The most famous couple in Lanzarote

One of the most romantic stories of the island is that of “Los Novios de El Mojòn”, two stylized figures, a man and a woman, created at the end of 1900 by Seña Teodomira (1865 – 1940) with the indigenous ceramic technique.

The ceramist, originally from El Mojon, Teguise, was one of the most important ceramic artists, representing this art, which is still alive throughout the island. The first ceramic engaged couple made by Seña Teodomira was purchased in 1932 by Mr. José Ferrer Martín as a souvenir of his marriage bond and is now exhibited and can be visited at the M.E.T., Tanit Ethnographic Museum of San Bartolomé in Lanzarote.

Over time, these two figures have become iconic and bring with them a magical character linked to fertility and a religious character linked to the marriage proposal. In the past, the man who asked his beloved in marriage gave her the male figure. The woman, in case of an affirmative answer, gave the man the feminine figure. Over time this ritual tradition has been forgotten, but the purchase of the two ceramic figures remains as a memory and symbol of one's marriage bond.

Having remained a traditional and romantic icon of the island at the same time, they are a beautiful and romantic travel souvenir.

You can buy them at the Teguise market, in traditional shops and in some traditional ceramic workshops: made in different sizes they are easy to transport.

by Casa MIALMA Lanzarote

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