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== The homestead and the “funeral feast” ==
In Baja NavarraLower Navarre, as the cortege returned to the house, the people would pause by a fire lit in front of the door, where the people would stand in a circle and say a prayer. The funeral repast was held in the ''eskaratze'' set up by the carpenter, who was in charge with handing out bread, wine and sometimes coffee. In fact, that meal could be simple, but could also be similar to a real feast.
Generally, the meal ended with a prayer, said by the master cantor or the first neighbour, or even the priest if invited. The prayer could be only dedicated to the deceased but the other dead of the home were sometimes included, ''etxetik atera diren arimentzat'', along with the first of the people present who would be going to die. Those last two cases clearly expressed solidarity and a link between the here and now and that other place that welcomes our souls.