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Old and young husband and wife. Areatza (B), beginning of the 20th century. Source: Rubén de Las Hayas’ private archive.
House and Family in the Basque Country

House and Family in the Basque Country

The aim was to ensure that the family wealth, taken to be the farmstead and its belongings, would be passed on in full or only slightly diminished, and improved if possible, from parents to their offspring.
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
Christmas market. Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1977. Source: Fernando Díaz de Corcuera, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Children riding scooters and tricycles at Florida Park. Source: Municipal Archive of Vitoria-Gasteiz: Ceferino Yanguas.
Children’s Games in the Basque Country

Children’s Games in the Basque Country

Humans play games throughout their lives; however, that activity has a clearly different role for children and adults.
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country

Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country

Nolako gaitza, halako erremedioa. There’s a cure for everything.
Sarnapotzu, Magdalene of Arantzadi’s Hermitage. Berriatua (B), 1983. Source: Ander Manterola, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Promenading. Aoiz (N), 1950. Source: Pilar Sáez de Albéniz, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

Neskazaharrak joaten dira Madalenara, santuari eskatzera senar on bana. Folk song
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

There were specific paths to carry the corpse from the house of the deceased to the church and the cemetery.
Funeral cortège, c. 1925. Source: Antxon Aguirre, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Cattle on common pastures. Carranza (B), 2007. Source: Luis Manuel Peña, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Ganaderia y pastoreo en Vasconia

Ganaderia y pastoreo en Vasconia

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.
Agricultura en Vasconia

Agricultura en Vasconia

Tanto la fuerza humana como la animal, hasta la introducción de la maquinaria moderna, han tenido una influencia decisiva en la forma de trabajar y en los cultivos.
Acarreo de los haces de trigo. Álava, c. 1940. Fuente: Archivo Municipal de Vitoria-Gasteiz: Enrique Guinea.