The Albarcas

Another tradition that is kept alive in this municipality is the crafts of wood and, in particular, the manufacture of albarcas in Carmona.

The albarca is a type of wooden footwear, very handy in the humid climate we live in, that allows to isolate the foot from moisture, the cold and the mud when you go out to do agricultural work. It is worn with escarpines - type of wool socks- or with slippers.

The abarqueros of Carmona have earned themselves thanks to their defense of the well-deserved tradition of making albarcas., a typical wooden shoe in rural villages.

El Rabel

It is a bowed string instrument similar to the violin., which is made up of a variable number of strings, in between 1 y 5. It is popularly said that the most refined rebecs are found in this area.

The Cocido Montañés

this stew, typical of Cantabria is a rich, healthy and hearty dish made with white beans and cabbage as basic ingredients. The recipe is also accompanied by the so-called compango, formed based on products from the slaughter of pigs, like sausage, blood sausage, rib and bacon.

La Vaca Tudanca

The Tudanca is a Spanish bovine breed native to the western area of ​​Cantabria and which currently extends throughout the entire territory of this Community., especially in inland mountain areas.

Gomber cheeses

in Sopena (Cabuerniga Valley, Cantabria) It is where the Gomber artisan cheese is made. The last of the Cabuérniga cheesemakers makes an unpressed cheese with a very special flavor. A cheese unlike any other, with the particular touch that Penicilum Candidum gives it in its maturation process.

The stonemason and stone work

Back in the decade of the 80, Manuel, neighbor of Selores de Cabuérniga, he began his profession in stonemasonry doing work for the residents of the municipality of Cabuérniga in a small and modest workshop and with the first manual tools to measure, plot and check; to hit, mallet and pot; to remove large irregularities, peak; the carving hammer; la bujarda, pointer and chisel, among other.

The making of wooden handles

Just, in its wood factory located in Selores de Cabuérniga, is dedicated to the production of handles for the tools of small farmers and market gardeners, as well as for those of the farmers, although in less quantity since livestock has been practically completely mechanized.