The Dragon

The Dragon's body is formed by the head (made from a single piece of fig wood) and the rest of the trunk (wood, cardboard and horsehide) which over time has undergone various repairs, adding more recent artificial materials. The figure we see today has its most significant element in the head, and a body similar to a snake. After the neck, the body widens until reaching its maximum diameter at the belly, and from there it narrows to form the coiled tail, which ends in a red arrow. The bat wings are located on the upper part of the belly, and are made of a chipboard panel, smooth on the interior face and worked on the exterior. The entire body is first painted with a fire-resistant coating in a light green colour and subsequently with a layer of dark green mixed with linseed oil.

The mouth is entirely painted red, with off-white lips. On the lower jaw there are two holes used to fix the cruciform iron piece used to place the rockets, known as the fork. Similarly, on the wings and the tail there is another iron element with the same function. All of this allows the Dragon to perform with 18 rockets when it dances. To light the mouth rockets, a cotton wick made of three braided ropes is used. When it dances, a club is used to light the wing and tail rockets, which are raised up.

Its dimensions are: 395 cm in length, 110 cm in width, 135 cm in height, and weighing — including all the equipment it carries when appearing in public — 115.83 kg.