SAN JUAN ÁRA

St. John's Day is celebrated on June 24 (often as early as June 23). Big asados and traditional dishes(mbeju, butifarra, ryguazu ka'e, batiburrillo, chipa so'o...) are prepared. It's also a time for spectacular games around the fire. The pelota tatá is a balloon wrapped in a rag soaked in flaming gasoline, which is thrown at each other in the middle of the crowd! The tatá ári jehasa is even more impressive: you walk barefoot over embers for several meters. Most participants emerge unburned - a question of faith, no doubt!