Durro

Between two and three weeks before Sant Quirc’s Day, the villagers of Durro, particularly the young people, collect wood to prepare the falles, made out of pine and straight hazel branches, and for the beacon, which is erected in an area known as el gran Pinar. The falles are prepared in a marquee at the entrance to the village, where the dance is also held. The characteristic Ribagorçana falla is made from pieces of wood that are attached with wire to a hazelnut or ash pole. At about ten o’clock at night, the youngest fallaires light their falles with the help of their parents, and enter the square, followed by older children. At eleven o’clock, the adults light their falles at two or three bonfires near the Chapel of Sant Quirc (1,493 m.), and when they arrive in the village, they begin to run to the center, where they make a large bonfire of the falles. The party ends with a dancing which lasts almost until sunrise the following day.

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To find out more
Riart, O. i Jordà, S. (2016). Les falles del Pirineu. L’Alta Ribagorça i el Pallars Sobirà. Lleida: Pagès editors.
Farré Sahún, X.; Ricart, S. (2016) Foc al faro. La fiesta de las fallas en el Pirineo. Zaragoza: Prames

Photos and videos

Vall de Boí Village hall. Durro Falles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGVYRi7SoKs&ab_channel=ValldeBo%C3%AD%28canaloficial%29

Falles in Durro, 2015. Photograph: Rafael-López-Monné (Boí Valley Village hall)

Falles in Durro, 2015. Photograph: Rafael-López-Monné (Boí Valley Village hall)