Tamborrada ( Spanish Tamborrada , Basque. Danborrada ) is an annual national holiday, held on January 20 on the day of St. Sebastian’s memory [1] in the city of San Sebastián , Spain [2] .
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Origin
The holiday was born in the first half of the XVIII century after the Second Carlist War. According to one of the versions of local explanations of this celebration, after the seizure of San Sebastian in 1813, Napoleon's troops marched through the city and beat on drums . According to one version, local water carriers mocked the invaders, responding by knocking on their barrels, according to another version - the inhabitants of the city attached themselves to the marching Napoleonic soldiers and parodied the French military by knocking on their drums.
Another urban legend tells of a certain baker who filled a water fountain from a city fountain during a drought. When the water in the fountain began to end, he began to sing, then the girls, who filled their jars from nearby fountains, answered him with a thud in their vessels. To the baker's joy, the water continued to flow and a crowd gathered around the singing baker, accompanying his singing with a thud of drums.
In 1861, local composer Raimundo Sarriegui wrote several marches for the folk festival “ March of San Sebastian ”, Erretreta , Tatiago , Diana and Iriyarena , which are used during the tomborrada in San Sebastian and now. During tamborrada marches are also used, written by Basque composer Serafina Barohi .
Celebration
At midnight from the 19th to the 20th of January, the mayor of the city raises the flag of San Sebastian on the Constitution Square (Konstituzio Plaza) in the Old Town. Over the next day, residents of the city are beating drums and in different parts of the city costumed processors of bakers with water barrels are held, which are used as percussion instruments. During tamborrada, costumed children's processions are also organized. The culmination of the festival is Constitution Square, when a large crowd gathers at it on the evening of January 20th. The holiday ends at midnight on January 21st.
Traditionally, only men were allowed to participate in the processions. Currently, women are allowed to march. On this day, residents of the city cook eel dishes and consume expensive wines. After lunch, residents of the city take to the streets and between the pauses of costume processions offer each other wine.
Tamborrada in San Sebastian is also characterized by the active participation of children in the processions. As a rule, each city school presents its own costumed children's procession, during which children, dressed in the clothes of Napoleonic wars, pass through the streets of the city, knocking on drums.
Notes
- ↑ Vasco, Diario . Tamborrada de San Sebastián (es-ES), agenda.diariovasco.com . The appeal date is August 28, 2018.
- ↑ Javier Ma Sada. Historia de la ciudad de San Sebastián a través de sus personajes . - Alberdania, 2002. - 448 p. - ISBN 9788495589552 .
Literature
- Sada Javier, Sada Asier, Historia de San Sebastián. Editorial Txertoa, 1995