Popular culture
A collection bringing together indigenous sports, pastoral practices, festivals and intangible heritage to understand how popular traditions have built identity in the Canary Islands.
Canarian popular traditions
Lucha canaria, juego del palo, salto del pastor, romerías and offerings: practices that preserve the collective memory of the archipelago.
Articles to follow
The Inter-Island League: Attempts at Unification in Canarian Wrestling (1946-1959)
The Inter-Island League was a key effort to unify Canarian wrestling between islands, facing organizational challenges and insular rivalries according to Ayala, Antonio (1977).
The First Technical Regulations of Canarian Wrestling: Origins and Disputes (1957–1960)
The first Technical Regulations for Canarian wrestling emerged after years of debate and disagreement between island federations, finally being approved in 1960 after complex negotiations over the unification of rules.
The Camel Driver's Stick and Its Alleged Link to Juego del Palo: A Critical Analysis
A detailed examination of the theory connecting the camel driver's stick to the origin of Juego del Palo, with Morales Magyín arguing that this link lacks documentary support.
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- Marrero Hernández, Luis — De la lucha canaria. Comentarios, impresiones y recuerdos (1948), pp. 101 p. Memoria Digital de Canarias — ULPGCView bibliographic record
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- Centro Universitario del Palo Canario (C. U. P. C.) — El juego del palo canario: el respeto a la tradición (1995), pp. 246-293 Memoria Digital de Canarias — ULPGCView bibliographic record
- Morales Magyín, José Víctor — Historia del juego del palo. Aportación al estudio de su origen: el palo camellero (1996), pp. 39-59 Memoria Digital de Canarias — ULPGCView bibliographic record