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House and Family in the Basque Country
House and Family in the Basque Country
Su bako etxea, gorputz odol bagea. A house without fire is like a body without blood.
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Family Diet in the Basque Country
On dagizula janak eta kalterik ez edanak. Enjoy what you eat and drink.
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Txirristi-mirristi, gerrena, plat, olio-zopa, kikili-salda, urrup edan edo klik, ikimilikiliklik. Drawing lots chant
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Kirkila bat eta kirkila bi, kirkilak dira hamabi: hamabitik hamaikara, hamaikatik hamarrera, hamarretik bederatzira, bederatzitik zortzira, zortzitik zazpira, zazpitik seira, seitik bostera, bostetik laura, lautik hirura, hirutik bira, bitik batera, batetik bapezera. Formula for scrofula treatment
Nursemaid. Zeanuri (B), 1924. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive: Felipe Manterola Collection.
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Until the mid-twentieth century women gave birth at home with the help of a midwife and women relatives and neighbours. Giving birth was almost exclusively a female domestic occasion exclusively concerning females.
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
There were specific paths to carry the corpse from the house of the deceased to the church and the cemetery.
Shepherd from Lanciego (A) on the climb to Toloño, 1996. Source: José Ángel Chasco, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
The Mediterranean watershed of the Basque Country was, and to a large extent is, characterized by the importance of the commons, the communal character of their exploitation by associations and brotherhoods comprising multiple municipalities still persisting today.
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Both animal and human power had a decisive impact on the way of working and on the crops until the introduction of modern machinery.