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FEBRUARY 4
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With sticks they will come out singing copla in different corners of Euskal Herria today, on the eve of Santa Águeda

Dressed in traditional Basque costumes and sticks in hand, they will go out to sing coplas in the streets with the aim of awakening the earth. 

Santa Águeda coro Bilbao
A choir sings the eve of Santa Águeda in Bilbao. Stock Photo: Europa Press

EITB

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History says that Águeda was a Sicilian. He rejected the proposal to marry Governor Quinciano and ended up in prison, where he was handed over to the executioners and tortured. His breasts were cut off, and he died at the age of 21.

Affected by the story, his figure entered theBasque Countryby force . Some say he was brought here by seamen. There are also those who associate him with the winter solstice. Hence the origin of the rite of awakening the earth.

Headlines of the Day Santa Ageda Autonomous Community of the Basque Country Navarre North Society

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