Abstract ID: 3.12367 | Accepted as Talk | Talk/Oral | TBA | TBA

On December 26th, we started a project called “Reputsecer”, that means “recovering” in the local language, with the aim of bringing to life past traditions and knowledge that is almost lost. The project is also based on a local tradition, “calechos”, that were the daily moments when neighbours gathered (usually at the kitchen) when there was no television or radio. These kind of spontaneous meetings around the fire played a key role in preserving stories, legends and traditional music until they started being written or recorded a few decades ago. So we started organising calechos about a central topic (in this case, past festivities, as December 26th was the winter festivity in Villablino), and invited people to share memories, in order to compile all this data and use it to make this festivities a big local day again. Future calechos will be organised about different topics (stories about civil war, traditions related to the mountains or ancient recipes), a way of involving people and make them feel part of the Biosphere Reserve, as they actually are.