Remygia Etxarren's life in the thread
Born April 11, 1853. Leone Remigia, Etxarren’s founder, was born in the district of Navarrería. After the death of her father, mother Manuela Aranguren remarried and from then on the family lived on Pellejerías Street in the current Jarauta.
We have no more news of Remigia Etxarren until July 12, 1882. On that day he served in the bullring in Pamplona with the acrobat company “Teresy y y Velázquez”. Six days later, the chronicle written in Lau-buru – in the newspaper that was published in Pamplona between 1882 and 1886 – said: “The value and security shown by Miss Agostini in the fixed bow and the cord is striking.” In fact, Mademoiselle Agostini was the artistic name of Etxarren.
On July 25, the director of Eco de Navarra, Nicanor Espoz Redin, called him “born artist” and “first-line equilibrist”, amazed that “there are Non-Locals who walk in the mast of balance and know how to dance on the rope”.
In May 1883, with the company of Manuel Carral and thousands of spectators, he crossed the Arga River and the City Council granted him 500 pesetas in exchange for his feat. The chronicle of the event was once again written by the newspaper Lau-buru: “The cantilever started; the public remained silent for a moment and, three minutes later, Agostini came with peace of mind to the other side, on a rope placed about ten meters from the ground. The equilibrist put his feet in baskets and, well tied, went through the river with great calm; it took four minutes to reach the end of the dangerous journey. After a short break, the rope returned to circulate, tied to the eyes and covered with a bag of thick cloth that covered him from the waist up. The audience applauded enthusiastically and the funambulist ended the act again crossing the river, but this time with dangerous movements and complicated postures.”
In 1884 he crossed the Plaza del Castillo and offered shows in the bullring. One of them was described by El Eco de Navarra as: “On the rope he threw rockets, tied with shell and helmet, achieving a perfect combination between the rain of funambulist fire.”
In addition to its place of birth, Etxarren travelled several towns of the Basque Country and beyond, crossing, among others, the Ibaizabal and Pisuerga rivers. On October 5, 1892, in Ondarroa, when he performed exercises on a chair, he fell from a height of fifteen meters. In 1904, except for the only performance offered in Pamplona, his career ended there.
The Navarro historian Patxi Abasolo, who has been informed in detail of the life of Etxarren, states that he lived in the Cuesta del Palacio 3.ean in recent years and that, according to other sources, he ended up in the street. But they all agree on one thing. The great Mademoiselle Agostini died in misery in 1921. On the other hand, a street in Chantrea today has its name – real –.
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