Kirikoketa

But for a small elevation, the board stands almost at the ground level sustained on two low and soft mounds at both ends.

This specific instrument comes directly from the apple pressing process in which the fruits are ground down for making cider.

[2] The inhabitants from the region of the river Bidasoa and Baztan (to the north of Navarre) continued the custom for centuries until it almost died out in the 1920s.

The cider-makers originally beat the strikers alternatingly on the cider press in order to crush apples, adopting a playful and rhythmic pattern as a means to enlivening the long process.

Nowadays the festival Kirikoketa Besta is held in Arizkun (Baztan, Navarre) since approx.