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Showing posts with label salt festivals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salt festivals. Show all posts
Saturday, 25 April 2015
Salt Sunday 2015 Poster
Thursday, 7 August 2014
Salt making Demonstrations at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire 10 Aug 2014
We shall be demonstrating our replica Ingoldmells ceramic salt pans at the Saltfleet Gala Day on Sunday 10 August.
We will be part of the Lincolnshire Coastal Grazing Marshes Project and Heritage Lincolnshire displays.
We will be part of the Lincolnshire Coastal Grazing Marshes Project and Heritage Lincolnshire displays.
Video made on the day - which was sadly washed out by the back end of Huricane Bertha.
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Tuesday, 17 September 2013
16th Salt Festival at L'Escala, Costa Brava, Spain
Description of the Festival of Salt at L'Escala
Held on the third weekend of September
ON THE BEACH
THE ARRIVAL OF THE SALT SHIP
Pailebot Santa Eulàlia from the Maritime Museum of Barcelona.
The Festa de la Sal was created in 1997 to commemorate the 3rd centenary of the town’s Alfolí de la Sal, the old salt storehouse where this once costly mineral arrived by boat from the salt pans of Ibiza and Torrevella before being distributed to towns inland. In homage to its origins as a fishing and salt-distributing village, the town of L’Escala relives a day in the life of the old port from over a hundred years ago.
THE NYACRES DANCE
This is a fisherman’s dance from the Bay of Roses. The dance takes place around a boat to the sound of a guitar in order to celebrate a good fishing day. The dancers follow the rhythm using castanet type “nyacres” which are made from seashells known as curculles.
THE DANCE OF THE DRAGON
This is a fisherman’s dance which was performed on the beach to herald a bountiful catch. According to Amades the dance actually comes from L’Escala. Local writer Víctor Català wrote about the dance at the beginning of the 20th century. The fact that the leading dancer carried a lighted torch in his mouth in order to burn the dragon’s tail has meant that the dance lasted as an event in the local carnival.
THE FARANDOLA
This is an open dance which has formed part of the local Carnival in L’Escala since time immemorial. Its origin is attributed to the dance performed by the sailors who accompanied Theseus when they finally left the Minotaur’s labyrinth using Ariadne’s thread. An unlimited number of dancers hold each other’s hands and make a long chain, jumping and following the turns and twists of the leading dancer. One of the most spectacular parts of the dance is the “Cargol” or snail, when the dancers come close together, without letting go of each other in an explosion of joy. The dance was prohibited during the early years of Franco’s dictatorship. Dance teacher Josep Clos managed to recover the dance steps from the last surviving witnesses and he included it as part of the Farandola dance repertory.
Youtube video of Festival in 2011 and Festival in 2012
Held on the third weekend of September
ON THE BEACH
THE ARRIVAL OF THE SALT SHIP
Pailebot Santa Eulàlia from the Maritime Museum of Barcelona.
The Festa de la Sal was created in 1997 to commemorate the 3rd centenary of the town’s Alfolí de la Sal, the old salt storehouse where this once costly mineral arrived by boat from the salt pans of Ibiza and Torrevella before being distributed to towns inland. In homage to its origins as a fishing and salt-distributing village, the town of L’Escala relives a day in the life of the old port from over a hundred years ago.
THE NYACRES DANCE
This is a fisherman’s dance from the Bay of Roses. The dance takes place around a boat to the sound of a guitar in order to celebrate a good fishing day. The dancers follow the rhythm using castanet type “nyacres” which are made from seashells known as curculles.
THE DANCE OF THE DRAGON
This is a fisherman’s dance which was performed on the beach to herald a bountiful catch. According to Amades the dance actually comes from L’Escala. Local writer Víctor Català wrote about the dance at the beginning of the 20th century. The fact that the leading dancer carried a lighted torch in his mouth in order to burn the dragon’s tail has meant that the dance lasted as an event in the local carnival.
THE FARANDOLA
This is an open dance which has formed part of the local Carnival in L’Escala since time immemorial. Its origin is attributed to the dance performed by the sailors who accompanied Theseus when they finally left the Minotaur’s labyrinth using Ariadne’s thread. An unlimited number of dancers hold each other’s hands and make a long chain, jumping and following the turns and twists of the leading dancer. One of the most spectacular parts of the dance is the “Cargol” or snail, when the dancers come close together, without letting go of each other in an explosion of joy. The dance was prohibited during the early years of Franco’s dictatorship. Dance teacher Josep Clos managed to recover the dance steps from the last surviving witnesses and he included it as part of the Farandola dance repertory.
Youtube video of Festival in 2011 and Festival in 2012
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