Definición
Processional march
También conocido como: marcha de procesión · ceremonial march
Ceremonial gaita piece accompanying the religious procession of Asturian festivals. Slow-tempo and solemn, it sets the procession's pace.
The processional march is the piece the Asturian gaita plays during the religious procession of a festival: the saint’s departure, the route of the procession and its return to the church.
It’s ceremonial repertoire, not dance music. Its tempo is slow and its character solemn, because its function is to accompany the procession’s slow pace and give it weight, not to animate the dance circle.
It belongs to the Asturian traditional repertoire alongside the alborada: both are function pieces —opening the day, leading the procession— set apart from the festive dance repertoire like the xiringüelu or the muiñeira.