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May in the hope of the harvest

  • A young man with living skin must plant the first of May before dawn. They say so in northern Europe, and yes, the Calis (Cucurbita spp. ), where all kinds of dungeons are grown. The saying goes that in May they can be planted at any time, once the fear of ice has gone through the place. I would say that after the white hawthorn flourishes (Crataegus monogyna).

24 May 2022 - 10:26
Zarata mediatikoz beteriko garai nahasiotan, merkatu logiketatik urrun eta irakurleengandik gertu dagoen kazetaritza beharrezkoa dela uste baduzu, ARGIA bultzatzera animatu nahi zaitugu. Geroz eta gehiago gara, jarrai dezagun txikitik eragiten.

The first of May is a great party. In addition to being the day of the working peasants, it opens the door to the great summer of the senses. On this day the Bealtaine festivity is celebrated in the Celtic villages, especially in Ireland. It marks the beginning of the shepherds’ summer, as the livestock could be moved to the summer pastures.

This is also the case in ours. I do not think we have a special holiday like celiacs, but with 1 May the opening of the high-mountain summer grasslands is celebrated. Regression in the larger and smaller cattle, of all you can see grazing in the public pastures. According to the pastors, this first herb that was eaten at the beginning and the atmosphere of the high mountains are the best cheeses of sheep.

Includes the 15th of May, farmer's patron, sanisidro. It's because of a Mozarabic peasant named Isidro, seemingly sanctified. I had to have a special supply of water: it was the magician of water, that is, he invented where the hole had to be made to find water, the charcuterer and especially the rainy one. The latter is later the result of the cult of the peasants. Most of the rogatives that will be made in the water request for harvests are demanded. There are many hermites dedicated to what was sanctified in our country: In Aras, Burutain in Anue, Zeanuri, Garaitondo in Amorebieta, Olaz de Mutriku, Meaga in Getaria, Otadui in Oñati, Kasedan, Musakola in Arrasate, Pandozales in Balmaseda, Eltzaburu, etc. It's a long and secure time. The first one, that of Erdoizta de Errezil, located in a privileged place, is completely circular, built in 1808 under the direction of the architect andoaindarra Pedro Manuel Ugartemendia. A unique landscape, surrounded by huge white thorns (Crataegus monogyna), whose blooms will perfectly mark spring. The second part of Dicastillo, among the camps surrounding the road from Allo to Sesma, formerly abandoned and apparently the interior is used as a refuge for people and animals. What better help can the peasant saint provide a refuge for people and cattle travelling between cultivation fields?

May starts with May. May is an old habit that is preserved in a few villages. The fifths of the village cut off the ash tree or longer, straight goteron found on the mountain, remove the branches, peel it and take it to the village square. At its end a bouquet of flowers is added, etc. It's built and supported by a very concrete technique. It is a great feast in the villages in which it is celebrated. In Navarre I know him: Iturmendi, Etxarri Aranatz, Bakaiku, San Martín, Larraona, Zudaire, Murieta, Barillas, etc. This year has been especially known the month of May that the young people of Bakaiku have received at the top of Mount Arzabal. They have created a showy video and the phone has moved enthusiastically. They believe it will protect crops that will be sown in May; Bakaiku is a beech (Fagus sylvatica), but chopo (Populus nigra), wild pine (Pinus sylvestris), willow (Salix spp.) They are also used, etc.

May in cult, harvest hope, planting young people and raising down trees.


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