Festivals and Traditions
Get to know all the culture, festivals and traditions around Senet Rural.
Faults
However, Alta Ribagorça is the region with the most Fallas villages in Catalonia. Since ancient times, the descent of Fallas has been a deeply-rooted tradition in the villages of Alta Ribagorça. The fallas are resinous trunks about two metres long, which are prepared a few days beforehand so that they are ready for the day of the descent. The descent of the fallas starts from a high place on the mountain, visible from the village, where there is a pine tree called "faro", where the fallas are lit before starting the descent.
The descent from the mountain is made with a line of fire led by an older or responsible bachelor who guides the fallaires to the town square where they are welcomed with music and the sound of bells. With the fallas half consumed, a large bonfire is built and the fiesta begins.
The Fire Roads, typical of each Fallas village, can be done all year round and their low difficulty makes them suitable for any kind of public.
They start in the village itself and climb up to a high point on the mountain from where you can enjoy magnificent views.
Barruera's fair
Craft and food fair where there is also an exhibition and sale of livestock.
Location : Barruera, in Passeig de Sant Feliu and old quarter
Dates: Last Sunday in September. 26 September 2021
Girella Fair
An exhibition fair of ancestral trades and traditions of the region, as well as current trade and tourism. Preparation and tasting of girella in the Plaça del Mercadal.
Location: El Pont de Suert, Plaça del Mercadal, C/ Camp de la Vila and old quarter
Dates : End of October (depending on the year)
Tots Sants Fair
Old traditional livestock fair in which the exhibition of animals and the Bruna del Pirineo cow competition are held. Location: Vilaller, Firal de Massaneres and surroundings Dates: 2 November
Ball Pla, Ball de Sant Isidre and La Pila
Taüll celebrates the festival in honour of San Isidro, its patron saint, on the third Sunday in July. The Ball Pla is danced together with the Ball de Sant Isidre. This is followed by the pila, a human tower in which only men take part and which is characterised by a kind of human tower, with the particularity that the person who crowns the tower does so upside down.
Location: Taüll
Dates: third Sunday in July
Ball Tatero
Every year, on 15th August, the Festa Major de Vilaller, the "Tatero" is danced, a dance made up of four married and single couples in typical local costumes.
Location: Vilaller
Dates: 15 August
