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== Wedding photographs ==
Until the mid-20<sup>th</sup> 20th century, the newlyweds went to a photographer’s studio for the official wedding portrait to be taken. Once it was framed, it was hung in a prominent place of the lounge or another room in the home. Copies of this photography, with paper frames, were sent as a memento to relatives and close friends.
In the following decades, even though the photographer would go to the church and the wedding reception, the newlyweds usually went immediately after the ceremony and before the reception to a studio for a photograph to be taken on the very day of the marriage. Well-off families would contract a photographer to go to the bride’s home and take her photo in the lounge.
== Civil marriage. Ezkontza zibila ==
There were three situations to be considered in the southern Basque Country during the 20<sup>th</sup> 20th century. During the II Republic (1931-1936), the couple had to enter into a civil marriage before the judge in charge of the Civil Register for the marriage to be legally valid, regardless of whether they wanted also to marry in a religious ceremony. During Franco’s regime (1939-1975), religious marriages were legally valid for civil purposes and were nearly the only type held. The couple had to provide proof that they were non-Catholic in order to be able to have a civil marriage, something that was extremely difficult in practice. A new period started in 1981 with the Divorce Act that established two types of marriage, civil and religious.
Pursuant to current legislation, civil marriage is entered into before the Judge of First Instance in charge of the Civil Register or before the mayor or person nominated by the latter. Religious marriage can be entered into according to the rite of any of the religions recognised by the State, with the obligation to send its certificate to the Registry for it to be legally valid.
