Festival of a Empanada de Palmeira Activity · Ribeira, Barbanza, A Coruña Image of Ribeira, not of the place itself. In the seafaring parish of Palmeira the empanada is kneaded with maize flour, as is characteristic in this comarca, and each year a festival makes it the star of a popular open-air meal. Photo: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga) (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Ribeira