El lecayo, una soka-dantza del siglo XVI [The Lecayo, a 16th century soka-dantza]

Abstract

This text analyzes four historical references to a dance that during the 16th and 17th centuries was known as the dance of the lecayo. From the testimonies of several with esses of the time, it can be deduced that the lecayo was a dance that could be danced in pairs or in open circle with many people. In addition to the lecayo dance, in this article testimonies are given about an other dance of medieval origin, known as morris dance, and another dance defined by the dancers as jumping, danced in Irurita in the year 1572, which could be the oldest reference to a jump dance in Euskal Herria.