12 Jan Culture, Music and Equality in Made in Rural 9
The ninth edition of Made in Rural has already selected the projects that will be developed in 2026. Three very different proposals, but with one thing in common: they are born from the village, for the village, with a strong desire to build community.
🎶 This Is How the Moncayo Sounds (Alcalá de Moncayo)
What does a village sound like? In Alcalá de Moncayo, the answer is clear: auroras, paloteado and shared memory.
Led by the Tintineo Association, this project aims to recover and share the municipality’s musical heritage, focusing on the auroras—traditional folk songs at risk of disappearing—and the paloteado, a traditional form of dance and popular theatre.
The initiative will begin with a research phase and continue with an intergenerational workshop, where young people and older residents will work together to transcribe lyrics, melodies and traditional texts. The outcome will be twofold: the publication of a songbook and an urban artistic intervention, consisting of ceramic plaques installed throughout the village streets, featuring fragments of these songs that form part of the community’s identity.
👩‍🌾 Escuita, muller (Panticosa)
“Escuita, muller” (Listen, woman) is a project that places rural women and their essential role in community life at its core. Promoted by three women from Panticosa, it arises from a clear need: to build support networks, share experiences and recognise women as agents of change and guardians of the territory.
With an intergenerational approach, the project will develop awareness-raising and reflection workshops that encourage meeting, dialogue and collective responsibility, moving towards fairer and more equal communities. The process will culminate in the creation of a participatory documentary, built from the stories, experiences and knowledge of local women, giving voice and visibility to stories that are often left untold.
🔥 Santantonada (Peñarroya de Tastavins)
Tradition, culture and youth come together in Santantonada, a project that looks to the past in order to continue building the future. The San Antonio Abad festival in Peñarroya de Tastavins has centuries of history, with dances and popular performances documented as far back as the 16th and 17th centuries.
In recent years, a group of young people from the village has promoted the revival of this tradition through the creation of a new festive event: the barraca, a large communal bonfire around which a theatrical performance recreates episodes from the life of the saint. This project focuses on improving and completing the costumes of the main characters, with the aim of enhancing the staging and ensuring the continuity and quality of the celebration in the future.
In addition to these proposals, 100% funded by the Made in Rural programme, we will also support and partially fund two other projects focused on the recovery and transmission of intangible cultural heritage: “La Veu de las pedres” in Cretas (Matarraña region) and “Airegaz” in Azuara (Campo de Belchite). These two initiatives will also receive financial support from the OMEZYMA and ADECOBEL Development Centres.
In the coming weeks, Made in Rural will be sharing updates on the first steps of these projects and how, through youth and community participation, they are helping to revitalise rural areas and highlight their value.
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