Foguero

What is

The bonfire of Sant Antoni (and Sant Sebastià): pile of firewood that is lit the day before in streets and squares. Around it you eat, you dance and you gloss.

How is

• Pile of firewood and branches; embers are left to roast.
• Sa Pobla: the firewood for the parish and Town Hall foguerons is brought from the Son Llebre property.
• The foguerons of sa Pobla have been exported: there are foguerons of sa Pobla in Gràcia (Barcelona).

How is fa

• Firewood collection and pruning; assembly in the street the day before; lit after the caparrots dance (sa Pobla) or in front of the Rectory (Manacor).

Com s'usa

• Dinner around: torrades (grilled meat) and spinagades; xibomba and glosses.

Vocabulary

• fogueró: bonfire of Sant Antoni.
• torrada: roasted.
• llenya: firewood.

History

• The fire festivals are the most important of the Mallorcan winter (Consell Assessor).

On veure'n

• January 16 in almost all of Mallorca; January 19 in Palma.

Why is it design

• Ephemeral architecture: it is built, lived in for one night and disappears.
• Heated square: the fire turns the street into a dining room.

For the project

• Photograph the construction of foguerons (stacking typologies).

Sources

• caib.es/eboibfront/pdf/es/2015/32/909662
• barcelona.cat/culturapopular/en/festivals-and-traditions/festival-characters-and

Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.

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