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This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/aralleida.cat\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;bg_color&#8221; bg_color_value=&#8221;#3c3c3b&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1605797650815{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1605797593358{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;image&#8221; parallax_style=&#8221;vcpb-default&#8221; bg_image_new=&#8221;id^133497|url^https:\/\/aralleida.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/portada-val-daran.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^portada-val-daran|description^null&#8221; bg_image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;bg_color&#8221; bg_color_value=&#8221;#ededed&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;bg_color&#8221; bg_color_value=&#8221;#ededed&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1630050828556{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text] A CULTURE WON THROUGH HISTORY A journey to the ancient Pyrenees enables visitors to suddenly discover a new world. From its lofty heights, the Val d&#8217;Aran opens itself to visitors as something immense: a universe of green meadows and dark-stone villages that hides a history, full of tradition, of over a thousand years. This is a land rich in culture inherited from the historic families of the valley. Everything that visitors see and touch here is the fruit of many generations.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629975809590{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629975819882{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;6\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text] The journey This is a valley with its own language. Visitors are sometimes confused when they hear the local people speaking Aran\u00e8s (Aranese), as it is a language that they can sometimes partially understand but then cannot. The local people mix words from neighbouring languages, in a similar way to that in which they have long crossed paths of the Pyrenees. Aranese is the Occitan language of the Val d&#8217;Aran; it has Romanic roots and it is a variant of Gascon. The inhabitants of this corner of Occitania, guard it like a precious treasure. \u00a0 The Val d&#8217;Aran invites visitors to enjoy a generous calendar of aplecs (gatherings). At its festes (festivals), the most important thing for local people is to meet and party with friends and family. They all speak the same language and know that they stand united as the people of Aran. At the Aplec de Montgarri, which is held at the beginning of July, people remember how Aran used to reopen its mountain pass and connection to the neighbouring regions at the end of winter. This passion for what is local is also evident at night and expressed through a series of beliefs which, in some local houses, have been carefully conserved over time and are almost like a modern religion. The valley offers itself to the spirits of the night and to Nature on the night of Sant Joan (St John), at the Crema der Haro (Burning of the Trunk) of Les. Here, a great fir trunk is burned in the village square; this is part of a ritual through which the local inhabitants pay homage to Nature. Observing the burning of the Haro and the halhes (which are torches made from the bark of the cherry tree), it is evident that there is no better way to celebrate the arrival of another summer. On the same night, the era crema deth taro (the burning of the log) takes place at Arties. This is another night of fire, music and emotions, which pays homage to the livestock farmers and people of the village who have worked and conserved this land. It is their hard work, much of it carried out by hand, which has also given produced a gastronomy that makes people sit at the table and grip their cutlery in expectation. The Olla Aranesa (Aranese hotpot) is a dish that seems to bring together all that is best about the local territory. People eat it knowing that every spoonful will give them the renewed strength that they need to live in the heart of the Pyrenees. Veal, pork, chicken, oxtail, carrots, chickpeas, rice, sausage&#8230; all come to this valley, from the meadow to the farmyard, and from the kitchen to the plate. \u00a0[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;6\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1635325683541{margin-bottom: 14px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;] Not to be missed [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1630054455050{margin-top: 4px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;9\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629982630107{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1635325701069{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 3px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ededed !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;impresc&#8221;]Aplec de Montgarri (Gathering of Montgarri), on 2nd July.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629982622928{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;133443&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1634742450608{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;foto-patr&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629982614640{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;9\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629982630107{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1635325715058{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 3px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ededed !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;impresc&#8221;]Era Crema der Haro (Burning of the Trunk) of Les, on the night of 23rd June.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629982622928{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;133436&#8243; 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el_class=&#8221;impresc&#8221;]Era Crema deth Taro (Burning of the Log) of Arties, on the night of 23rd June.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629982622928{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;133429&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1634742312023{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;foto-patr&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629982614640{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;9\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629982630107{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1635325749203{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 3px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;background-color: #ededed !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;impresc&#8221;]Gastronomy.\u00a0 Olla Aranesa (Aranese hotpot).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1629982622928{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;133473&#8243; 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