O porco de pé | Producións Teatrais Excéntricas
The pig, the totemic animal of stews and carnivals, takes over theatres to demonstrate its superiority over human beings. The one presented by Excéntricas is a barrack theatre, the one that fascinated and frightened us in equal parts in our childhood. A dark street lamp, a sawdust floor, a red curtain and, suddenly, the pig appears in an elegant tightrope walker's pose to stand on his feet, to pretend to be a human being with such grace that it is impossible to distinguish him.
Producións Teatrais Excéntricas invents, to reinvent this portrait of us, a theatre of phenomena full of barrack monsters.
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O porco de pé | Producións Teatrais Excéntricas
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Festivals
The “Xenerais da Ulla” is the most outstanding feature of the Ulla region’s traditional Carnival. It has been held in the surroundings of Santiago since the first half of the 19th century: the “Xenerais” (generals) ride on horseback, dressed in colourful military garments similar to those of that time, but they also include purely carnivalesque adornments, which the horses also wear.
The natural region of a Ulla features an original rural carnival, whose record goes back to the mid-19th century.
The parish of Angrois in Santiago de Compostela celebrates its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance.
The parish of Aríns in Santiago de Compostela celebrates on february 18 its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance..
On the afternoon of February 19, the parish of O Eixo in Santiago de Compostela celebrates its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance, which involves a stagin where different characters take part.
Within the Entroido programme of the Conxo neighbourhood, an atranque of the Xenerais da Ulla will be held.
