Editing Guanches (section)

=== Festivities ===
'''[[Beñesmen]]''' or '''Beñesmer''' was a festival of the agricultural calendar of the Guanches (the Guanche new year) to be held after the gathering of crops devoted to Chaxiraxi (on August 15). In this event the Guanches shared milk, [[gofio]], sheep or goat meat. At the present time, this coincides with the pilgrimage to the Basilica of the [[Virgin of Candelaria]] (Patron of Canary Islands).

Among the cultural events are significant traces of aboriginal traditions at the holidays and in the current Romería Relief in [[Güímar]] ([[Tenerife]]) and the lowering of the Rama, in Agaete (Gran Canaria).<ref>[[:es:Mitología guanche#Festividades|1]]</ref>