Songs and dances of El Hierro
Repertoire line linked to Valentina Hernández and to discographic and heritage records on Sabinosa.
- Documented twentieth century
- Verification: Institutional or heritage source located
Repertoire
Songs, dances, festive repertoires and transmission practices documented in heritage sources.
Repertoire
Grouped by type
Period
Twentieth century · 1Eighteenth century · 1Oral tradition · 2Institutional documentation · 2
Repertoires and genres
Isa, folía and malagueña
CanariWiki identifies isas, folías and malagueñas as the most widespread songs and dances in the archipelago, incorporated into Canarian folklore around the eighteenth century.
- Documented incorporation around the eighteenth century
- Verification: Institutional or heritage source located
Tajaraste, sirinoque and baile del vivo
The institutional synthesis on traditional dances places tajaraste, baile del vivo and sirinoque among important dances predating the spread of isas, folías and malagueñas.
- Tradition preceding eighteenth-century repertoires
- Verification: Institutional or heritage source located
Ranchos de Ánimas of Gran Canaria
The BOC declared the Valsequillo, La Aldea de San Nicolás and Arbejales-Teror ranchos intangible heritage, describing their singing, alms-gathering and remembrance of souls.
- Declared intangible BIC in 2025
- Verification: Institutional or heritage source located
Romance, drum dance and Gomera chácaras
The Canary Islands Government heritage programme documents school presentations of romance, drum dance and chácaras as elements of Gomera folklore.
- Living tradition documented in heritage education
- Verification: Institutional or heritage source located
Works and pieces
Arrorró and the Canary Islands anthem
Law 20/2003 adopts as the regional anthem a melody based on the Arrorró from Teobaldo Power’s Cantos Canarios, with lyrics by Benito Cabrera.
- 2003 regional law on the anthem
- Verification: Institutional or heritage source located