4-14
July
SUMMER ARTS ENCOUNTER
- Buno
International summer encounter where all kind
of art is the topic.
First
and second week of August
POTTERY
FAIR - Buno
Famous Buno's pottery summer fair.
13-18
October
III SIMPOSIO
PONDALIANO - Ponte-Ceso
Studying Bard Eduardo Pondal's life and legacy.
Carnival,
Tuesday
CORRIDA DO GALO - Baio
Typical old Celtic tradition in Galicia, Galia
and Britannia, the "roosters" or "gooses fighting" consist on beheading
the animals by horse galloping.
Baio was one of the last places in Galicia
where this game was practiced. Nowadays this tradition has disappeared
or evolved to a simple puppet game.
Carnival, Sunday
XOGO DAS VACAS - Barizo
This traditional Carnival play consists on
a humorous recreation of life. The characters perform in a exaggerated
way to make people have a fun time.
Lent, first Saturday
ENTERRO DA MICAELA - Buno
Micaela is a gigantic doll taken around by
a band of cheerful masked people who drive her to be burned at the
stake.
July 24th
LUMES DE SAN XOAN - All Galicia
One of the Celtic calendar's four big festivities,
the solstice celebration has been changed to a Saint John's homage.
In all Galicia, both in the country and in the cities, people meet
around the fire, and they celebrate the night drinking wine and
eating sardines.Some even jump over the bonfire to keep the bad
witches away.
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