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Cossiers Dance of Algaida
One of Mallorca\\\'s most enigmatic celebrations is the Cossiers Dance of Algaida, in which six men, one woman, accompanied by a demon, dance to the rhythms of the traditional flabiol wood flue. The dance is performed on the eve of St James and follows a strict route known as a quadrat. Throughout the medieval period dimonis were used to keep dancers in line, say some scholars, while others see the presence of the woman as representing the soul in battle with evil, personified by the dimoni.
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One of Mallorca\\\'s most enigmatic celebrations is the Cossiers Dance of Algaida, in which six men, one woman, accompanied by a demon, dance to the rhythms of the traditional flabiol wood flue. The dance is performed on the eve of St James and follows a strict route known as a quadrat. Throughout the medieval period dimonis were used to keep dancers in line, say some scholars, while others see the presence of the woman as representing the soul in battle with evil, personified by the dimoni.
