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Music at the Cuco

Glossary

The words of the La Mancha countryside we use to tell our heritage.

  1. Cuco

    Dry-stone hut with a round or square plan and a corbelled dome, built in La Mancha as a shelter for shepherds and farmers.

  2. Esparto

    Fibre from the Stipa tenacissima grass, worked for millennia into ropes, baskets, soles and plaits.

  3. Corbelled dome

    Roof closed by stepping each course of stone slightly inward over the one below until they meet at the top.

  4. Pedanía

    Village that depends administratively on a larger municipality. La Felipa is a pedanía of Chinchilla de Montearagón.

  5. Dry stone

    Building technique that fits stones together without mortar, recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage.

  6. Pleita

    Braided strip of esparto used as the base for baskets, panniers and the traditional moulds of Manchego cheese.

Become a member

Being part of Tierra y Tradición means sustaining rural culture with your time, your hands or your membership fee.

  1. Join the work days rebuilding the cuco.
  2. Learn and teach crafts at our workshops.
  3. Help us organise Música en el Cuco.
  4. Get the programme before anyone else.

We are preparing the sign-up form. In the meantime, write to us and we will tell you how to join.

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