Majorero culture finds expression in livestock farming, cheese, festivals, crafts, Canarian wrestling, music and the memory of the old paths.
Fuerteventura keeps traditions that cannot be explained only as festive events: they depend on trades, paths, speech, food and community memory.
Among its main reference points are Historic Betancuria, Pastoral tradition, Open coasts, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. Living culture shows how the island turns its past into recognisable practices within contemporary society.
Key points
Queso majorero, a cheese with designation of origin
Queso majorero, made from the milk of the majorera goat, has held a designation of origin since 1996 and is the island's most emblematic food product.
Goat farming and pastoral life
For centuries the majorera goat was the backbone of the island economy, and herding culture survives in practices, words, recipes and the place names of the land.
Canarian wrestling and majorero games
Canarian wrestling and other traditional games are part of the festive calendar of the inland municipalities, with roots in the physical culture of the majos.
The festivals of La Pena and the Virgen del Rosario
The patron-saint festivals of the island's municipalities keep alive processions, music and folklore that blend colonial traditions with peasant memory.