Ball del Sant Crist de Salomó
dance saint christ salomó catalan ball parlat del sant crist de salomó salomó catalan medieval theater spectacle declared traditional festival national interest may generalitat de catalunya ball del sant crist combine theater dance light belongs genre spoken dance long tradition region camp de tarragona stage legendary event preserved popular tradition day originally ball parlat del sant crist de salomó performed outdoors street spectacle since guidance institut del teatre de barcelona performed church performance take place first four sunday may noon seat numbered sant crist de salomó center indissoluble amalgam story blend legend history permeating history town artistic associative cultural reality today often one thing lead another nin lineage chapel ball del sant crist cal cadernal much historical event cannot explained outside context link chain legend tell merchant josep nin one oldest member nin lineage salomó rescued image crucified christ muslim merchant algiers held since time immemorial josep nin decided go buy load wheat maghreb due famine affecting region caused series poor harvest due drought upon discovering crucifix josep made rescue top priority achieved great effort brought salomó given miracle wonder capable working declared patron saint protector town acquisition result miracle mahomet algerian merchant refused part image agreed sell exchange weight silver scale balanced thirty coin counted believing victim fraud alleging witchcraft mahomet refused fulfill deal led josep nin resort justice sultan ruled favor overcoming one final desperate attempt mahomet retain crucifix josep nin boarded along wheat undertake journey back salomó completed single day disembarked altafulla immediately transported church salomó thus born halo prodigious image capable working unlikely miracle salomó became important center devotion attraction pilgrim came mainly region penedès camp de tarragona especially coastal town religious fervor awakened image reflected numerous pilgrimage aimed venerating image ball del sant crist mixture legendary episode historical event almost impossible distinguish fine line separate nevertheless large amount archival documentation prof existence nin lineage connection sant crist de salomó everything related miquel aymamí state josep nin made sunday july decided ask bishop barcelona permission install family pantheon near sant crist promised perpetually feed oil lamp oil crop although document burned rest parish record subsequent documentation prof fulfillment clause confirms veracity joan de nin ordered buried pantheon ancestor located parish church salomó yet sale nins patrimony fontanilles ordered writing let buyer know addition said census tithe tax charge must make lamp burn perpetually day night front image holy christ chapel built constructed parish church said town salamó well way late joan de nin ancestor burned oil whether obligation devotion otherwise existence provisional chapel church salomó dedicated sant crist also irrefutable according document diocesan archive barcelona date second half th century crist de salomó became nerve center intense activity projected various field chaplaincy established confraternity sant crist de salomó whose statute approved bishop barcelona founded probably initiative confraternity great deal literary artistic activity took place popular tradition translated first composition song honor sant crist first printed copy date midth century high demand necessitated many printing edition date lyric summary oral tradition therefore popular literature oral tradition legend put writing song later adapted performed dramatic work genre ball parlats spoken dance ball del sant crist de salomó written marc fuster valls around josep cardona secretary salomó made handwritten copy oldest preserved version spoken dance type street performance combine dance music choreography theatrical element dramatized text scenery plot ball del sant crist de salomó hagiographic spoken dance stage narration rescue crucifix merchant josep nin narrator introduced story actor reenacted scene performance closed devil speech purpose collect fund audience performance began midth century intermittent less decade without fixed regularity th century information performance year since become annual event ball del sant crist performed incomparable setting cathedral tarragona part commemoration th anniversary metropolitan see performance outside salomó centuryold history text spectacle medieval origin undergone various versification handwritten printed catalan also spanish described initial structure changed year one significant change composition mossèn marçal martínez rector salomó performance based version adapted another one significantly reduced number scene maintain integrity story device introducing narrating chronicler intervened beginning play intermitted presence closed epilogue used premiere version took place part deep structural revision show urging prominent personality fabià puigserver iago pericot institut del teatre de barcelona mentioned performance became annual taking place first four sunday may stage left street moved parish church costume renewed technical resource plot modernized generalitat de catalunya granted ball del sant crist distinction traditional festival national interest recently generalitat de catalunya declared ball del sant crist heritage festival national interest summary remarkable aspect ball del sant crist salomó managed maintain tradition immemorial origin capable mobilizing hundred people quarter population becoming time component cohesion identification entire town promoting projecting externally contributing enrichment catalan culture cultural attribute make ball del sant crist focal point visitor take ancient pilgrimage full religious spirit becoming true showcase salomó abroad salomó town hall