Joaldunak Procession
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 2: Basque: Innovation by Culture / 2.3: Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
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content: 2016 June 30
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2016, Item SFF2016_0630_Basque_Frontoia_0006
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Listening copies available
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content: Unai Nafarrete (presenter) This iconic ritual procession, heralding the arrival of Carnaval, has pre-Christian roots and is performed in two villages in northern Nafarroa: Ituren and Zubieta. The men, and now women, wear elaborate costumes including a conical hat made with multicolored ribbons and feathers, large sheepskins, and four copper bells, two large and two small that are tied securely to the joaldun's back. Although, the origins of the procession are unknown, it is closely linked to the identity and cultural heritage of these two villages, where everyone participates in the food, music, and revelry associated with this celebration.