DeMente | Fran Sieira, compañía de danza
DeMente embodies a reality, a stigma, pathologies which, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), one in four people suffered, suffer or will suffer at some point in their lives. The almost carceral confinement of "demented" people in the past, the accumulation of sick people, the total and partial mechanical restraints, as well as chemical restraints (antipsychotics and other drugs), the suicides ("When the madman entered the asylum, he could only wait for death"), the exploitation of the sick, "the warehouses of human flesh"?
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DeMente | Fran Sieira, compañía de danza
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Festivals
The “Xenerais da Ulla” is the most outstanding feature of the Ulla region’s traditional Carnival. It has been held in the surroundings of Santiago since the first half of the 19th century: the “Xenerais” (generals) ride on horseback, dressed in colourful military garments similar to those of that time, but they also include purely carnivalesque adornments, which the horses also wear.
The natural region of a Ulla features an original rural carnival, whose record goes back to the mid-19th century.
The parish of Angrois in Santiago de Compostela celebrates its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance.
The parish of Aríns in Santiago de Compostela celebrates on february 18 its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance..
On the afternoon of February 19, the parish of O Eixo in Santiago de Compostela celebrates its traditional carnival with the so-called Xenerais da Ulla perfomance, which involves a stagin where different characters take part.
Within the Entroido programme of the Conxo neighbourhood, an atranque of the Xenerais da Ulla will be held.
