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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Pipaón (A), 1990. Source: Pilar Alonso, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.

Offering bearers. Otsagabia (N), c. 1920. Source: Fco. Javier Zubiaur and M.ª Amor Beguiristain’s private archive: Roldán and Calle Photographic Studios.

Funerary stelae. Irulegi (NB). Source: Michel Duvert, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.

Outstanding contents

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