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The return of the funeral cortege or, at least, the family to the home of the deceased was part of the funeral rites overall.
The “Beliefs and Funeral Rites” surveys conducted by Barandiarán and his associates in the first quarter of the 20<sup>th</sup> 20th century reflected a society where the homestead and its household played a key role in the funeral rites and, in fact, those rites started and ended in the home of the deceased. That practice was found throughout the Basque Country.
That was the case in Galarreta (A) in the 1920s where after the interment in the cemetery, “they return to the church and say responses at the burial site of the household of the deceased. Then the priest, accompanied by the sacristan (who carries the cross) and the members of the funeral cortege, then go to the home of the deceased, to say a response there as well; the priest then immediately returns to the church. The family members of the deceased invite the all the relatives, outlanders and one or two from each local house, to lunch, if the burial is in the morning, or to a teatime snack, if it is in the afternoon”<ref>BARANDIARAN, José Miguel de. “Creencias y ritos funerarios en Orozko, Ziortza (Zenarruza), Kortezubi, Otazu, Ataun, Arano, Ziga (Baztan), Otxagabia” in ''Anuario de Eusko Folklore. ''Volume III. Vitoria: 1923, pp. 57 & 59.</ref>.
