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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