House and Family in the Basque Country
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House and Family in the Basque Country
“It has quite rightly been said, therefore, that any human settlement is the amalgamation of a little humanity, a little land and a little water.”
J. M. Barandiaran
Family Diet in the Basque Country
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Family Diet in the Basque Country
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Children’s Games in the Basque Country
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Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Obabatxua lo ta lo, zuk orain eta nik gero; zeuk gura dozun orduren baten, biok egingo dogu lo ta lo. Lullaby
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
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Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Osasun ona eukiteko, oiloekin ohera eta txoriekin jaiki. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Dancing during patronal celebrations. Zeanuri (B), 1922. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive: Felipe Manterola Collection.
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
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Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Young men and women would meet during the Sunday stroll, dances and pilgrimages.
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
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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.
On the move to the summer pastures in Gorbeia, 2006. Source: Antxon Aguirre, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
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Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
Traditional shepherding and free-range livestock husbandry have prevailed on regions where these three requisites are satisfied: communal land, open-access rights, and free movibility for herds.
Agriculture in the Basque Country
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Agriculture in the Basque Country
Elur asko den urtean, garia; eta erle asko dugunean, eztia. A year of snow, a year of plenty.