{"id":12363,"date":"2025-11-21T21:43:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T21:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/?p=12363"},"modified":"2026-10-04T07:43:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:43:01","slug":"tamborrada-san-sebastian-espagne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/spain\/basque-country\/tamborrada-san-sebastian-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamborrada, Saint-S\u00e9bastien, Espagne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tamborrada is a major annual festival held in the city of San Sebasti\u00e1n (Donostia), located in the Basque Country of northern Spain. Celebrated on 20 January, the day honors Saint Sebastian, the city\u2019s patron saint, and is known for its continuous drumming processions, elaborate uniforms, and lively public participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tamborrada is one of the most emblematic cultural celebrations in San Sebasti\u00e1n. Over a 24-hour period, the entire city is filled with the rhythms of drums and barrels, performed by thousands of participants dressed in traditional costumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tradition dates back to the 19th century, when townspeople waiting at the fountains drummed on their water barrels to mock the soldiers marching through the walled city. Most of the music, including the March of San Sebasti\u00e1n, was composed by Raimundo Sarriegui in the second half of the 19th century, and the drummers have worn Napoleonic-era uniforms since the 1880s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Date et dur\u00e9e<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival takes place every year on 20 January, a public holiday in San Sebasti\u00e1n. It begins at midnight on the night of 19 to 20 January in Constitution Square (Plaza de la Constituci\u00f3n) and lasts exactly 24 hours, until midnight at the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Localisation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tamborrada is celebrated throughout the city of San Sebasti\u00e1n, but the main events occur in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vieille ville (Parte Vieja)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>La place de la Constitution, lieu central des c\u00e9r\u00e9monies d&#039;ouverture et de cl\u00f4ture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chaque quartier organisait ses propres groupes de tambours et d\u00e9fil\u00e9s locaux.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Le festival se d\u00e9roule dans toute la ville, et des groupes de percussionnistes d\u00e9filent dans de nombreuses rues et places.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activit\u00e9s principales<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raising of the Flag &#8211; At midnight, the mayor raises the city flag in Constitution Square while the drummers of the Gaztelubide gastronomic society, who have opened the festival since 1934, play the March of San Sebasti\u00e1n. This marks the official start of the festival.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drum Companies (Tamborradas) &#8211; Throughout the day, dozens of drum companies composed of adults parade through the city. Performers typically wear two types of costumes:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Des soldats, inspir\u00e9s des uniformes militaires du XIXe si\u00e8cle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joueurs de tonneau d\u00e9guis\u00e9s en cuisiniers et porteuses d'eau (aguadoras), en souvenir des habitants aux anciennes fontaines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Children\u2019s Tamborrada &#8211; Around midday, about 5,000 schoolchildren march through the city center in the Tamborrada Infantil, held since 1927 and now the largest parade of the day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">C\u00e9r\u00e9monie de cl\u00f4ture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival ends at midnight in a packed Constitution Square, where the tamborrada of the Uni\u00f3n Artesana society, the oldest in the city, plays as the flag is lowered; at the same moment, flags are lowered across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Co\u00fbt et accessibilit\u00e9<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La participation aux manifestations et d\u00e9fil\u00e9s de rue est enti\u00e8rement gratuite. Toutes les c\u00e9r\u00e9monies publiques, y compris la lev\u00e9e et la descente des couleurs, sont ouvertes \u00e0 tous. Aucun billet n&#039;est requis pour assister aux festivit\u00e9s officielles en plein air.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La f\u00eate des tambours de Saint-S\u00e9bastien, 24 heures le 20 janvier : des milliers de tambours d\u00e9guis\u00e9s en soldats et en cuisiniers d\u00e9filent dans la ville de minuit \u00e0 minuit.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1054,387,961],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basque-country","category-events","category-spain"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12363"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16838,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12363\/revisions\/16838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}