La Vijanera

La Vijanera is a fiesta of festive nature that takes place in the town of Silió (Molledo), Cantabria (Spain) on the first Sunday of each year.

[1] Originally, La Vijanera was celebrated in the valleys of Iguña, Toranzo, Trasmiera, Campoo and Polaciones but now the only place in the region where it is just Silió.

These are people dressed in sheepskins and weevils hats in addition to carrying the face painted black that will ward off the evil spirits during the year that jingling bells that are tied to the body.

Its mission is to expel these spirits of the town coming up to the limits, tradition that points to much more ancient probably from the Roman times.

The Vijaneros waiters gather at the town square and read some verses that, in popular language and tones ranging from jocularity to the cruelty, analyze what happened in the past year from local to international.

The Vijanera masquerade , of pre-Roman origin, is the living example of the survival of archaic cults to nature in Cantabria .
Los Zarramacos , warriors of the good, singing the songs.
The Oso of La Vijanera, embodiment of the evil.
The Trapajones , entities of the nature.