place Nueva de Tudela
By Esther Elizalde
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Engraving of the descent of the Angel and the volatín in Tudela by J. A. Fernández in "Libro nuevo de la hermandad".
Nowadays, this place continues to host different devotional and folkloric festivities. Thus, on the morning of Easter Sunday, since the fourteenth century, the "Descent of the Angel" has been celebrated, a religious-folkloric act that stages the greeting of the Angel to the Virgin Mary informing her of the resurrection of her Son. Also from the same period is the ceremony of the "Volatín" held at ten o'clock in the morning of Holy Saturday and consisting of the symbolic representation of the suicide of Judas Iscariot. During the festivities of Santa Ana (around July 26) takes place one of the most popular events: "la Revoltosa". It is a dance that is practiced by spinning around the kiosk to the beat of the music for twenty minutes. Finally, "la Gigantada" gathers a considerable issue of giants of Navarre to attend to the procession of Santa Ana and, later, to dance in the place.
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