Traditional Rice Festivals
La Ràpita
Harvest on 19 September · Planting on 6 June
The festival here
The festival in la Ràpita
La Ràpita opens the season in June with the planting and returns in September for the harvest. It is the municipality that celebrates both days of the cycle.
The festival combines work in the paddy with the town's seafaring tradition.
In pictures
Harvest in la Ràpita
The crews head down to the field and the work is done by hand, as before machinery. Anyone who wants can join them.