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JUNE 27-JULY 1; JULY 4-8,2018 LOG SHEET # 2

SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET

LOGGER NAME: Rutey Gomez
RECORDER 1 NAME: Atener 1 FILE NAME: 480.wav
RECORDER 2 NAME: Atener 2 FILE NAME: 0069.wav
PRESENTER: [[strikethrough]] Guni [[/strikethrough]] Guillermo Soler DATE/TIME: 7/4 1:00pm
PROGRAM: Catalonia STAGE: Atener Exchange 
GROUP NAME: Fallaires d'Isil and Diables de Igualada
SESSION TITLE: Fire Traditions Diables & Falles
[[2 columned table]]
| PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |
| Santiago Carbonell Siles | Diables d'Igualada |
| Marc Balleste | Fallaires de Isil |
| Guillem Esteban | Fallaires de Isil |
| Joan Joseph Romero Ramon | Diables d'Igualada |
Fallaires de Isil - Torch makers from Isil in the Pyrenees
- 1000 years old tradition
- summer or solstice
Diablos of Igualada celebrates culture of Igualada fire runs - torches & fireworks mDe Anola River
- Origins of fire celebration lost to history and what is known is from oral histories passed down
- Fire celebration done around summer solstice (St. John's Day) 
- procession of torches ending in lighting of large fire and dancing around fires
Some groups only perform on certain patron saint days other groups perform throughout year
- Diables group formed in 1500s
Any connection to blacksmith trade of creating objects in fire?
- Diables use firecrackers and not actual fires