Gazte Olinpiadak

Hernani's groups of friends take to the streets to play against each other: eleven events, from February to June, from the parade to the treasure hunt.

At the Gazte Olinpiadak the town's groups of friends compete in teams, over several months, in events set up in the streets and squares. First held in 1988, they returned in 2026 after an eight-year break.

Between 28 February and 13 June I covered eleven events, from the parade to the treasure hunt: roller skates, human table football, the sheep event… More than sport, it is a web of relationships, an excuse for the groups to get to know each other. There is no stopwatch here: the picture is in the gestures, the tumbles and the celebrations, and sometimes I look down on them from above, to see the pattern the groups make.

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