LAS VIEJAS SOLTERONAS CULTURE ASSOCIATTION FROM LOS QUEMADOS

Traditions

“Las viejas solteronas de los Quemados” were born in the Quemados neighborhood in Fuencaliente in 1966, as a group of young people with their initiative, compiled a very old dance called “DANZA DE LAS VIEJAS SOLTERONAS”, and acting for the first time at a carnival party.
The group consisted of two musicians (lute and guitar), and 11 members, dressed in the usual clothing of the time of emigration, since this dance according to data, was done in the old candle dances. Due to the massive emigration of men from our islands to Cuba, Venezuela etc. the women remained single and had to do the chores of the field and the house. It is believed that they did this dance to try to better pass their single status and with a burlesque tone they sang a chorus in which they said:

“Hay ayayay el tiempo se pasa
Hay ayayay sulteras en casa”

Each of them also came out to say a verse referring to their single status.

THE DANCE OF “LAS VIEJAS SOLTERONAS”.

Currently this dance is performed by about 10 women who are unrecognizable with their clothing in the performance. They enter the scene singing a song in which they regret not finding a boyfriend and in each chorus each one of them says a picaresque and funny verse to any man from the different places they are watching the performance. The old women, despite their 50 years, who are on stage have a variety of audiences both old and young, even children who wait in the squares until late at night, to see the “old ladies” as they say.
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