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The Pyrenades Festival takes root in Val d' Aran
From 24th to 31st March, the festival returns to Salardú (Val d’ Aran) to propose a Holy Week in the pure Pyrenean style, with a varied programme of activities for all audiences.
Anyone who wants to experience a Holy Week in which nature, knowledge, mountain cinema, music, discovery, reflection, heritage and outdoor activities are all part of Pyrenades’ proposal. For eight years now, the PyrenMuseu del Refugi Rosta (Salardú, Val d’ Aran) has organised this festival that brings Pyrenees to all audiences.
With a programme that combines the elements of Pyrenees -sports practice and scientific and humanistic exploration of the Pyrenees-, Pyrenades reinterprets its legacy today and makes it alive.
Conferences, excursions, children’s workshops, cinema and mountain music
This year, the inaugural session of March 24th will be given by Eduardo Martínez de Pisón, winner of the National Environmental Prize, with the lecture “Praise of the Pyrenees”, a journey through literature and painting in the Pyrenees. On Sunday 25th will be the turn of Òscar Cadiach, Pyrenean, mountaineer and Himalayan, who will present his book “Els 14 vuit-mils” and narrate his experiences.
Then, during the 8th Pyrenades Mountain Film Festival, you will be able to enjoy the film directed by Cadiach himself “Més enllà del Kumbhakarma”, which tells the story of the first Sherpa who achieved the 14 summits of 8,000 meters.
As usual, every night a selection of the best films will be shown at the Torelló International Mountain Film Festival. In addition, before the cinema you can discover the 360º experience of virtual reality with the Real 3D – VR Experience, emotions that will not leave the audience indifferent.
LAND ENHANCEMENT
The national parks of the church will be highlighted with the talk that will take place on Monday 26 under the title “Parc Nacional d’ Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici. Related to this theme, the documentary “Ordesa y Monte Perdido: un siglo como Parque Nacional” will be screened on Saturday 24th.
On Tuesday 27th, Marta Bretó, a professional photographer, will give lectures on how to search for light in the dark, revealing the secrets of night photography and offering a workshop to put them into practice.
Mountain medicine will also have its place with Dr. Miquel Rodríguez, a specialist in the matter who will explain on Thursday 29th, among other questions, how effective emergency action can be decisive in many cases.
PROMOTION OF ARANESE CULTURE
Towards the end of a week in which children’s workshops, walks and excursions will also be the protagonists, Aranese culture will be highlighted with the debate (El aranés, who has his language has his identity) on Friday 30th and the closing concert of the festival on Saturday 31st, where the Aranese artists Alidé Sans and Paul Courtinal will present their new album “Henerècla”.
The will of Pyrenades is to dynamize Salardú and the municipality of Naut Aran with a quality proposal that has the sponsorship of Naut Aran City Council, the support of the Conselh Generau d’ Aran and the collaboration of many entities.
Download here the brochure with all the 2018 Pyrenades Programming
The advendure saison starts in the Val d'Aran
On Wednesday 14 March, a new season of Adventure Sports is launched in Val d’ Aran, just before the start of the Easter holidays. The activities will begin with the first rafting descent with Deportur, with a group of schoolchildren walking.
In this period, snow activities: cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, are combined with rafting, hiking, adventure park Naturaran and cultural visits. The season is extended until the bridge of Pilar, October 14, which means 7 months of operation of the different facilities.
Deportur and Camins, the companies that start the season, have all their services ready for this date and for the Easter holidays, which will start on March 24th.
Exhibition "Vestir era Mòda"
The fashion of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries arrived in the Val d’Aran with the help of the Lleida and Aran Network of Land Museums, with “Vestir Era Mòda”. This is a travelling exhibition that includes some sixty pieces of clothing from the province of Lleida. The wardrobe of the population shows the social and economic change that took place in Europe at that time.
In Vestir era Mòda you can see everything from everyday clothes to elegant or ceremonial dresses, as well as accessories such as shoes, hats, parasols and handbags. These garments have survived to the present day thanks to the families who have saved them as precious assets, who have passed from generation to generation and who have finally ceded them for their conservation and diffusion to the territorial museums.
The exhibition is complemented by clothing, photographs and portraits from private collections in the Val d’Aran. It is worth mentioning a rich baptismal costume from the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries made of three pieces (dress, cloak and cap) from the recently restored collection of the Val d’Aran Museum.
The travelling exhibition, which arrives at its final destination in the Val d’Aran, can be visited from 16 March to 5 May 2018, from Monday to Saturday from 5 pm to 8 pm in Sant Joan d’Arties. Admission is free of charge.
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"Retrats" exhibition in B*MAI Restaurant & ART
B*MAI Restaurant & ART hosts, since 6th March, the exhibition of paintings “Retrats”, a mixed technique on wood and canvas by Sònia Ramon Pinyol, a multifaceted artist from Sort, Pallars Sobirà (Lleida).
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“My portraits are always part of a vital process, moments of life in which I see myself reflected. Often the support I choose is recycled wood that already has a history printed on each of its veins. Painting offers him a second life. In my work, painting and music often go hand in hand, for this reason each one of them is accompanied by a song (code QR), which specifies the meaning”.
OPENING: Wednesday 6 March at 18:00h with Aperitif B*MAI
Duration EXPO: from 6 March to 8 April
Expo schedule: from 8 to 12 and 18 to 24h
More information: baqueiramente@gmail.com
Val d'Aran Walking Festival, hiking in an incomparable environment
The Val d’ Aran Walking Festival will take place from 2nd to 8th July.
