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This Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd the first edition of Brindadeira will be held, oral improvisation festival in the parish of Ferreiros, A Pobra do Brollón.
The festival is promoted by the municipal government to recover the tradition of ‘brindo’, a genre of sung oral improvisation typical of the lands of A Pobra do Brollón.
With this objective, since January a series of toasting workshops has been held by Sara Marchena, Alba María, Lorena Medela and Nuria Penas, all members of the Erre que Erre collective.
In Brindadeira they will give a toast demonstration together with some students from the workshops, in what will be the central moment of the festival on Saturday from 8:00 p.m.
In addition to toasting, the public will be able to listen to Uxue Alberdi and Miren Amuriza, the greatest representatives of the current generation of improvisers verse, with live translation by Danele Sarriugarte. There will also be a regueifa demonstration by the legendary The Caruncho and the Herbóns.
After the improvisational shows, concerts will begin by artists who draw on improvisation and the sung word. First, Aldaolado and then High Paw together with The Rabelo. Saturday's activity will end with a performance of Um sincero pinchacumbias.
A very complete program around oral tradition
The toast begins on Saturday 22 at 1:00 p.m. with the ‘vermú consonni’ at the Casa da Cultura ‘Olga Novo’, this being the only activity located in the capital of A Pobra do Brollón. This event will present the independent publishing house consonni, based in Bilbao but with roots in the parish of Saa in Guimaras. The event will feature a performative part by musician Lois Prado, accompanying several texts from the publishing house and washed down with vermouth.
The program will continue in Ferreiros at 5:00 p.m. with workshops for children and adults with toasts. To participate, you must register by calling 650624828 (preferably by WhatsApp).
At 6:00 p.m. there will be a round table on orality, tradition and feminism led by the bertsolaris and writers Uxue Alberdi and Miren Amuriza. This activity will give way to the already mentioned improvisation shows and concerts.
Sunday of screenplays and novels
The program for Sunday 23rd of Brindadeira begins at 11:00 with a walk through the village of Ferreiros led by the residents, followed by a musical vermouth session. The vermouth will feature a dozen local and nearby artists performing traditional music collected in Ferreiros, as well as a session of Guimarães romances based on stories from the oral tradition of the entire territory of A Pobra do Brollón.
The Brindadeira festival is financed through the Territorio Cultura subsidy, managed by the Xunta de Galicia through Agadic, under the protection of the European Recovery and Resilience Mechanism of the Next Generation Funds.
