Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

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Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Cultural issues surrounding death as a rite of passage, including death omens, death throes and ritual practices after death.

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Santa-Grazi (Z). Source: Boissel, W. Le Pays Basque. Sites, Arts et Coutumes. Paris, A. Calavas edit.

Caring for the graves on the occasion of All Saints’ Day. Bilbao (B), 1990. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive: José Ignacio García Muñoz.

Symbolic graves in church. Amezketa (G), 1990. Source: Antxon Aguirre, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.

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Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Omens of death

Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Beliefs about the soul’s destiny

Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Corpse ways

Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Apparitions and wandering spirits