Un ollo de vidro. Memorias dun esquelete
Since 2023, Galiza Cultura has been celebrating Samaín through Castelao’s work Un ollo de vidro. Memorias dun esquelete (Ed. Céltiga, 1922). The skeleton protagonist recounts his memories and adventures beyond death, reflecting on the world of the living. On November 3rd at 8:00 p.m., the Teatro Principal will host the performance, featuring members of the Coral de Solfa de Santiago and the Agrupación Cultural O Galo, directed by Lucho Penabade. Through this perspective, the audience can laugh, reflect, and recognize themes such as peasant struggles, emigration, local power politics, and the defense of the Galician language, which remain relevant today. Free entry until full capacity.
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Un ollo de vidro. Memorias dun esquelete
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Festivals
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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 14 its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance.
On the afternoon of February 15, 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.
