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Traditional Navarrese folk dancers in red and white costume perform a maypole ribbon dance in Pamplona
Festival Culture & Traditions

The Jota Navarra Isn’t Aragón’s Dance Slowed Down. Navarra Never Let Singing and Dancing Meet.

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Crowd in traditional white and red filling a Pamplona street during San Fermín, where El Rey is sung
Festival Culture & Traditions

One of San Fermín’s Biggest Anthems Is a Mexican Ranchera Called “El Rey”

El Rey is a 1971 Mexican ranchera and one of San Fermín's loudest anthems. How Pamplona's peñas made the song their own, and why the
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La Pamplonesa brass band marching through Pamplona, the band that plays Las Dianas each morning of San Fermín
Festival Culture & Traditions

Las Dianas Isn’t Ancient Folklore. A Newspaper Invented It in 1876.

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La Pamplonesa municipal band of Pamplona photographed in 1920, its first year playing San Fermin
Festival Culture & Traditions

San Fermín’s Music Sounds Ancient and Anonymous. Most of It Has a Named Composer.

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