Fia-faia Festival in Bagà

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Setting

Outdoors

Organised by

Ajuntament de Bagà

Language

Catalan

Vegetal element

cephalaria leucanta (faiera grass)

What's it about

The Fia-faia festival consists of the burning of traditional torches called faies on the evening of Christmas Eve. Before the general burning, a bonfire is lit in the mountains and the fire is carried to the town by a group of fallaires in a nighttime descent, where it is shared among all the carriers. Short songs accompany the burning and, once finished, young people usually jump over the remains while a circle of dance and games forms in Bagà's covered square, with nearly two hundred torches.

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