What is
Ball with six cossiers and Dama recovered in 1981 without bells, out of fidelity to the memory of those who had seen it. It has its own dance: els Peuets.
On i quan
- Manacor: last Friday of May (pregón de Fires i Festes de Primavera) and Pentecost (festival of Sant Crist).
Personatges and objects
- 6 cossiers: two yellow, two light blue, two green vestit de cossier .
- Lady: two documented dresses (white with lace; with flowers, 1981).
- Dimoni (recovered in 2006) dimoni's mask and vest .
- Music: xeremia, flabiol and tumbarí xeremies .
How is
- Cossiers: white long-sleeved shirt, white stockings, sabates d'espart, calçons bufats below the knee, cap of the color, red skirt with white lace and two crossed bands in lilac tones. Colored ribbons hanging from cap and hat. Straw hat lined in the color, with fabric flowers and sewn stones; brim with red pleat.
- Dimoni: painted sackcloth that covers the body and head; long, thin horns.
- Route: they leave the Lady's house (each year a different dancer); They end in the old Town Hall and the cloister of Sant Vicenç Ferrer (May) or inside Nostra Senyora dels Dolors (Pentecost).
- Dances: the Balanguera (long and short), the Processó, els Peuets (only from Manacor, according to Baltasar Pinya) and els Broquers.
Vocabulary
- Peuets: Manacor's own dance.
- Broquers: shield dance (broquer = small shield).
- sabates d'espart: esparto footwear.
History
- 17th century: first news in the Llibres de les Pòlisses and de Determinacions.
- 18th century: in the Llibre de Sentències de l'Assumpta. They danced on August 15 and Sant Jaume.
- Civil War-1981: interrupted; recovered in 1981.
- 2006: the dimoni returns.
Protection
- BICIM (FIC). Plenary of the Consell 8/10/2015; BOIB 165, 11/10/2015.
Why is it design
- Recover from oral memory: the design is decided by testimony, not by aesthetics (without bells).
- Two valid versions of the Lady's dress, from photographs from different periods.
For the project
- Archive of old photos of the Lady: basis for a piece on "how a dress is reconstructed."
Frequently asked questions
What is Cossiers of Manacor?
Ball with six cossiers and Dama recovered in 1981 without bells, out of fidelity to the memory of those who had seen it. It has its own dance: els Peuets.
What are the traditional words for Cossiers of Manacor?
Some words: Broquers, Peuets, sabates d'espart.
Sources
Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.