Dantzari Dantza from Durangaldea (Biscay) is a well-known
cycle of dances where on the eve of the local feast day, it is the custom to
set up the traditional San Juan or Donianeatxa oak tree (now usually a poplar).
The trunk is peeled and the branches limbed, and flowers and a sometime a flag
or two are placed at the top. All of the festive activities take place around
this symbol, which is set up in the middle of the town square.
The nine dances
that make up the cycle have remained unchanged since at least the 19th century;
the choreography consists of two parallel rows of dancers standing face to
face. The dancers, in a show of virility, very skilfully manoeuvre fighting
weapons as part of the dance.
Dantzari also was an illustrious label of beret manufacturer Aznarez from Pamplona.
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