3rd Ethnographic Forest Use Gathering: pine-needle collecting and mule loading in Los Realejos
On Sunday 15 November, from 10:00 to 15:00, Los Realejos holds its 3rd Ethnographic Forest Use Gathering. At 10:00 some fifty residents of District VI re-enact, at the end of the Los Tres Pinos farm track, how pine needles were gathered and mules were loaded. Afterwards there is a community gathering with awards at the Plaza de la Cruz del Castaño, where the shuttle bus leaves from 09:00.
Los Realejos gives a Sunday to the old trades of the forest. At the 3rd Ethnographic Forest Use Gathering, some fifty residents of District VI, coordinated through their Community Table for Citizen Participation and joined by the town council's rural development and tourism departments and the Fundación Tenerife Rural, re-enact traditional forest techniques: gathering pinocha (fallen pine needles) and loading the mules, at the edge of the Corona Forestal.
The gathering is on Sunday 15 November 2026, from 10:00 to 15:00. The re-enactment starts at 10:00 at the end of the Los Tres Pinos farm track. The day then continues at the Recinto Ferial / Plaza de la Cruz del Castaño with a community gathering, the annual awards and other activities. From 09:00 a shuttle bus runs there and back from the Plaza de la Cruz del Castaño, where there is parking. The post gives no price.
