M.ª del Carmen Tur Ferrer (Mahon, 1940) she is a teacher, researcher of Ibizan popular culture and one of the most active figures in the preservation of the ethnographic heritage of Ibiza. After a long teaching career that began in 1959, He developed much of his work in rural schools and at the Portal Nou Public School, where he practiced until his retirement in the year 2000.
Promoter of pioneering cultural initiatives—such as the parades of the Kings of Atzaró and Santa Gertrudis, the Flower Festival or the creation of traditional dance groups—has dedicated decades to the recovery and transmission of popular memory. Your ethnographic collection, exhibited in Sa Nostra Sala and currently deposited in the Consell Insular, constitutes one of the most important private funds on the island.
She has been a councilor in Santa Eulària des Riu and Sant Joan de Labritja, and promoter of social and heritage projects of great impact, such as the reconstruction of the Puig de na Ribes chapel or the campaign for the implementation of radiotherapy in Ibiza.
Recognized with the Gold Medal of the Iivissa City Council (2013) and the one of Santa Eularia des Riu (2019), His career combines civic commitment, defense of heritage and a deep vocation to narrate and preserve the daily history of their land.
en 2026 publishes the book 'The history of the brotherhood of the Santo Cristo Yaciente of the cathedral of Ibiza’ (Ibiza editions)