I can’t imagine Manuel Jose de Frutos When he came to New Zealand from Valverde del Majano (Segovia) in 1830, he hoped to be the birthplace of the most extensive Maori tribe with family ancestry in that Antipodean country.
“They dance flamenco, they go with Spain at the World Cups,” said A TikToker In a video created Viral A Segovian in Oceania has left thousands of social media users wondering about this strange tribe that instilled its culture, its “food and sleep”. Good”.
Wool merchant Manuel Jose, born in 1811 in the town of about 1,000 people, adventured to seek his fortune, as many of his countrymen did in his day. There De Frutos established his permanent abode and was its birthplace A large dynasty of more than 20,000 people form the tribe known as Baniora -Spanish in Maori- years and more than two centuries later, they have not lost touch with their roots.
His nine children and more than forty grandchildren They have carried on the legacy and imparted to the new generation the importance of knowing their history. A story made known by New Zealand journalist Diana Burns, in collaboration with historian María Teresa Llorente, who discovered the immigrant’s baptismal record in the parish archives of Valverde del Majano. Home town.
These tribes have come more than once to learn about their roots. Visits are a constant in Segovia. Without going further than last summer, when A delegation from Pinora returned to Valverde del Majano A month of August to remember this family bond.
A traditional Maori greeting between a member of Baniora and King Juan Carlos
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Also there have been meetings between the national authorities and the workers. In 2009, a photo immortalized with King Juan Carlos, one of its members, became famous with traditional greetings.
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