olot – garrotxa
The Festival of Del Tura in September is the Festa Major of Olot in honor of the city’s patron saint. They are among the oldest and most important traditional festivals in Catalonia and have been on the list of the Department de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya since 1997 as “Fest D’Interès Nacional”. Since the middle of the 19th century, the patron saint of Olot Five days around September 8th With a lavish city festival peppered with cultural tradition.
La Mare de Déu del Tura is a Romanesque black Madonna from the 12th century. According to legend, she was discovered by an ox. He repeatedly scraped on the ground until the owner began to dig at this point, and so came across the statue. Tura is the word for ox in Old Catalan, so that the patron saint actually translates Our Lady of the Ox means.
processions and traditions
Under no circumstances missing at this city festival in honor of the Mare de Déu del Tura 4 meter high cast of giant plaster. This draws everyone’s attention and is accompanied by the Cap de Lligosques – the head of the flycatcher – and Ten animal figureswho represent their district.
people in horse costumes Gallop after drums and chapels. For 5 days, Olot is in a state of emergency and next to the Procession there are many more Traditional Catalan Actions to experience, e.g. Correfoc (fire run), the Sardanes (folk dance), the Correbou (bull run) and the Casteller’s (Human Towers). The “Turinada” is one of the highlights of the festivals. During the nocturnal parade through the old town, water is sprayed from the balconies. Water hoses and buckets are also used. drum groups whip up the mood. The crowd dances enthusiastically in the wet confetti rain. Be warned and pack change items.
