Spain · Leather craft; Bookbinding; Navarrese heritage
Guarnicionería y Marroquinería de Pamplona
The leather working tradition of Pamplona — encompassing both the guarnicionería (harness and equestrian leather work for the San Fermín bullfighting and equestrian tradition) and the encuadernación navarra (Navarrese bookbinding, which developed a specific geometric mudéjar-influenced decorative vocabulary for ecclesiastical and legal books). Pamplona leather work is distinct from Madrid guarnicionería (CRAFT-1023) in its emphasis on the San Fermín running of the bulls leather equipment (the morral — the traditional Pamplona pouch; the faja roja — the red sash; the pañuelo rojo — the red kerchief; all with leather elements) and from Barcelona bookbinding (CRAFT-1003) in its Navarrese mudéjar tooling vocabulary.
Risk level: Vulnerable · San Fermín festival UNESCO ICH candidacy (2016 ongoing); leather equipment is part of the tradition
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