel Monica Aeropuerto Sur at San Isidro for a memorable trip to El Medano on a Saturday afternoon. The week-end taxi tariff set me back only 6 or 7 €, which was my cheap ticket for a short trip to el Medano. An even cheaper Titsa bus took me back from the bus stop by the tiny Medano beach Playa la Chica for only €1 later in the day.

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