Saffron, introduced by the Arabs, became an essential spice in Hispanic cuisine and a key product in Mediterranean trade. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, a unique trade route was established: while other spices travelled from East to West, Spanish saffron was exported in the opposite direction to India, China, Japan and America. Its production requires an immense effort—up to 200,000 flowers per kilo—a meticulous task that brought the aroma of La Mancha to the whole world. Today, the century-old companies of Novelda continue to lead this global trade. The David Beltrá Collection allows us to visually explore this history, showing the brands, families and journeys that made the Saffron Route possible.

ETNOPOBLES is a local museum fair that aims to showcase the cultural activities of these museums to the citizens of Valencia, and by extension, the cultural activities and events characteristic of each municipality.

On the one hand, there are stands corresponding to each of the museums (22 stands) where each museum offers information about its activities.  On the other hand, the FAIR will feature a rich programme of activities proposed by each museum/municipality. The FAIR will include workshops, presentations, conferences, exhibitions, cooking demonstrations, wine tastings, etc., with a total of 30 activities throughout the week.

The FAIR is aimed at families on Saturday and Sunday. On Friday 19 September, schools from the Carme neighbourhood and children from the Carme Neighbourhood Fallas Association are expected to attend.

PARTICIPANTS:

20 museums in the province of València: 

• Museu Internacional de Titelles, Albaida
• Museu del Palmito-MUPA, Aldaia
• Museu Valencià de la Festa, Algemesí
• Museu de l'horta, Almàssera
• Museo Etnológico, Alpuente
• EtnoMUMA, Alzira
• Ecomuseo, Aras de los Olmos
• Ecomuseo, Bicorp
• Centro de Interpretación del Torico, Chiva
• Museu de la Pilota, el Genovés
• Museu Històric-Etnològic, la Font de la Figuera
• Museu de la Casa del Pou, la Llosa de Ranes
• Museu del Tèxtil de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ontinyent
• Museu de la Rajoleria, Paiporta
• Museu de Cassoleria Àngel Domínguez, Potries
• Museu de l’Aigua Molí Nou, Quartell
• Museo Municipal, Requena 
• Museu Comarcal de l’Horta Sud Josep Ferrís March, Torrent
• Museo Municipal, Utiel
• Colección Museográfica de Yátova. 

GUEST MUSEUMS

1 museum in the province of Castellón:

• Museu de la Pedra en Sec, Vilafranca

1 museum in the province of Alicante: 

• Museu Valencià del Paper, Banyeres de Mariola

EL SECULÒRUM I LA SECULERA. Contes i acudits llicenciosos valencians de tradició oral.

A work dedicated to the Valencian narrative folklore that is linked to the expression of sex. Its main objective is to highlight the value of a subgenre that, although it still has a certain validity in the oral tradition, in the Valencian context, unlike in other territories, has not been compiled and studied in a monographic way until now.

It supposes a contribution to the Valencian rondallística, offering, on the one hand, an anthology of a hundred stories and songs compiled from the oral tradition. It is the result of a field work carried out in different towns both in the Valencian and Castilian linguistic area. There is a sensitization to reproduce the oral materials through reliable transcriptions so that they have validity both as ethnographic documents and as testimonies of a linguistic patrimony.

On the other hand, the work offers an introductory study to understand aspects related to the stories as literary texts, such as the humoristic resources on which they are based, or referring to their context, for example, the sources and the fields in which they are disseminated. Likewise, the study proposes a classification of the materials according to the index of rondallistic types The Types of International Folktales.

The author will be accompanied by:

• Joan Seguí, director of L'ETNO
• Núria Sendra, from Edicions del Bullent.

EL SECULÒRUM I LA SECULERA. Contes i acudits llicenciosos valencians de tradició oral.

A work dedicated to the Valencian narrative folklore that is linked to the expression of sex. Its main objective is to highlight the value of a subgenre that, although it still has a certain validity in the oral tradition, in the Valencian context, unlike in other territories, has not been compiled and studied in a monographic way until now.

It supposes a contribution to the Valencian rondallística, offering, on the one hand, an anthology of a hundred stories and songs compiled from the oral tradition. It is the result of a field work carried out in different towns both in the Valencian and Castilian linguistic area. There is a sensitization to reproduce the oral materials through reliable transcriptions so that they have validity both as ethnographic documents and as testimonies of a linguistic patrimony.

On the other hand, the work offers an introductory study to understand aspects related to the stories as literary texts, such as the humoristic resources on which they are based, or referring to their context, for example, the sources and the fields in which they are disseminated. Likewise, the study proposes a classification of the materials according to the index of rondallistic types The Types of International Folktales.

The author will be accompanied by:

• Joan Seguí, director of L'ETNO
• Núria Sendra, from Edicions del Bullent.
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In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to "set the world on a path of sustainability and resilience". The proposed goals are based on three pillars: economic growth, social development and environmental protection, as established at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002.

