Tradition and technology: the case of Girona’s Tarlà Authors Daniel Trias Jordi Torrent Miquel Teixidor Jaume-Albert Cruset DOI: 10.2436/20.2004.01.67 Keywords: tradition, Girona, Arduino, mechanical engineering, mechatronics. Abstract The city of Girona celebrates its Spring Festival at the end of April. The festival’s most iconic character is Tarlà, an articulated figure suspended from a metal rod by its hands, performing pirouettes. Tarlà commemorates a figure who, according to legend, entertained the neighbours on Carrer Argenteria during a lockdown caused by a plague epidemic. This tradition was at risk when the apartment with the balcony from which Tarlà was spun became private property. In this article we give an overview of the technological efforts made to preserve this tradition, ensuring that young and old may continue to enjoy a celebration that dates back to the early 19th century. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Català) How to Cite Trias, D., Torrent, J., Teixidor, M., & Cruset, J.-A. (2025). Tradition and technology: the case of Girona’s Tarlà. Revista De Tecnologia, (13), 38–46. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/RTEC/article/view/155758 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue No. 13 (2025) Section Articles License The intellectual property of articles belongs to the respective authors. On submitting articles for publication to the journal Revista de Tecnologia, authors accept the following terms: Authors assign to Societat Catalana de Tecnologia (a subsidiary of Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, communication to the public and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Revista de Tecnologia. Authors answer to Societat Catalana de Tecnologia for the authorship and originality of submitted articles. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles. Societat Catalana de Tecnologia declines all liability for the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors. The contents published in the journal, unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, are subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd) 3.0 Spain licence, the complete text of which may be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Consequently, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate the work, provided that its authorship and the body publishing it are acknowledged, and that no commercial use and no derivative works are made of it. The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of the published articles.
