The emperor holds a stick in his hands, both ends parallel to the horizon, while the candidates advancing, one by one, sometimes leap over the stick, sometimes creep under it, backward and forward, several times, according as the stick is advanced or depressed.
Enperadoreak makila bat hartzen du eskuetan zeharretara, eta bitartean izangaiek, banan-banan hurbilduz, batzuetan makila gainetik salto egiten dute, beste batzuetan narraska pasatzen azpitik aurrera eta atzera, makilari ere aurrera ala atzera egiten zaion kontutan izanda.