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.

Watching over the child. Source: Novedades. Donostia, 1914.

Playing with spinning tops. Getxo (B), 1993. Source: Jon Elorriaga, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.

Leapfrog. Zeanuri (B), 1920. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive: Felipe Manterola Collection.