Each occasion have their own bell ringing tunes: weddings, deaths, call to mass, warnings of danger, each religious holiday... And the holiday bell tunes can change from town to town. This knowledge is passed down from generation to generation through hands-on practice.
In 2024, UNESCO included manual bell ringing in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
In this video, you can see a bell ringer from Andorra ringing the bells of the festa major (the town's patron saint holiday).
Video: Facu Santana on Instagram.















