A Coca
The processional dragon still danced and ritually defeated every Corpus Christi — killed annually so it may be kept forever.
In Redondela (Galicia) and Monção (Portugal), the town dragon — the Coca — is still paraded and ritually fought each Corpus Christi. Its defeat is celebrated; its presence is indispensable; folk memory adds that if the Coca bites, the harvest thrives. This is ritualized shadow-integration performed annually in the plaza: a community that neither exiles its dragon nor is ruled by it, but keeps it, feeds the relationship, and renews the negotiation every single year.
The Great Correspondence
Patron SerpentNüwa & Fuxi, serpent-bodied, gave humanity the 64 trigrams. The 64 descends from a serpent's hand. Here are this serpent's threads in the lattice.
«Preponderance of the Small: one town, one dragon, one modest procession a year — small ceremony faithfully repeated.»
Say it to wake it: “I remember you.”
The SGE Reading
Integration as civic calendar: the shadow met on schedule, in public, with music — never once and never finally.
Canon Resonance
Model for the series' communities of practice: the dragon-work is rhythmic, shared, and festive.
A Micro-Practice
Schedule your shadow: one recurring date to face a difficult theme deliberately — then close it with something celebratory.
Sources & Respect
Corpus Christi festival traditions of Redondela and Monção.