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Summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees

Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Andorra – Spain – France, inscribed in 2015
Wikidata item: Summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees (Q21044497)
UNESCO ICH ID: RL/01073
instance of: Carnival
country: Andorra, Spain and France
country of origin: Andorra, Spain and France
subclass of: festival
indigenous to: Lescar and Laruns
intangible cultural heritage status: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (2015) and Mondes d’Occitanica, Portail occitan du PCI
described at URL: https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01073 (English)
https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/01073 (French)
https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/01073 (Spanish)
https://mondes.occitanica.eu/explorer/fete/fetes-calendaires/saint-jean/feux-solsticiaux-en-pyrenees (French)
https://mondes.occitanica.eu/oc/explorar/hesta/hestas-obituarias/sent-joan/huecs-solsticiaus-en-pireneus (Occitan)

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The summer solstice fire festivals take place in the Pyrenees each year on the same night when the sun is at its zenith. Once night falls, people from different towns and villages carry flaming torches down the mountains to light a variety of traditionally constructed beacons. The descent is a special moment for young people, signifying the transition from adolescence to adulthood. The festival is considered a time for regenerating social ties and strengthening feelings of belonging, identity and continuity with celebrations including popular folklore and communal dining. Roles are assigned to specific people. In some municipalities, the mayor is involved with lighting the first beacon. In others, a priest blesses or lights the fire. Elsewhere, the most recently married man lights the fire and leads the descent to the village. Often, young unmarried girls await the arrival of the torchbearers in the village with wine and sweet pastries. In the morning, people collect embers or ashes to protect their homes or gardens. The element has deep roots among local communities and is perpetuated thanks to a network of associations and local institutions. The most important locus of transmission is the family, where people keep the memory of this heritage alive.^[1]

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Modern Standard Arabic

Falles del Pirinéu (Asturian)

Pirinioetako Fallak (Basque)

Falles del Pirineu (Catalan)

Festivali vatre ljetnog suncostaja na Pirenejima (Croatian)

Fêtes du feu du solstice d'été dans les Pyrénées (French)

Ghanaian Pidgin English

Фестивали на огнот во летната долгодневица на Пиринеите (Macedonian)

Standard Moroccan Amazigh

Obchody święta ognia w Pirenejach (Polish)

Pontic Greek

Festas do fogo do solstício de verão nos Pirenéus (Portuguese)

Фестивали ватре летњег солстиција на Пиринејима (Serbian)

Fallas del Pirineo (Spanish)

Yaz Gündönümü Ateş Festivalleri (Turkish)

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