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The Olentzero's song

16 December 2008

Pamplona/Iruña. 24/12/2007. Photo: Xabier Martinez Alava.

The most popular song about the basque coalman has this words. [...]

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INNOVATE IN TRADITION

15 December 2008

Olentzero Iruña. 24/12/2004. Photo: Javier Bergasa.

Tradition is, by definition, something that is moving because everything that is passed on, moves, changes when shifting from hand to hand. [...]

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EDITORIAL OLENTZEROAK

03 January 2008

Olentzero Baiona. 22/12/2007. Photo: Xabier Martinez Alava.

Thursday, 03rd of January, 2008

Nobody proposes to go back to the old times on the 24th December carrying along old photos, nor anybody pretend returning to using candles, charcoal to warm up, to dressing in furs or to hunting to feed ourselves…. [...]

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Una hipótesis (tonta) sobre el origen de la tradición de Olentzero

21 December 2007

Olentzero Lesaka. 24/12/2006. Photo: R. Eneterreaga.

A Andoni Santamaría Ilundain, Iruñako Olentzeroren aita. Goian bego. Bihotz bihotzez.

¿Cuándo y cómo, en qué momento y de qué forma surgió la figura de Olentzero y arraigó en la tradición y en la mentalidad popular vasca? [...]

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