Records

Records

Irulegi Irratia

II-111a

  • Recording date: 1998-02-09
  • Owner: Euskarabidea-mediateka
  • Informant: Angel Aintziburu
  • Researcher:
  • Main theme: Dance of Luzaide/Valcarlos. Contraband.
  • View allowed: Free
  • Publication allowed: Limited
  • Sound quality: Good
Town Dialects Maps
Piece Length Temas Sumario
A01 00:00:00
00:05:00		 lifestyle, school (00.45") Introduction, introduction to Ángel. He has always lived there and he liked the traditions and the sports.He was at school from between the age of five and twelve years. There he learnt Spanish and French. He liked going to school very much. They would go to school, to catechism and to play pelota. They would do the house chores before going to school and in the evenings. Some 1,200 people lived in Valcarlos in 1925. Then the war came and many things were lost.
A02 00:05:00
00:10:18		 improviser of verse He has known Xalbador, Xanpun, Zubikoa Alkat, Esponda y Mixel as good minstrels, although he never knew Larramendi, he does know songs of his. His father used to sing by the fireside at night and that is how he learnt some. About some songs of love (from Xalbador), of war (from Bordel).
A03 00:10:18
00:11:47		 improvised verse Verse. Written by Bordel and sung by Erramun Martikorena
A04 00:11:47
00:16:25		 dance Of the best five dancers in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, three of them were from Valcarlos. An anecdote about Kantero.He has always continued to dance in Valcarlos.The first dance in fiestas in Valcarlos was "Dantza Luze". At that time all the young people danced. He learnt from his friends.The group of dancers from Valcarlos have visited many places. In 1925 they went to Pamplona and there are songs about that.
A05 00:16:25
00:18:27		 anecdote For playing the accordion the priest refused to give them communion.
A06 00:18:27
00:21:35		 anecdote, carnival: They used to go out asking for the “zorro” (fox). They used to collect the eggs from house to house when they went out to ask for things. They still go out to ask for something and then they have a dinner.Anecdote: the response they gave to the priest when he told them that they should also sing in church.The "maskak" used to go out with the face covered or dressed in an ugly way.
A07 00:21:35
00:26:20		 dance: The "Bolant Dantza" has been danced many times and in many places. Normally it was danced in the square. What he likes best has always been any kind of carousing.
A08 00:26:20
00:42:07		 carlist war, smuggling They lived from agriculture and livestock. Then the commercial business started on the frontier and this put a lot of business in their way.The frontier was created in 1530. And as this was set up with any questions asked, that made the people from there start to smuggle, with the motley collection of merchandize of that time. They would go to the place where it was cheapest. After the war it was mostly traffic from France into Spain. All kinds of things: traditional footwear, cloth, chocolate, sugar, flour...The period of the Carlist wars. The treatment they received. They did not suffer from that. They did not have to leave the villages.For them the smuggling has been beneficial. Clashes with the Civil guard. Anecdote.Nowadays there is not the same movement. Now drugs are passed through. Instead of catching the local people they stop those from outside.
A09 00:42:07
00:46:56		 improvised verse Verse. Written by Bordel.Farewells.
Pista Hear file Length
II-111a-A 46:56