A long-standing rural tradition in which the forces of good and evil confront each other in a symbolic battle, during which the thirst for justice stirs up public rage.
Every Tuesday during carnival week, in the little village of
Lantz, the legendarily evil bandit
Miel Otxin is imprisoned and sentenced to death by fire. The three-metre high effigy is dressed in a patterned blouson, blue trousers and a red sash, with his arms stretched out in a cross and crowned with a colourfully embellished conical cap.
Various other characters accompany him on the procession:
Ziripot, a roly-poly, good natured chap made from sacks full of bracken and hay who can barely stay upright;
Zaldiko, a wild horse which charges him until he falls to the ground; meanwhile, the
Arotzak carrying hammers and pincers, runs behind El Zaldiko to try to shoe him, and finally the
Txatxos, enveloped in animal skins and armed with staves and broomsticks, bellow incoherently while harassing everyone present.
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