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Fair of el Tap i el Suro

Cassà de la Selva, Gironès, Girona

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Fair of el Tap i el Suro

Activity · Cassà de la Selva, Gironès, Girona

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The Fira del Tap i el Suro is held in Cassà de la Selva, in the Gironès, two weekends after the village's main festival, in early June. It pays tribute to the cork-stopper industry which, with origins going back to 1760, when Francesc Malavida made the first stopper, turned cork into the engine of the locality's demographic and economic expansion during the 19th century. During the fair, factory visits are organised, demonstrations of traditional cork peeling led by Eloi Madrià, wine tastings, concerts and the traditional Sopar Xic-Xec, as well as children's workshops and stalls selling handcrafted cork products.

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Photo: izarbeltza from Catalunya (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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