The Saint John’s Eve brandon in Anla is made out of the trunk of a beech or fir tree. Villagers of all ages help to…
In Antichan, a village of some 40 inhabitants in the Barousse valley, the Saint John’s Eve Brandon is organized jointly by the village council and…
The Saint John’s Eve brandon in Aveux, a village of some 40 inhabitants, is organized by the festival committee. On some occasions it has had…
The Saint John’s Eve Brandon is a traditional festival that takes place on or around June 24. In Bagnères-de-Luchon, the Office National des Forêts chooses…
In Bertren, the brandon is split and then left to dry before being raised. Once upright, the brandon is covered with straw and branches are…
The traditional brandon is prepared by the Bramevaque festival committee, which devotes a day to debarking and splitting the trunk and inserting the wedges. The…
In Cazarilh, the Saint John’s Eve brandon is celebrated between June 15 and July 15 (often early July), which is later than most other villages.…
The brandon festival is still celebrated in Créchets, though it was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The brandon is made “in traditional…
The tree to be used as the brandon is selected from a woods nearby in April. It is then cut down and left to dry…
In Ferrère, a tree is delivered and split a month before the feast, before being covered with straw on the day of the burning. On…
The brandon is split in May in Gembrie, and on the day of the festival it is covered with straw and crowned with a bouquet…
In the village of Izaourt, the brandon is split at the beginning of June, but it is not covered with straw. Instead, branches are collected…
The brandon, a community event, is always held in Ilheu, providing the opportunity for villagers to gather together around a meal and a fire. For…
Traditionally, the brandon is cut down and dried two months before St. John’s Day. It is split three weeks before the festival, and it is…
The brandon in Loures-Barousse is organized by the festival committee. The trunk is split lengthwise and wooden wedges are driven in so the wood can…
The brandon in Mauléon-Barousse is prepared by the Barousse-Loisirs association. The festival usually takes place on the first weekend of July in order to welcome…
The brandon is organized jointly by the village council and the village school parents’ association, in connection with annual school festivities. The organizing committee sometimes…
The Saint John’s Eve brandon in Moustajon is usually organized by the Moustajon Festival Committee, which was up for reelection in 2021. For more information…
In the village of Oô, the St. John’s Eve brandon is celebrated at the same time as the village festival which is usually on the…
Brandons are traditionally held in the village of Ourde, in Barousse, but it has been not been held for the last four or five years…
The brandon is usually organized by the village council, but a festival committee may be formed to look after festivities, while the village council will…
The St John’s Eve brandon is initially ordered from a sawmill by the Saléchan council. The tree is then split with wedges and covered with…
The photographer and Pyrenean enthusiast Eugène Trutat photographed the brandon of Saint-Aventin in 1898. The original negatives on glass plate are kept in the Library…
In the Baroussais village of Sainte-Marie, a brandon is prepared using traditional techniques: the trunk is split and wooden wedges are placed in the slots…
The brandon in Saint-Mamet is organized by both the village council and the festival committee. Village employees are responsible for preparing the brandon, while the…
In the village of Salles-et-Pratviel, the Saint John’s Eve brandon is organized by the village council and the festival committee. The festivities begin with an…
Samuran, a village of 26 inhabitants, does not organize a brandon every year. But when it is does, the brandon is prepared according to the…
In the village of Sarp, the tree is split a month before St. John’s Eve, around mid-May. Originally, the tree was a linden tree, but…
The brandon in Siradan is organized by the municipal festival committee. The tree is split lengthwise, and wooden wedges are driven into the slots to…
The brandon in Sost is organized by the Sost Sports and Cultural Association. A tree is split lengthwise, and wooden wedges are driven into it.…
The brandon is organized by the Troubat festival committee. Prepared with traditional techniques, the tree is first debarked, then split, before being covered with straw…
In the Oueil valley, the festival is rotated amongst the different municipalities. The brandon, called “eth halhar” in Gascon, takes place in the villages of…
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