- "What place will nonbinary people have in relation to traditional dance?" The Maruxak group wanted to take up the question and open up a way of thinking through the Folklore travesti project.
The Maruxak group belongs to the Pamplona district of Mendillorri and its members perform drag and Basque dance. From these two hobbies, these actions were quite limited at the time of the pandemic, so they used to make various publications on social networks that combine dance and Basque draga. They disseminate information about Basque dances and raise questions, question discrimination and highly internalized stereotypes.
On the one hand, they wanted to show the folkloric richness of the Basque Country. For this purpose they have chosen various dances or festivals of the Basque Country: San Juan Kantaita de Urdiain (Navarra), Maskaradas (Zuberoa), Dantzari dantza (Bizkaia), Bolant-dantzak (Nafarroa Beherea and Navarra), Korpus dantzak de Oñati (Gipuzkoa), Kaskarotak (Lapurdi), Brief explanations have been published on rites and dances (context, historical data, characters, costumes, promoters...) and some brushes have been presented about the evolution of each party in relation to the participation of women or gender and the current panorama.
On the other hand, they have published photographs that mix the imaginary of drags and Basque dances. Along with the explanations of each dance appear Maruxak members dressed in the clothing of the respective dances, but with a drag touch.
They highlight the marked binarism in folklore and traditional dance. Faced with this, they wanted to break or play with this rigid distinction by combining the garments used in the Basque dances with the draga. In the last edition they have also highlighted the advances that have been made in recent years, referring to dances or garments that have been created without distinction of gender.
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