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Ganixak: awakening from a long 80-year slumber

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Posted on 2024-03-08 in

Ganixak. Heraitze, Uztaritze; 2024. Source: Lorentxa Saragueta.

Innovation could be said to have come tradition at the Hartzaro festival in Uztaritze. The local residents have chosen carnival time to hold the annual festival for the last 28 years. Even though the Pyrenean bear did not hibernate last winter, the festival has celebrated its awakening in fine style.

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Carnival dances of Gipuzkoa

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Posted on 2023-02-24 in
Inude eta Artzainak Donostian. Iturria: Donostia Kultura.

Inude eta Artzainak in Donostia. Source: Donostia Kultura.

Just as dance is at the heart of many celebrations, it also plays a leading role in the carnivals of Gipuzkoa. Although these lines are an approximation of the carnival dances of Gipuzkoa, it must be remembered that dances do not exist in a vacuum and are therefore inevitably intertwined with other elements of the carnival. For example, dancers may wear costumes, or dancing may take place while alms collecting.
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