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Cooking on the hearth. Apellániz (A), 1981. Source: López de Guereñu, Gerardo. “Apellániz. Pasado y presente de un pueblo alavés” in Ohitura 0, Vitoria-Gasteiz: Chartered Government of Álava, 1981.
House and Family in the Basque Country
House and Family in the Basque Country
The kitchen in the farmsteads was where people would usually gather together and was at the heart of family life.
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Gabon, bon-bon; Natibitate, ase eta bete; San Estebantxe, lehen letxe. Eat heartily on Christmas Eve; until you feel full at Christmas; and back to normal on St Stephen’s Day.
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
Ona da ardaoa, kentzeko burutik beherakoa. Treat a cold with a hot toddy.
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Gazteak, badakizue zelan dantzan egin: burua gora-gora ta kaderai eragin. Folk verse
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Each homestead used to have a burial site inside the church’s nave. When burials were transferred to cemeteries, the once real burial site in church became a symbolic family grave, were offerings of light and bread were made to their dead.
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
Maiatz luzea, gosea; garagarrilak ekarriko du asea. Mayo hortelano, mucha paja y poco grano.