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Oņati - The day before Korpus

6/16/01 After an early morning performance in the plaza dancers, musicians, and helpers from the younger Oņatz groups set out to conduct their yearly urban visits dancing through town and collecting donations.
6/16/01 From this stop the bell tower of San Miguel parish can be seen.  The young helpers wait to take the makilak or sticks from the dancers and hand them arkuak or arches.
6/16/01 At an early stop in the Zumeltegi area the dancers perform makil dantza while other group members ring doorbells and collect money.
6/16/01 The same cycle of dances from Corpus Christi is performed over and over at different locations throughout Oņati all morning and then again in the afternoon. This requires a great deal of stamina.  The next day the cycle is repeated twice for the Korpus celebration.

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