Festivities and traditions
Get to know all the culture, festivals and traditions around Senet Rural.
Fallas
Nevertheless, Alta Ribagorça is the region with the most Falles villages in the Catalan territory. The "Baixada de Falles" has been a deeply rooted tradition in the villages of Alta Ribagorça since ancient times. The falles are resinous trunks about two meters long, which are prepared a few days before so that they are ready on the day of the “baixada” also known as descent. The falles descent start from a high place in the mountain, visible from the village, where a pine tree called "far" has been planted, which is where the falles are lit before starting the descent.
Feria ramadera de Barruera
Find a unique craft and food fair in which there is also the exhibition and sale of livestock.
Place : Barruera, en Passeig de Sant Feliu y casco antiguo
Dates: Last Sunday of September. September 26, 2021
Feria de la Girella
Fair of exhibition of crafts and ancestral traditions of the region. There is also a girella tasting in the Plaça del Mercadal.
Place: El Pont de Suert, Plaza del Mercadal, C/ Camp de la Vila y casco antiguo
Dates : End of October (depending on the year)
Feria de Tots Sants
Old traditional fair in which the exhibition of animals and the contest of the Bruna cow of the Pyrenees are held. Place: Vilaller, Firal de Massaneres y alrededores Dates: 2 of november
Ball Pla, Ball de Sant Isidre y La Pila
Taüll celebra la fiesta en honor de San Isidro, su patrón, el tercer domingo de julio. El Ball Pla, se baila junto con el Ball de Sant Isidre. A continuación, se hace la pila, torre humana donde solo participan los hombres y que se caracteriza por hacer una especie de torre humana, con la particularidad de que quien corona la torre lo hace cabeza abajo.
Lugar: Taüll
Fechas: tercer domingo de julio
Ball Tatero
Cada año, el 15 de agosto, Festa Major de Vilaller, se baila el "Tatero", un baile constituido por quatro parejas de casados y solteros con indumentaria típica del territorio.
Lugar: Vilaller
Fechas: 15 agosto
