Olentzero Oiartzunen

Mitxelena Cazabón, José María

Publication year:

2006

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISBN:

978-84-8419-055-4

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Summary

In my opinion, we should distinguish between Olentzero and Onentzaro. Onentzaro is a time, a perod. Olentzero is a character, a madman. Onentzaro is held from olden times in the whole of the Basque Country, since long before Christ. Olentzero is celebrated as a character, both in Oiartzun and in Lesaka. From the beginnings of Christianity to the present-day. Christianity started in Lesaka ; and Oiartzun you to the exploitation by the Romans of the mines in Peñas de Aya and Arditurri. The Romans were the first to bring Christianity, and the coal seller was the first to spread the news and he was considered to be mad for this reason.