Children’s Games in the Basque Country

Children’s Games in the Basque Country

Haurrak, haurlan. ‘Play is the work of childhood’. On traditional games, the world of children and their ability to emulate adult behaviour.
On a swing. Source: Arrien, Gregorio. Niños vascos evacuados en 1937. Bilbao, 1988.
Astoka One or more participants bend down in a position that is usually called a frog and the others jump over them.
Group of children. Zeanuri (B), 1920. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive: Felipe Manterola Collection.