Also beñesmen, beñasmer, benismer, benismen or begnesmet. Names of the month of August and the celebrations of the harvest on which the Tinerfeños celebrated the feast of the Candelaria in August and February. According to others, this Christian festival has its origins in the processions of the Roman Lupercales. In these cultural overlays Christians were always teachers. They didn't suppress the pagan party, but they transformed it.