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Zurututza Farmhouse. Zeanuri (B), c. 1925. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive: Felipe Manterola Collection.
House and Family in the Basque Country

House and Family in the Basque Country

Etxeko habeak, etxeko berri. A fool knows more in his own house than a wise man in another’s.
Family Diet in the Basque Country

Family Diet in the Basque Country

Donde no hay ni pan ni pollos, el horno no está para bollos. If there’s no bread or chicken, you shouldn’t bake rolls.
Scoring after fermentation. Source: Ander Manterola, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Ring-a-ring o’ roses. Larraul (G). Source: Antxon Aguirre, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Children’s Games in the Basque Country

Children’s Games in the Basque Country

Korruka Al corro de las patatas, naranjas y limones, como comen los señores, alupé, alupé, sentadito me quedé.
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country

Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country

No distinctions between beliefs and empirical cures in the traditional mindset.
Medals and religious charms. Source: Patxo Fernández de Jauregui, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Baptism. Bilbao. Source: Edurne Romarate, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

After giving birth, women would remain confined for a period that ended with the rite of being churched, elizan sartzea.
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Dying on a rainy day or if it rained after the death showed that the soul would be saved: gorputz ona, euritsu.
On the way to the cemetery, c. 1950. Izurdiaga (N). Source: Carmen Jusué, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Climb to the mountain. Aia (G), 1998. Source: Antxon Aguirre, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country

Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country

At the end of the Middle Ages, flocks in the Basque valleys converged on the same mountains that are now the main summer grassland used for grazing.
Agriculture in the Basque Country

Agriculture in the Basque Country

San Jurgi, artoak ereiteko goizegi; San Markos, artoak ereinda balegoz. St George’s Day is too early to sow maize and St Mark’s Day is too late.
Maize field. Carranza (B), 2016. Source: Luis Manuel Peña, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.