This year Olentzero has gone without bans
Pamplona. After years of prohibitions and complicated situations, this year Olentzero (also called Olentzero, Onentzero, Onontzero, Orentzaro, Orantzaro…) has travelled the streets of Pamplona and for the first time has been received by the City Council, on the occasion of the change of municipal government of the elections last May. Members of the Friends of Olentzero association were pleased and added that “our Olentzero is not the Basque Bizarzuri. We're not promoting that idea, we're promoting the idea of popular mythology. Olentzero is the winter solstice, announcing that light comes.” In the photo, the parade for the Iturrama neighborhood of Pamplona/Iruña has been made in a peculiar way.
I don't want my daughter disguising herself as a Gypsy in the caldereros. I don’t want Gypsy children at my daughter’s school to dress up as Gypsies in caldereros. Because being a gypsy is not a disguise. Because being a gypsy is not a party that takes place once a year, with... [+]
Zerbait egin beharra izan liteke aurtengo Argia Sarietan garaikurra jaso berri dutenen oinarria. Zapalkuntzaren, bazterkeriaren, ahanzturaren aurrean antolatzearen erabakia hartu izana. Edo ilunetik argia ateratzea, zirrikituak bilatzea eta komunitateari eskaintzea. Balio... [+]
The road goes by steps, and I learned a little while ago that it seems to have already begun. But people also want to learn to fill that sentence with content. Alone we could achieve little, maybe even resignation as soon as we started. Gathering huge crowds can also complicate... [+]
Ez zuen egoki jokatu, neurriak hartu behar ziren, bestela, ez dugu ikasten. Itxuraz, ez zen ohartzen egindakoaren inpaktuaz, normal jarraitzen zuen, batzuetan, ingurukoek baino itxura zoriontsuagoz. Gainera, altuegi hitz egiten du, hori ez zaio inori gustatzen. Darabiltzan... [+]