Ethnographic Atlas of the Basque Country
De Atlas Etnográfico de Vasconia
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House and Family in the Basque Country
House and Family in the Basque Country
The roof was originally erected prior to the walls, foundations and other constructive elements of the house.
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
Txori-ikasten They played looking for birds’ nests and thus learnt about their habits, their songs, the way the nests were built…
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Baratxuria, hamalau gaitzen kontra. Garlic cures all ills.
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Until the mid-twentieth century women gave birth at home with the help of a midwife and women relatives and neighbours. Giving birth was almost exclusively a female domestic occasion exclusively concerning females.
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Hildakoari hobia eta biziari ogia. The dead to the grave and the living to the roll.
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
Communities in areas where livestock has been the fundamental basis of their way of life consider Saint Anthony Abbot as the main protector of the health and fertility of the animals.
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Satsitu ta jorratu ta garia hartu. Spreading manure and weeding and harvesting wheat.
