Church of the Guanche People
The church's official symbol | |
Formation | 2001 |
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Type | Guanche ethnic neopaganism |
Headquarters | San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain). |
Region | Canary Islands, Spain |
Website | Church of the Guanche People |
The Church of the Guanche People (Spanish: Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche) is a religious organisation, founded in 2001 in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. Its goal is to revive and spread the traditional religion of the indigenous Guanche people who occupied the islands at the time of Castillian conquest.[1]
In 2008, the Church had approximately 300 members.[2] The Church of the Guanche People is included in the studies of minority religions in the Canary Islands.[3]
It was founded by a group of Canarian devotees of the goddess Chaxiraxi, a prominent religious figure associated with the harvest in the Guanche religion.[1] The Church of the Guanche People has performed baptisms and weddings according to what they know of Guanche custom.
In 2002, a wedding held in accordance with purported Guanche rites took place on the island of Tenerife. Such a ceremony had not been observed for several centuries, since the Spanish domination of the archipelago.[1]
The Church of the Guanche People has its own liturgical calendar. It officially begins with the first celebration of Achu n Magek in 2001. According to this system, this is the year 1 of the Guanche New Age.[3]
The Church of the Guanche People is a modern pagan religious body representing Canarian Neopaganism.[1]
See also
- Germanic Heathenism
- Hellenism
- Kemetism
References
- ^ a b c d Ramos-Martín, Josué. "La Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche: consideraciones metodológicas". Morales Padrón, F. (ed.) XVIII Coloquio de Historia Canario-Americana, 2008, pp. 1608-1630. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022 – via www.academia.edu.
- ^ Martin, Veronica (2008). 5% of Canarians profess a minority religion (Un 5% de canarios profesa una religión minoritaria) Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, La Opinión de Tenerife newspaper, 3 October.
- ^ a b "Religiones entre continentes. Minorías religiosas en Canarias. Editado por la Universidad de La Laguna" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
External links
- Church of the Guanche People. Official Website.
- Iglesia del Pueblo Guanche.
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