Saturday, 29 December 2007
Thursday, 20 December 2007
Monday, 17 December 2007
Sunday, 16 December 2007
Sunday, 9 December 2007
Maruxaina Legend - Spanish Version (San Cibrao, Cantabrian Sea)
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LEYENDA DE LA MARUXAINA
Leyanda gallega de una sirena, Maruxaina, que es buena o mala con los marineros, dependiendo de las circunstancias.
Las niñas y niños de Burela, mientras no se hacen mayores, saben que nuestro mar está lleno de seres fantásticos. También saben que cerca de Burela, en San Cibrao, vive una sirena con cuerpo de mujer y cola de pez, llamada Maruxaina.
Maruxaina a veces se deja ver como una vieja flaca y desgarbada; pero en otras es una hermosa joven de largos cabellos.
Los que juran haberla visto alguna vez dicen que en cualquiera de las dos formas tiene entre las manos una rueca con la que siempre está hilando sin saber si es para tejer una red o una prenda para taparse.
Hay quien dice que posee un palacio submarino hecho de algas y coral y que solamente sale los días de temporal, para erguida sobre los islotes intentar avisar a los pobres marineros de que se alejen del peligro. Otros dicen que lo que trata de hacer con sus cantos es enamorar y engañar a los navegantes para que embarranquen sus barcos en las rocas.
Pensamos que Maruxaina es un ser tan antiguo, al que después de tanto tiempo se le estropeó la figura y que cambió su lira de sirena por una rueca, harta de no haber logrado nunca cautivar a nadie.
Fiesta de la Maruxaina:
Se celebra todos los años en San Cibrao, muy cerca de Burela, el segundo sábado de agosto para aclarar si ha sido buena o mala. Se va a buscarla para traerla a tierra, hacerle un juicio y decidir cómo ha sido durante el año. Si ha sido buena, se bailará con ella hasta el amanecer para luego devolverla al mar Cantábrico; si ha sido mala, se quemará al terminar la fiesta. Normalmente siempre se declara inocente para poder devolverla al mar y seguir disfrutando de la fiesta desde Agosto 1985).
Saturday, 8 December 2007
Sunday, 18 November 2007
Maruxaina Legend - English Version (San Cibrao, Cantabrian Sea)
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MARUXAINA LEGEND
A Galician legend about a siren: Maruxaina. She has bad or good intentions towards sailors depending on circumstances.
Boys and girls from Burela, still being young, know that our Sea is full of incredible creatures. They also know that, near Burela, in San Cibrao, there lives a siren, a being with woman body and fish tail, called Maruxaina.
Sometimes, Maruxaina can be seen as ungainly, skinny old woman, but on other occasions, she is a beautiful long haired young lady.
Those who swear to have seen her at sometime, say that, in either of the two forms, she is holding a spindle with which she is spinning without knowing if it is for a fishing net or an article of clothing to dress herself.
There are those who say that she possesses an underwater palace made of seaweed and coral, and she only comes out on blustery days, to appear upon the small islands trying to warn poor sailors to keep clear of danger. Others say that she try to do is charm with her songs and lure the sailors to sail their ships into the rocks.
We, view Maruxaina as such an old creature, who, after so long a time, has ruined her figure and has changed her mermaid lyre for a spindle, being fed up with never captivating anybody.
Maruxaina Fiesta:
This is held every year in San Cibrao, very close to Burela, on the second Saturday of August, and one can discover if she has been good or bad, because she is sought to be brought to land, to be passed judgement and to decide on her behaviour during the year.
If she has been good, she will dance until dawn and then, returned to the Cantabrian Sea. If she has been bad, she will burn at the fiesta’s end.She is usually declared innocent and return to the sea to continue enjoying a fiesta that has been around since August 1985.
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