Gauden Bat Dancers
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
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2016 July 01
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.SFF.2016, Item SFF2016_0701_Basque_Musika_eta_Dantza_Etxea_0006
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Listening copies available
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Idoia Ariceta Lopez (presenter); Joaldunak Dancers Central to ritual processions that herald the arrival of Carnaval in the Basque regions, learn more about the dress of the joaldun. These characters wear a giant cone-shaped hat, large sheep skins, and four large copper bells which makes their presence obvious both audibly and visually. Although, the origins of the character are unknown, it is closely linked to the identity and cultural heritage of the Basque.