Ihabar Spain Carnival in Ihabar. by Elsa A Bravo / SOPA Images
Ihabar Spain Carnival in Ihabar.
Moxorrak, Hartza, Aitezarko, Landarra with her Ninia and other characters from a rural past once again became owners and lords in this council of Arakil, a maskarada that ended with the burning of Aitezarko.
Moxorroak, young people dressed in white pajamas, face covered, and colored hats carry a broom where they wet it and hit anyone who is not disguised.
Hartza, a character who is dressed as a bear, hartza in Basque means bear, carries a chain and is carried by a moxorroak, catches the people of the parade as they walk through the streets of the town.
Landarra, a male character who is disguised as a woman, with his face covered, and carries in his arms a wooden log that they call “ninia”, cries inconsolably because the moxorroaks throw it to the ground.
Aitezarko, a rag doll who was a bandit, is taken among the moxorroaks and beaten with brooms, making him part of the carnival today in Ihabar, Araquil Valley, Navarra, Spain.
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