Rural sport festival

lf the folk festival is the prologue to the Fiesta, then the display of rural sports (which also takes place in the Plaza de los Fueros) is the epilogue, usually at midday on the 14th.

The hard work of the woodcutters is reflected in the attractive spectacle of the aizkolaris struggling to finish the job (cutting a trunk) first. The stone workers, extracting stone or building churches or houses, show their skills in the surprising strength of the arrijasotzailes (stone-lifters), ca pable of lifting the world if necessary. These are sports with close links to the land, the reflection of a rural society with its different rhythm of l¡fe. After a few intense days of emotions, risks and adventures in the Fiesta, these slower country rhythms are much appreciated.