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Heir of the family. Zeanuri (B), c. 1920. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive: Felipe Manterola Collection.
House and Family in the Basque Country

House and Family in the Basque Country

The widespread practice in the territories under charter law was for one of the children, either male or female, to continue with the family tradition of keeping up the farmstead and its belongings.
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.
Ring-a-ring o’ roses. Larraul (G). Source: Antxon Aguirre, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
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

Kirkila bat eta kirkila bi, kirkilak dira hamabi: hamabitik hamaikara, hamaikatik hamarrera, hamarretik bederatzira, bederatzitik zortzira, zortzitik zazpira, zazpitik seira, seitik bostera, bostetik laura, lautik hirura, hirutik bira, bitik batera, batetik bapezera. Formula for scrofula treatment
Laurel. Source: Luis Manuel Peña, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Under the portico. Orozko (B), 1956. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive.
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

Ogiaren kurruskua mutikoa izan dadin. Eat up your crusts to have a boy.
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Omens of death included those associated with strange behaviour by some domestic animals, mainly dogs and cockerels.
Caring for the graves on the occasion of All Saints’ Day. Bilbao (B), 1990. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive: José Ignacio García Muñoz.
Herder and dog. Droveway of the Roncalese (N), 1996. Source: Iñaki San Miguel, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Ganaderia y pastoreo en Vasconia

Ganaderia y pastoreo en Vasconia

The introduction of sheepdogs meant they replaced the zagales, young children who had been in charge of herding the flock up to then.
Agricultura en Vasconia

Agricultura en Vasconia

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.