Navarra Bell Ringers Association
Guards of Navarre
Safeguarding manual ringing of bells
BELL RINGING INVENTORY
The manual ringing of bells, a non-verbal and sound language, has functioned over the centuries as a means of communication, fulfilling a set of social functions for the community: informing, coordinating, delimiting the territory and protecting.
Spanish manual bell ringing has been part of UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2022.
TOKENS AND CLASSIFICATION
Audiovisual and sound repository with the ringing of bells in Navarra.
First of all, the different techniques will be studied:
1. Ringing.
2. Flipping (flaggers).
3. Semivolt.
A distinction will be made between civil and religious touches.
1. Civilians
2. Religious
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For each touch, the following will be recorded:
1) Touch tab.
2) Complete touch analysis.
AUDIO TESTIMONIALS
Historical recordings digitized to analyze the historical evolution of bell ringing.
AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS
New audiovisual recordings as a result of the project financed by Sustraiak of the Government of Navarra.
DOCUMENTARIES AND DISSEMINATION MATERIALS
Our bells, bell towers and bell ringers
bells tokens
Each parish church or hermitage will record in its file its history and context in which it was made. Thus, the number of bells will be included with a detailed file for each bell, including its measurements, its state of conservation, epigraphy, year of casting, ringing mechanism, traditional and current ringing, as well as proposals for improvement regarding the bronze. . The need to make small tokens on the bells is motivated by being the material good that allows us to ring. Documenting the bell is also documenting the culture and traditions of that place.
Belfry tower description sheets
Together with these sheets on the bells, an assessment of the bell tower will be included: typology, number of openings, organization of the bells in it... It is important to record the state of the bell tower, since in many cases it is the state of conservation of the bell tower or from the bell room which prevents manual ringing of the bells from being possible.
Interviews with the bell ringers
Focused interviews adapted to the reality of the localities and the bell ringers of the parishes, where many traditions that involve ringing bells are still alive, although at a critical moment. For the questionnaires, the bell inventory methodology of Francesc Llop i Bayo and Francesc Xavier Martín Noguera, and the Campaners of Valencia, has been followed. This survey addresses the following material and immaterial aspects: description of the tower, the bells and the ringing; interview with bell ringers; reception of messages and control of reception; recording of ringing on the bell tower and on the street (soundscape or sonography); compilation of descriptions and other materials. Data and records will also be incorporated regarding the soundscape or sonographies of each territory and the specific vocabulary referring to the bells and their ringing, both directly and in a figurative sense in paremias and sayings.
Asociación de Bellaneros de Navarre / Navarre Bell Ringers
FINES
- Carry out the manual ringing of bells in Navarra, maintaining those that are already carried out and promoting the recovery of those that are possible. Know and preserve the traditional ringing of the towns of Navarra and other places. Obtain the declaration of “Asset of cultural interest intangible, or intangible heritage” for manual touches in the areas where appropriate. Promote the transmission of knowledge and bell culture, especially to youth. Carry out and support activities that favor the conservation, learning or dissemination of Any knowledge related to the world of bells. Any other knowledge that is of interest to the association and that is considered appropriate by its members.
ACTIVITIES
- Find and maintain contact with associations or groups with purposes similar to ours. Learn about the bell towers and bells of Navarra. Record and/or help record in any medium the traditional ringing and knowledge of the bells. Organize and participate in ringer meetings, conferences, symposiums, etc. All those that lead to the achievement of the purposes explained in the previous point
The Asociation
bell ringers of Navarre /
The Guards of Navarre
17 Main Street
Artajona 31140Navarra
info@campanerosdenavarra.com
campanerosnavarra@gmail.com
