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Edition 2025 Finished Free Street Performance Heritage History

Festival of the Bear of Prats-de-Mollo

Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste — Pyrénées-Orientales (66) • 16 Feb 2025
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Festival of the Bear of Prats-de-Mollo
Edition
2025

Edition 2025 — Finished

Edition 2025 — Festival of the Bear of Prats

2025 edition of the Festa de l'Os in Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste. Four bears chased through the streets of the fortified town, capture and shaving in the public square.

Festival of the Bear 2025

The Festa de l'Os of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste was held on February 16, 2025. The four bears were released into the medieval alleys of the fortified town, chasing spectators and blackening the faces of young women before being captured and shaved in the village square.

Highlights

  • Four bears in the streets of the fortified town
  • Chases and face-blackening
  • Capture and shaving ceremony
  • Tradition inscribed on UNESCO since 2022

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Published by Valentin Contard, festival listings writer. Reviewed, corrected and approved by Christophe Contard, editor-in-chief. .