Qualla: Cala Benirrás https://qualla.com/cala-benirras en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:39:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/c/n/cala-benirras-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Cala Benirrás https://qualla.com/cala-benirras Cala Benirrás: Introduction https://qualla.com/cala-benirras/ Photo credit Josep a.k.a xamonich, CC BY-SA 2.0. On a Sunday in August 1991, people came to this cove to drum against a war, and in a sense they never left. Cala Benirras is a small beach on the northern coast of Ibiza, cupped between densely pine-forested cliffs in the municipality of Sant Joan de Labritja. Its mix of pebbles and sand, its crystal-clear water, and its sheltered bay would make it lovely enough on their own. But Benirras is famous for something you hear before you see it: the drums that still gather here at sunset, decades after the first beat.

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]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/c/n/cala-benirras-wp/sncn-cala-benirr-s-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Cala Benirrás: The Cove Beneath the Pines https://qualla.com/cala-benirras/ Photo credit David Sim from London, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0. Benirras sits well off the island's crowded southern strips, reached through woodland on the wilder northern seaboard. Pine-clad cliffs rise steeply on either side, sheltering a bay whose clear water makes the cove a favorite for snorkeling, though swimmers are warned to watch fo...

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]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/c/n/cala-benirras-wp/sncn-cala-benirr-s-the-cove-beneath-the-pines.mp3 0:06 2 full Cala Benirrás: The Rock That Won't Be Named https://qualla.com/cala-benirras/ Photo credit Wessel, CC BY 2.0. Offshore, in the middle of the bay, a distinctive rock rises from the water: Cap Bernat. Its silhouette refuses to settle into one thing. Islanders and visitors have described it, variously, as a woman kneeling at prayer, a giant baby, and the Sphinx of Egypt, each viewer finding...

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]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/c/n/cala-benirras-wp/sncn-cala-benirr-s-the-rock-that-wont-be-named.mp3 0:06 3 full Cala Benirrás: The Day of the Drums https://qualla.com/cala-benirras/ Photo credit Cordula Schott from Mainz, Germany, CC BY 2.0. The drumming has a specific origin. On Sunday, 18 August 1991, a gathering of anti-war activists, hippies, and other sympathizers assembled on the beach at Benirras to protest the first Gulf War in Iraq. The event became known as the Day of the Drums, and it did not end when the ...

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]]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/n/c/n/cala-benirras-wp/sncn-cala-benirr-s-the-day-of-the-drums.mp3 0:06 4 full Cala Benirrás: A Ritual That Refused to End https://qualla.com/cala-benirras/ Photo credit David Boyle (David Boyle in DC), CC BY-SA 2.0. The ban did not silence the drums. A devoted collective of drummers kept turning up, and the Sunday-sunset ritual quietly reestablished itself as the cove's signature, so that today people still come from around the world to drum the sun down over the water. As the light drops be...

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