Ethnographic Atlas of the Basque Country
De Atlas Etnográfico de Vasconia
Revisión del 13:19 11 mar 2020 de Admin (discusión | contribuciones)
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
Aza-olioak pil-pil, bisigua zirt-zart, gaztaina erreak pin-pan, ahia goxo-goxo, epel-epel. Traditional Christmas song
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Astoka One or more participants bend down in a position that is usually called a frog and the others jump over them.
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Eros ogi eta gazta, erremediotan ez gasta. Better to spend money on good food than on medicine.
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Ezkon urte, ero urte. People go crazy in the year they wed.
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
A small group of neighbours would watch over the corpse in turns during the night and make sure that the light burning next to it did not go out.
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
Uzta garaian lokartzen, miserian iratzartzen. Anyone who sleeps at harvest time wakes up destitute.
