Irulegi Irratia
II-119b
- Record: II-119b
- Piece: A02
- Time: 00:16:20 - 00:33:50
- Themes: Sanfermines
- Summary: He used to go with some of his other young friends. They used to go to Pamplona by motorbike, through the Izpegi Pass. The first time he went he went with two young men and two priests. They went with two curates from Baigorri in 1950.At that time not many people from there would go because it was not easy to do it. But he remembers his grandfather saying that he used to go to the fair in Pamplona by horse and cart. At that time the Sanfermin fiestas were not like they are now. Then it was people from the hotter parts who would come to have a fiesta. The atmosphere was very good. Even those who were not so young would dance to the sound of the tambor and everyone was welcome. The type of fun was different then. There were runnings of the bulls and bullfights in the afternoon. There were more injuries then than now, because the people would be drunk when they did the running of the bulls. (28:10”) the music at that time came from music bands from the different towns. (29:50”) His grandfather used to tell him stories about what they called “the forest” of Belate.(30:55”) They would go for three days and the first day would be the day of the horse-fair.They did not have any wives but the others would go and leave their wives at home. Nowadays there are more women than men.
