Ethnographic Atlas of the Basque Country
From Atlas Etnográfico de Vasconia
House and Family in the Basque Country
House and Family in the Basque Country
The oldest farmsteads are those where the use of timber was pivotal, both for its internal and external structure.
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Gabon, bon-bon; Natibitate, ase eta bete; San Estebantxe, lehen letxe. Eat heartily on Christmas Eve; until you feel full at Christmas; and back to normal on St Stephen’s Day.
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Before glass, and even clay, marbles were introduced, they used parts of plants, including oak acorns and seed pits.
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Zantiratu, zan urrutu, zana bere lekuan sartu.Spell against sprains
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Until the mid-twentieth century women gave birth at home with the help of a midwife and women relatives and neighbours. Giving birth was almost exclusively a female domestic occasion exclusively concerning females.
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Sorrow was expressed by wearing mourning.
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
The priority of the right of herds to cross arable land is expressed in the sentence: soroak zor dio larreari ‘arable land is indebted to grassland’.
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Elur asko den urtean, garia; eta erle asko dugunean, eztia. A year of snow, a year of plenty.
