On July 24, 1948 took place the 1st edition of the “Festa da Dorna” of Ribeira, a celebration declared of “Tourist Interest of Galicia” in 2005. Since its foundation, its signs of identity are imagination in the activities, participation and humor tinged by irony retranqueira, all in an apparently chaotic and carnivalesque festive flow, “the tide dorneira”. In this festive atmosphere full of “capachos” of joy, the popular culture materializes full of modernity and tradition.

Since its beginnings, the festival has sailed through history weathering storms just like the boat that gives it its name. The dorna, boat, is said to be “very seaworthy”; “A Dorna”, the party, “é a máis rachada”, they sing in its hymn. The festival, which in its first year brought together a few dozen neighbors, is today a meeting and leisure point for thousands of people from all over Galicia and is increasingly known and recognized throughout Spain and beyond.