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Old and young husband and wife. Areatza (B), beginning of the 20th century. Source: Rubén de Las Hayas’ private archive.
House and Family in the Basque Country
House and Family in the Basque Country
The aim was to ensure that the family wealth, taken to be the farmstead and its belongings, would be passed on in full or only slightly diminished, and improved if possible, from parents to their offspring.
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Goseak dagonarentzat, ogi gogorrik ez. The famished make a feast out of bread crumbs.
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Txori-ikasten They played looking for birds’ nests and thus learnt about their habits, their songs, the way the nests were built…
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
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Neskazaharrak joaten dira Madalenara, santuari eskatzera senar on bana. Folk song
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Death was an event that usually occurred in the neighbourhood, a fact that meant the home of the deceased played a leading role.
Modern stable for sheep. Izurtza (B), 2000. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive: José Ignacio García Muñoz.
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
The transformations that have taken place in the last few decades have fundamentally changed the world of livestock farming: no longer a way of life, it is now an economic activity.
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.