- Canarian people
Infobox Ethnic group
group = Canarian people
"Canarios"caption =
José Viera y Clavijo ·José de Anchieta ·Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa Benito Pérez Galdós ·Sergio Rodríguez ·Agustín de Betancourt poptime =
Canary Islands 1,995,833 Spanish
up to 4.5% of total Spanish population
region1 = flagcountry|Spain
pop1 = 1,995,833 (4.5%)
region2 = flagicon|CubaCuba
pop2 = (?? of White pop.)
region3 = flagcountry|Puerto Rico
pop3 = (?? of White pop.)
region4 = flagicon|VenezuelaVenezuela
pop4 = (?? of White pop.)
region5 = flagcountry|United States
pop5 = (?? of White Hispanics)
langs =Spanish language
rels = PredominantlyRoman Catholic
related = Spanish (Andalusians)·Portuguese·Italians ·FrenchThe Canarians are an
ethnic group ornation living in thearchipelago of theCanary Islands (an autonomous community ofSpain ), near the coast ofWestern Africa . The variety of theSpanish language spoken in the region is the "Habla Canaria" ("Canary speech") or the "Dialecto Canario" (Canarian dialect), a distinctive dialect of Spanish spoken in the islands.History
The islands were conquered by mostly
Andalusia ns and some Castilians at the beginnings of the15th century . In 1402, they began to subdue the nativeGuanche population and the Guanches were initially enslaved and gradually absorbed by the Spanish colonizers.After subsequent settlement by Spaniards and other European peoples, mainly Portuguese, the remaining
Guanches were gradually diluted by the settlers and their culture largely vanished.Alonso Fernández de Lugo , conqueror ofTenerife andLa Palma , oversaw extensive immigration to these islands during a short period from the late 1490s to the1520s from mainland Europe, and immigrants includedGalicians , Castilians, Portuguese, Italians, Catalans, Basques, and Flemings. At subsequent judicial enquiries, Fernández de Lugo was accused of favoring Genoese and Portuguese immigrants over Castilians. [ [http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/lapalma/history.html History of La Palma ] ]Today some of the traditional sports such as
Lucha Canaria ,Juego del Palo orSalto del Pastor , among others, have their roots inGuanche culture. Additionally, other traditions include Canarian pottery, words of Guanche origin in the "habla canaria " and the rural consumption of guarapo gomero andgofio .Modern day Canarian culture is a hybrid between Latin America and Continental Spain with some Guanche roots. The strong influence of Latin America is due to the constant emigration and return over the centuries of Canarians to that continent, chiefly to
Cuba ,Venezuela , andPuerto Rico .Ancestry
The inhabitants of the Canary Islands hold a gene pool that is halfway between the Iberians and the ancient native population, the Guanches (a proto-Berber population). Guanche genetic markers have also been found, at low frequencies, in peninsular Spain, probably as a result of slavery and/or later emigration from the Canary Islands. [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15598218&query_hl=14&itool=pubmed_docsum A tale of aborigines, conquerors and slaves: Alu insertion polymorphisms and the peopling of Canary Islands] , from the
National Center for Biotechnology Information of theUnited States .]Canarians abroad: the Isleño community
Historically, the
Canary Islands have served as a hub betweenSpain and theAmericas , and therefore large groups of Canary islanders have emigrated and settled all over theNew World as early as the15th century , mainly in,Cuba ,Puerto Rico ,Venezuela andUruguay .Los Isleños
The Canarians were known as
Isleños ("islanders") to peninsular Spanish, and they also went by that name during emigration to theAmericas . In theUnited States , they settled in two places:Louisiana andTexas , both then parts of theSpanish Empire , with Louisiana being the premier settlement. When referring to the Isleños in the United States, it usually applies to the Canarian descendants ofLouisiana . There were four places in southeast Louisiana settled by Isleños, with the main settlement beingSt. Bernard Parish .The Isleños still speak the Canarian dialect of Spanish. Their Spanish has some borrowed words from neighboring cultures. The Isleños are proud of their heritage and have annual
festivals in Louisiana to celebrate theirculture . There is amuseum as well as an exclusive Isleñocemetery and a church in St. Bernard Parish. The Isleños have dominated the fishing and farming industries, especiallysugarcane .In Texas, in earlier times, there was a small community of Isleños that founded
San Antonio in 1731, one hundred years before the first English-speaking immigrants arrived in the region. [Links to some "Isleño" online communities and history webpages: [http://www.mgar.net/var/stbernar.htm 1] , [http://www.mgar.net/var/stbernar.htm 2] , [http://www.camagueyanos.com/wwwboard/messages/40263.html 3] .]As far as
Latin America is concerned, Canarian emigration toCuba andPuerto Rico has been there for centuries as well. Canarian people greatly influenced the Cuban culture, even those typicalCuban industries such astobacco andsugar have the signature of Canarian peopleFact|date=January 2008. In Puerto Rico, wholevillages were founded by Canarian settlers.Montevideo , the currentUruguayan capital, was also founded by Canarian immigrantsDubious|date=March 2008 as many other places in the continentVague|date=March 2008.Canary Islands
Canary Islands (Spanish Islas Canarias IPA|/ˈis.las kaˈnarjas/) (28° 06'N, 15° 24'W) are an
archipelago of the Kingdom of Spain consisting of sevenisland s of volcanic origin in theAtlantic Ocean .Notable Canarians
*
José de Anchieta , Jesuit priest and missionary.
*Rosana Arbelo , singer
*Javier Bardem , Actor.
*Bencomo , King
*Beneharo , King
*Agustín de Betancourt , engineer
*Manolo Blahnik , fashion designer
*Secundino Delgado , politician
*Oscar Dominguez , Painter.
*Doramas , warrior
*Nicolas Estevanez , politician
*Juan Carlos Fresnadillo , filmmaker
*Pedro García Cabrera , poet
*Fernando Guanarteme , king
*Pedro Guerra , singer
*K-narias ,Reggaeton Pop Duo.
*Alfredo Kraus , opera singer
*Fernando León y Castillo , politician
*Maninidra , warrior
*Cesar Manrique , artist
*Manolo Millares , Painter
*Tomas Morales , poet
*Benito Perez Galdos , writer
*Tanausu , king
*Tinguaro , warrior general
*Juan Carlos Valerón , football player
*Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa , writer
*José Viera y Clavijo , historian.
*Rosanna Walls , Actress.
* Little Lupe, adult staree also
*
White Cuban
*Nationalities in Spain
*Guanches
*Guanche language
*Isleños
*Canarian dialect References
* [http://www.produccionesdelmar.com/longina/emigracion/cancub.html]
* [http://www.mgar.net/cuba/vegueros.htm]
* [http://es.geocities.com/roberto_dlima/]
* [http://www.mgar.net/cuba_can.htm]
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