The event consists of 6 days of guided excursions with 16 hiking activities of different routes, slopes and duration, to offer each hiker the one that best suits his or her wishes. To this end, a range of packages has been designed that include all the services and activities of the Festival. In addition, those who do not have the whole week, also have the option of attending the Festival for 4 days or the weekend.
In the heart of the Pyrenees, the Val d’ Aran has about 300 km of marked hiking trails. The Val d’ Aran Walking Festival joins other Festivals that are held in other areas of the Pyrenees, Spain and Europe, in order to publicise their itineraries, cultural heritage and all the complementary services, which make this valley a paradise to enjoy hiking.
Program
There will be two types of excursions in the program:
- Full day excursions, with a route of more than 10km, with unevennesses between 600 and 800m, and a duration of 4,30h to 6h. In some of them the ascent to some summit is made (easy). Picnic required.
- Half-day excursions, scheduled in the morning and afternoon. With a path of less than 10km, and gentle slopes between 200 and 500m. They will last from 2,30h to 3,30h.
Download the brochure of the Val d’Aran Walking Festival with all the information about tours, packages and registrations.
More information: festival@camins.net
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The most genuine ski arrives with Telemark&Skimo 2018
From 7 to 11 March, Telemark&Skimo 2018 returns to Val d’ Aran. The ski resort of Baqueira Beret will host this event that includes a varied program of activities such as exhibition and material testing, talks, courses, guided tours, among others.
Within the extensive programme, the event includes a practical course on safety and avalanches given by Jordi Gavaldà, head of the Centre de Predicción de Lauegi deth Conselh Generau d’ Aran. Also, this edition will once again feature the presence of mountaineer Oscar Cadiach among the guides, who will share his mountain experiences.
In addition, Telemark&Skimo 2018 will feature Telemark group classes, guided tours, cross-country skiing outings, gastronomic encounters and video projections. On Saturday 10, the Telemark and Friends dinner will be held at the Salardú Sports Centre, for all participants. A barbecue will end the event on Sunday the 11th.
From the Telemark&Friends website you can register for the different events of the program.
TELEMARK, A MAJOR CHALLENGE
The Telemark is a ski technique born in 1825 by Sondre Norheim, considered the father of modern skiing. The most remarkable feature of this technique is that the heel is not fixed to the board, being necessary to kneel on the skis when making turns. The telemark provides greater freedom of movement than conventional mountain skiing and, due to its complexity, a greater challenge.
We leave you with the previous video edition:
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“Expansión Cromática. La Naturaleza Intervenida”
Interactive art in Baqueira Beret
The Forum Square of Baqueira 1,500, will host from tomorrow the video installation “Expansión Cromática. La Naturaleza Intervenida”, by the Argentinean artist Laura Larocca, resident of the Val d’ Aran.
The exhibition opens on 22 February at 19h. Organized by B*MAI Restaurant & Art, it projects intervened images of the Val d’ Aran ecosystem on mountains built with reused materials. In this scenario, overlays, transparencies and cuts will be created. The public may participate free of charge.
Starting from an objective reality of a natural chromatic, the artist designs intervention strategies, with the intention of basically playing with colours; to achieve, through the journey, a stimulated motivation that provides the spectator with emotions, aimed at merging with the work, achieving a chromatic unity that encourages awareness of its origin and immediate reality in the environment.
“Expansión Cromática. La Naturaleza Intervenida”is sponsored by the Naut Aran City Council in collaboration with the Conselh Generau d’ Aran. The video installation will be accompanied by a small exhibition of the artist’s paintings and watercolours, with her interpretation of the local flora and fauna.
Laura Larocca’s work is composed of natural abstractions in painting, photography and installations. His works have won awards at the Salerno Biennial of Contemporary Art, and he exhibited in Argentina, Italy and Spain. He currently lives and works in Vielha.
To know more about his work or contact him visit his website www.laroccalaura.com
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Caviar month in the Val d'Aran
From 5 to 25 March, dishes prepared with Caviar Nacarii from the Val d’Aran can be tasted in different restaurants
During Caviar Month, this gastronomic gem of the Pyrenees will join the tables of fifteen renowned Aranese restaurants. De Pitona, Era Mòla, Eth Triton, Roc’n’Cris, Wellbourne, Era Coquèla,Es Arraïtzes, La Trastienda, Liat.Hotel Tuc Blanc, Pinchos e tapes Baqueira 1500, Borda Benjamin, Del Gel al Foc, El Molí, Eth Bistro y Pirineu Gourmet.
Caviar and sturgeon cooked in all their forms will be present in their menus. From appetizing entrees to more forceful dishes lSweet desserts that incorporate this prized product will not be lacking either.
alternative activities
Culinary experiences can be accompanied by other activities. Among them it is proposed a visit to the factory of Les to know the history and process of elaboration, to taste caviar in the shop of the center of Vielha or to submerge in the waters of the thermal baths Barony of Les and to know the treatments elaborated with caviar of the Val D’Aran.
The month of caviar is organized by the Conselh Generau d’Aran, with the collaboration of Caviar Nacarii and the Grèmi d’Ostalaria dera Val d’Aran.
AUTHENTIC AND FRESH FLAVOuR
Nacarii Aranian caviar, which has been recognized by chefs and gastronomes for its authentic taste, freshness, purity and transparency, is included in the Guarantee Val d’Aran brand. From the cold, pure and crystalline waters of the thawing of the Garona, the Nacarii caviar, is made in a traditional way and with traditional methods in the fish farm located in the town of Les.
Download the Program of the Mes del Caviar en la Val d’Aran 2018.
España directo in the Caviar Nacarii fihs farm.
