Main Page/en

De Atlas Etnográfico de Vasconia
Saltar a: navegación, buscar
Munekogoikoa Farmhouse. Neighbourhood of Urigoiti (Orozko-B), 1994. Source: Edurne Romarate, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
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

Odolosteak ordeaz. Neighbours and relatives are given black puddings and other pork cuts as a gift at pig slaughter time. It is an act of courtesy, an expression of the close bond shared with them, and part of an established exchange ritual.
Pig bleeding. Source: José Zufiaurre, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Leapfrog jumping. Source: Iñigo Irigoyen, José. Folklore Alavés. Vitoria-Gasteiz: Chartered Government of Álava, 1949.
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

Baratxuria, hamalau gaitzen kontra. Garlic cures all ills.
Herbal remedies in store. Elosua (G), 1983. Source: Miren Goñi, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Nuclear family. Artea (B), c. 1930. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive: Felipe Manterola Collection.
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

Any bachelor, or spinster, traditionally continued to be linked to the homestead and to be an integral part of the family.
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Jaiotzetik heriotza zor. When you begin to live, you being to die.
Infant shroud. Durango (B). Source: Gerediaga Association Archive: Germán Photographic Studio.
Grassy pastures in Carranza (B), 2009. Source: Luis Manuel Peña, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
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

Until the 1950s, flour mills were an essential aspect of the livestock-farming economy of our villages.
Mill in Carranza (B), 1977. Source: Miguel Sabino Díaz, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.