El Ball dels Salvatge is a representation dated between the fourteenth and fifteenth staged in Benabarre until early last century.
The Young Savages, was much more than a dance, was a ritual feast in which he was represented by music, dancing and drama-Turgi, an ancient-sounding fear: fear of the forces of nature, fear barbarism.
A great work of documentation, led by Benito Manuel Moliner, historian and ethnographer, the collaboration of several people linked to the town, and a great human effort, made possible in 2007 to recover and again be represented Ball dels Salvatge. It biannually in even years and is held in early August.
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The dance of the Savages was much more than a dance, it was a ritual festival in which a fear with very ancient resonances was represented with music, dance and dramaturgy: the fear of the forces of nature, the fear of barbarism. |
