Ordino Launches Free Electric Shuttle for Sixth Livestock Fair, May 8-10
The three-day event at Plana dels Camps features 100 animals, expanded Sunday auction with Andorran breed heifer, craft markets, family activities, and initiatives to promote local meat consumption.
Key Points
- Ordino launches free electric shuttle for Livestock Fair May 8-10 at Plana dels Camps.
- Features 100 animals, expanded Sunday auction with Andorran heifer, craft markets, family activities.
- Promotes local meat via auction proceeds funding gastronomic initiatives.
- Blends agricultural traditions, professional auctions, and sustainable mobility.
Ordino parish will launch a free electric shuttle bus for its sixth Livestock Fair, scheduled for May 8-10 at the Plana dels Camps parking area, to connect the village centre with the main venue and encourage sustainable mobility.
The event celebrates the parish's agricultural traditions, featuring around 100 animals across nine sections for sheep, cattle, and horses. A major highlight is the expanded Sunday auction, which adds a brown Andorran breed heifer to the usual two cows targeted at restaurateurs, alongside the national contest and auction of brown breed males on Saturday.
Ordino's menor conseller, Eduard Betriu, and tourism, revitalisation, and sports councillor, Jordi Serracanta presented the programme on Monday. They emphasised the fair's rising popularity, its blend of professional livestock activities and family entertainment, and its role in boosting the local economy and national farming sector.
The three-day lineup starts Friday with guided tours for school groups to explore the livestock displays. Saturday opens at 10am with an official ceremony, sheep-shearing demonstrations, the 11am national brown breed males auction, cultural performances by Esbart Es Fadrins de Vielha at noon, and an awards ceremony. The village centre hosts a 10am-8pm market with 26 stalls selling artisanal and local foods, craft demonstrations—including wool work, sculpture, metal jewellery, and dry-stone walling—plus family activities like archery, pony rides, and an evening concert by The Scarlett Brotherhood.
Sunday kicks off with a public breakfast from 8.30am, a 10am trout-cooking contest, a traditional parade led by buner Albert Adellach at 11.30am, the expanded auction, and a show by Esbart Valls del Nord. A photo exhibition on Andorran transhumance by Natàlia Montané will run all weekend, with prints displayed along the pedestrian route between sites.
Betriu highlighted support for local products, noting that 10% of proceeds from the brown cow auction will fund non-profit initiatives to promote Andorran meat consumption. These may cover gastronomic events, such as last year's at Port d'Envalira, council projects, or school canteen programmes.
Serracanta described the fair as a vibrant mix of heritage and forward-thinking efforts to strengthen community bonds, environmental responsibility, and Andorra's rural identity.
Original Sources
This article was aggregated from the following Catalan-language sources:
- Bon Dia•
Per primer cop, la Fira del Bestiar d'Ordino subhastarà una vedella
- Altaveu•
La Fira del Bestiar d'Ordino estrenarà un bus llançadora elèctric
- El Periòdic•
La Fira del Bestiar d’Ordino arriba amb novetats destacades com la subhasta d’una vedella de raça bruna
- Diari d'Andorra•
La Fira del Bestiar d’Ordino sumarà una vedella a la subhasta i estrenarà un bus llançadora elèctric
- La Veu Lliure•
Ordino estrenarà un bus llançadora elèctric a la Fira del Bestiar per millorar la mobilitat dels visitants