Gara and Jonay_Canary Islands legend
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Garajonay National Park
Transcript of Gara and Jonay_Canary Islands legend
Garajonay National Park
The Legend of Gara and Jonay
This is a story about two “Guanche” lovers from the Canary Islands). “Jonay” was from Tenerife and “Gara” from La Gomera, another island. They met and fell in love.They wanted to marry.They were so happy!
Unfortunately, the Teide mountain erupted on the day they were going to get married.Their parents stopped the marriage, because they thought it would bring them bad luck.Jonay was forced to leave La Gomera.Gara cried but her parents didn’t accept the union.
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One night, Jonay swam all the way from Tenerife and looked for Gara. They met, but their parents discovered them, so they ran away to the forest to be together.But they were found, and so they decided to kill themselves.
The legend says, that’s why today we can see two big rocks standing together. The park is called “Garajonay”, and it is one the most beautiful on the islands.
Drawings designed by Eduardo Padrino
