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6/17/01 After the image of San Miguel enters the church, the dancers form an arch for the city council members to pass through.
6/17/01 As mass begins at the parish, preparations for the procession continue out in the streets. This altar prepared on Kale Zaharra is one of the focal points of the procession.
6/17/01 The church fills for mass. San Miguel is the result of the harmonious juxtaposition of several architectural styles between the XIII and XVIII centuries.  
6/17/01 6/17/01 The streets that the procession will follow are strewn with ixak, rush stems.  In times past residents provided their own ixak for the street in front of their homes. Now the city hall pays to have the rushes distributed.

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