Culture, however, "a source of meaning and energy, of creativity and innovation, and a resource for responding to challenges and finding appropriate solutions", as defined by UNESCO in 2013 in its Hangzhou Declaration: placing culture at the heart of sustainable development policies, has not been considered a necessary pillar. This absence of culture in the SDGs has been criticized by different institutions as shown by the #culture2030goal campaign.

Thus, these days have a dual purpose. On the one hand, to show and demonstrate the need to incorporate culture in the goals and targets on sustainability. And, on the other hand, to highlight the role of museums and heritage infrastructures in promoting and boosting sustainability and cultural vitality in the territory.

Treasures with history is a programme that the Valencian Public Television À Punt has been broadcasting successfully for the last three seasons. It deals with the objects that people keep as precious material, as an emotional treasure full of experiences and memories. It is a well-known fact that objects have the capacity to establish emotional connections with people, and the complexity of this relationship is the subject of Treasures with history. L'ETNO now brings you closer to this universe of objects that from history, ethnology or art have built part of our memory as a people over the last 200 years. 

Produced in collaboration with the Valencian Institute of Culture, Treasures with History 2 is an exhibition organised by L'ETNO to show the public the more than one hundred treasures selected for the programme.

Conferència: Subjectes diversos. Investigació antropològica i Diversitat Funcional 

Subjectes diversos és una invitació a repensar la pròpia categoria de subjecte antropològic mitjançant una conversa a tres de les antropòlogues Raquel Sánchez Padilla, Ángela Calero Valverde i Teresa Vicente Rabanaque que formen part del grup d'investigació "DIVERSITATS. Antropologia i Diversitat Funcional". La idea és recordar i reviure les aventures i desventures que les tres investigadores han experimentat al llarg dels anys investigant la Diversitat Funcional com a categoria social.

Les tres investigadores formen part de l'equip multidisciplinari Diversitats. Antropologia i Diversitat Funcional, que té com a objectiu principal estudiar la diversitat funcional com a categoria social, que naix després d'una trajectòria de col·laboració en diversos projectes i contractes d'investigació relacionats amb l'accessibilitat, l'oci inclusiu i la diversitat funcional.

En col·laboració amb AVA (Associació Valenciana d'Antropologia).

It is a well-known fact that women have always told stories. They have been the ones who have preserved the living memory of the oral tradition the most and the best. They have been the ones who have most and best preserved the living memory of the oral tradition. And they have done so in the domestic sphere, accompanying the tasks of caring for, feeding and entertaining their loved ones, with the spoken and sung word, recreating the word-caress, or the word that provokes curiosity and restlessness. 

They have also done so, outside the home, by conversing or encouraging collective agricultural and livestock tasks. There were many propitious moments throughout the day to allow the living word to be spoken, together with the gaze that crosses centuries and plunges into distant lands. It was so common for women to tell stories that the expression "old wives' tales" was coined. 

But women have not limited themselves to telling stories in the intimacy of the home or in the workplace. They have been and are the undisputed protagonists of the survival and revitalisation of the spoken word in all areas of life. Thanks to them, this art, this treasure, this craft of storytelling remains alive. 

From AL CALIU DE LES PARAULES we will pay special attention to the role that women have played in the creation of tales and stories. We will do so with Marina Sanfilippo, an expert in artistic and popular orality, and with Victoria Gullón, Nuria Urrioz and Emma López, three great storytellers who in this eighth edition will accompany us to enjoy stories, romances and songs in the heat of the bonfires, and of course, of words, the living memory of the oral tradition. And they have done so on the domestic stage, accompanying the tasks of caring for, feeding and entertaining their loved ones, with the word told and sung, recreating the word-caress, or the word that provokes curiosity and restlessness. 

They have also done so, outside the home, by conversing or encouraging collective agricultural and livestock tasks. There were many propitious moments throughout the day to allow the living word to be spoken, together with the gaze that crosses centuries and plunges into distant lands. It was so common for women to tell stories that the expression "old wives' tales" was coined. 

But women have not limited themselves to telling stories in the intimacy of the home or in the workplace. They have been and are the undisputed protagonists of the survival and revitalisation of the spoken word in all areas of life. Thanks to them, this art, this treasure, this craft of storytelling remains alive. 

PROGRAMME

Saturday, 3rd February

19.30 h. "Women, stories and other wonders". 

Talk-colloquium with Marina Sanfilippo, coordinator of the Permanent Seminar on Literature and Women at the Faculty of Philology of the UNED and member of the Chair of European Intangible Cultural Heritage (University of Valladolid).

21.00 h. Dinner of "sobaquillo" 

Dinner at three bonfires with riddles and toasts. 
"sobaquillo" means that participants should bring their own supper and the organisation will provide the snacks and drinks. 

22.00 h. "Palabrasas" (Words)

Simultaneous storytelling at three bonfires. 

23.30 h. Farewell 

Joint celebration with dancing and singing.

Storytellers:

Victoria Gullón (romances), Nuria Urrioz and Emma López.

Idea, project and coordination:

Vicente Cortés -Vividor del cuento.