Val d'Ayas

Antagnod

Lo Pan Ner

A celebration for a symbolic food of the mountain community

By: Comune di Ayas

Lo Pan Ner - pala pane e forno

Our grandparents taught us to respect food as a result of man's efforts in cultivation and processing, in fact the gesture of placing bread upside down on the table was considered a lack of respect for food. This was due to bread-making which, unlike nowadays, was not done daily but a few times a year!

In Valle d'Aosta, bread has been the main food in the local cuisine for centuries, so much so that the cultivation of cereals, rye and wheat characterised the landscape.
Rye bread, a symbol of life in times gone by, was indispensable and fundamental for feeding families and involved a whole year of toil between growing the cereal and making the bread itself.

Each village had its own bakery that baked bread for the entire population, once or (more rarely) twice a year. The moment of baking was a time of gathering, celebration and sociability. The Ayas area has several ovens, the most important and imposing of which is that of Lignod, dating back to the 19th century.

Black bread plays a fundamental role in the history of cuisine and food in the past and has become a symbol of the culture and tradition of our valleys. This tradition is particularly heartfelt in Valle d'Ayas where every October 'Lo Pan Ner', a cross-border celebration of black bread, is held, a custom of conviviality and aggregation in the name of a centuries-old tradition.

 

Lo pan ner - passaggio generazionale

Lo pan ner - passaggio generazionale

Lo pan ner - pubblico davanti al forno

Lo pan ner - pubblico davanti al forno

Lo pan ner - le fasi della panificazione

Lo pan ner - le fasi della panificazione

Lo pan ner - la meraviglia del pane

Lo pan ner - la meraviglia del pane

Lo pan ner - la cottura

Lo pan ner - la cottura

LO PAN NER - Feast of October 26th 2024

Community ovens in the villages of some 50 municipalities in Valle d'Aosta will light up to bake the traditional black bread.

On October 26th the oven in Lignod, a village in Ayas, will be lit.


PROGRAM:

10:30 a.m. - Opening of the Lignod mill and preparation of bread.

Projection of films by Francesco Biàsia and comments by Rita Visendaz on life in the past in Ayas

11:00 a.m. - dancing by the folk group Li Tsoquè d'Ayas

12:00 - baking of pan ner

Followed by lunch with polenta du veladjo.

 

 

For further information, please contact:

TOURIST OFFICE

Route Varasc, 16

11020 AYAS (AO)

Telephone:

(+39) 0125.307113

E-mail:

valdayas@turismo.vda.it

 

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