The "dance" is a tradicional dance from Aragón; it´s danced by "danzantes".
   Long time ago the "danzantes" were only men; but now they are women and men.
We can see the "dance" only on the saint pratron´s day.
   They must practise a long the year, but they work hard the previous days of the show.
They dance with sword, or stick, or sword and stick. The dance is the same every year; when a member of the family retires, another member of the same family takes their place.
Their dresses are white , but each one has a colour (yellow, green, blue, red, narrow, and so on) for the "cachirulo", "banda", "fajín", and so on.

Gaita de Boto (Pipes)
Raquel Lafuente,Ruth Medina,Dayfersson Blandón

The bagpipe of Boto is an instrument who acompany the celebration of the village. It was stand (sustituido) in the XX century by the guitar, accordion, and so on. But it remains in something village of Aragón.

Places where the bagpipe is touched

• Zaragoza: Leciñena, la Almolda
• Huesca: Bestué, Santa Justa, Lacort, La Muera, Sariñena, Belber, Sena , Robres, Castejón de Monegros, and so on

Parts of bagpipe
SOPLADOR: It´s for introducing the air in the bag
BOTO: Place where the air is kept
BORDON: It give a law note
BORDONETA: It give a high note
CLARIN: It have several holes and you can play the different melodies

Especial differents:

- the aragonian bagpipe are always dressed
- the bordón, bordoneta y clarín have a snake´ skin
-the clarín and the bordoneta go to the same cepo

Sobrarbe ia a region located in the sector northwest of the province of Huesca (Aragón). It hasn´t much population. Their old dances has remained so well, because it hasn´t roads, tv, and so on.

Dances´ classification

1 Religious dances. They are interpreted in processions or pilgrimages, at the beginning or at the end of the religious ceremonies. They are collective type and possess a great social and ritual value

2 Lounge or square dances. To enjoy. They will be

Local. They are very important to know the folk of aragón; almost they are collective, and were danced in holidays and sundays, accompanied of bagpipes.

Gascón origin. They have a French origin, and they were introduced in the high valleys of the Pirineos for shepherds or temporary emigrants. They are lordly and funny dances, even it be turned into games. It remains almost like in his original form

Spanish origin. They come from the Ebro´ valley, specially the "jota". They are collective dances, playing without the castañuelas

3 Country and cattle dances. They are related to the agricultural and cattle tasks, sometimes with shepherding. They are danced in pairs

4 Civic-social dances. They has collective character and all the population danced. There are very important for the village, and are similar than the Basque dances; the differences with this are the arms position.

5. Night dances. Femenine dance that took place in the "tandadas"; they +are danced in squadas, making two placed rows one opposite other one. They are very monotonous; it´s a dialogue between two women who speak about their lonelinesses..