The legend has it that one year there was a terrible drought. There was no harvest at all and the cattle raisers and farmers of Taüll entrusted themselves to Saint Isidre. The Saint answered their prayers and headed off to Taüll to bring them a solution. In order to endure the journey, he took with him a wineskin and a piece of cake known as "Garllà". When he got to the village, the local young men, strong and brave, did not recognize him, and they were so desperate that they took the cake from him to have something to eat.
The dance of Saint Isidre plays out this legend. The young men of the village run around the saint trying to steal him his belongings while the saint defends himself with his cane.
After stealing the cake, the young men dance in a circle. As they dance, the circle gradually becomes the base of a human tower known as the PILA. Right in the middle of Taüll’s main square, the young men form the foundations of a human tower crowned at its topmost by a single man who stands up and raises his arms saluting the four cardinal points. Finally, hanging upside down, he has his feet dance to the melody of the PILA.