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Performance of the “Chain dance of Bercinjana” in Yécora (2016). Author: Emilio Xabier Dueñas.
The representation of the Cross, as an important element of the Passion of Jesus Christ, is very present in the field of the Christian religion, and its traditional symbology (the protective sign of communities, living family units, persons, animals, or possessions) is embodied in the pious sizes of places of worship, in the head-beds, or above the beds of eternal rest. It is painted on doors and windows, made or composed of several species of plants, or made, in an emblematic manner, as a remarkable gesture of Christianity.
Good Friday procession. Zeanuri (Bizkaia), 1920. Felipe Manterola Collection. Labayru Fundazioa Photographic Archive.
Two feasts dedicated to the Holy Cross mark the most intense period of agricultural work in the traditional calendar. On May 3, the Finding of the Holy Cross, blessed hazel crosses were planted in the newly cultivated fields for protection. Crop harvest began five months later, on September 14, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and preparations were undertaken for grape harvest. From Holy Cross to Holy Cross, “De Santa Cruz a Santa Cruz” as shepherds in Álava would say, was the more appropriate season to pasture the flock in the mountain. That is the time of the year with longer and warmer days. (more…)
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