Here you have some images of the International Stick Dance Festival:
A brief account on the international stick-dance festival of Pamplona
Although there was a not good weather, the first international stick-dance festival began in Iruñea (Pamplona) at 17.45 hours in the square of Burgos, after a parade thorough the streets of the old part of the city.
The first ones performing were those of “Duguna dantza taldea“. This group, together with “Kezka dantza taldea” of Eibar has been the organiser of this festival. They, first of all danced the “Berako makil-dantzak“, these kids preceeded to the girls stick-dance of “Gipuzkoako makila-txikiena” and finally, the boys performed the dances of Otsagabia: “Katutxa” and “Modorro”.
Next ones were the “Pauliteiros de Miranda do Douro” from Portugal. They showed us some very heavy but quick stic-dances, even they smashed some sticks!
The dancers of “Larratz dantzari taldea“, Burlada (Navarre) performed some stick-dances of the Corpus Day of the village of Oñati (Guipuscoa) and after these were the turn of “Kezka dantza taldea“, the co-organizer of this festival. Together with the txistu players of the “Usartza” band they performed the short-stick dance on the Lady of Arrate.
From Eibar to England. The Britannia Coco-nut dancers of Bacup was an special group for us due to their blackened faces, hats like turbans, Lancashire clogs and decorated with many coloured feathers. None of them were indifferent to the audience.
Going on with the festival, it was the turn for the group “Aiara dantza taldea” of Amurrio (Álava). They showed us the dances of the village of Villabuena. Next ones were the other local group “Oberena dantza taldea“, giving an exhibition on the dances of Cortes (Navarre).
“Mendianike dantza taldea“, a dance group from Ablitas, Navarre, performed two stick-dances on the Lady of Rosario.
From Navarre to Tauste, Zaragoza. The “Danzantes de Tauste” have many similarities with the stick-dances of Navarre, due to their geograhical neighbouring. The final human tower they made was very amazing.
From Zaragoza to Terrassa, Catalonia. These “Bastoners” (the typical stick-dancers of Catalonia) showed us four stic-dances of their “Ball de Bastons”.
This festival end with the performances of two groups. The first one was “El Todó. Danses guerreres de la Todolella“, from Castellón. This is an special group for us because in the XVIIth century the danzantes of Valencia were the ones who used to come to dance to Iruñea in San Fermin´s day and in the Corpus day. Thus, the final group was the one of “Danzantes de San Lorenzo“, a group which belongs to the XVIIIth century. They performed two stick-dances and one with garlands.
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Often, in folklore, we use to look for some kind of remote exotism, singularity and something different from ours. However, this time, instead of that singularity, we wanted to search for similarities. Last year, as we did in the Sword-dance festival, this year, in the stick-dance festival organised by Iruñea and Eibar we looked for some other foreign traditional dance groups. In spite of going abroad, we looked for a similarity, not for a singularity. Even though we speak a different language or we have a different ladscape or way of life, by this festival we want to demonstrate that there are lots of affinities among all the traditional stick dances. We tried to show the people from Iruñea and Eibar the links between the dancers from Antzuola, Cortes or Otsagabia and those from Miranda de Douro, Bacup, Terrasa or Todolella.
Stick-dances are one of the eldest and most expanded traditional dances all over Europe. Eight dancers with their own ornaments in head and chest, bells under knees and a stick in each hand. Hit yours sticks and dance yours legs (jo makilak, dantzatu oinak!). Years and centuries will be spent and many generations will go by, and even so stick-dances will survive alive and kicking everywhere. Be sure that in this twenty first century we will be enjoying with these stick dances for time.
Here you have a map with all the groups will be dancing in Iruñea and Eibar this weekend.
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Eibar. May the 19th, Saturday
19.30: short-stick festival in Untzaga square. Both Basque and international short-stick dance groups’ performance:
- Grupo de danzas Yona de Cortes – Navarra: Paloteado de Cortes
- Danzadores de San Asensio – Errioja: Danzas de San Asensio
- Haritz Dantzari Taldea – Elgoibar: makila txikien dantza de Gipuzkoa
- Otsagabiako dantzariak – Navarra: Danzas de Otsagabia
- Kezka dantza taldea – Eibar: Arrateko Amaren makila txikien dantza
Iruñea (Pamplona). May the 19th, Saturday
17.45: Parade through the streets of old part of town. All groups of the festival and misicians
18.30: Short-stick festival in Burgo square. Both Basque and international short-stick dancer’s performance:
- Duguna dantza taldea – Pamplona: Paloteados de Bera y Otsagabia y makila-txikiena de Gipuzkoa.
- Kezka dantza taldea – Eibar: Makila txikiena de Arrate
- Oberena – Pamplona: Paloteado de Cortes
- Bastoners de Terrassa – Cataluña: Ball de bastons
- Aiara dantza taldea – Amurrio: Paloteados de Villabuena
- Larratz dantza taldea – Burlada: Oñatiko Korpus dantzak
- Pauliteiros de Miranda do Douro – Portugal
- Mendianike dantza taldea – Ablitas: Dance de Ablitas.
- The Britannia Coco-nut Dancers of Bacup – Inglaterra.
- Danzantes de Tauste – Zaragoza: Dance de Tauste
- Asoc. “El Todó-Danses Guerreres de la Todolella” – Todolella, Castellón
- Danzantes de San Lorenzo – Pamplona: Danzas de San Lorenzo
21.30: Dinner at the Aranzadi sport centre.
EIBAR. May the 20th, Sunday
12.00p.m. Parade from Urkizu square to Untzaga square with all short-stick dance groups, musicians and other traditional instrument players with and accordionists from Eibar, and from Jainaga’s school of accordion.
12.30p.m. Short-stick festival at Untzaga square. Performance with Basque and foreign dance groups:
- Kezka dantza taldea – Eibar: Danzas de carnavales de Abaltzisketa y Lizartza.
- Grupo de danzas Yona de Cortes – Navarra: Paloteado de Cortes
- Bastoners de Terrassa – Cataluña: Ball de bastons
- Oinarin dantza taldea – Antzuola: makila txiki dantza de Antzuola
- Pauliteiros de Miranda do Douro – Portugal
- Izartxo dantza taldea – Uztaritze: Uztaritzeko kaskaroten dantza
- The Britannia Coco-nut Dancers of Bacup – Inglaterra
- Indarra dantza taldea – Gasteiz: Paloteados de Pipaón y Villabuena
- Asoc. “El Todó-Danses Guerreres de la Todolella” – Todolella, Castellón
19.00. Larrain-dantza at Untzaga square
14.30. Lunch at Untzaga square.
17.00 Dance at Untzaga square with Patxi eta Konpainia band
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