House and Family in the Basque Country
House and Family in the Basque Country
The kitchen in the farmsteads was where people would usually gather together and was at the heart of family life.
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
Baratxuria, hamalau gaitzen kontra. Garlic cures all ills.
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Maritxu-teilatuko, gona gorriduna, eutsi hagin zaharra ta ekarzu barria. Popular recitation
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Each homestead used to have a burial site inside the church’s nave. When burials were transferred to cemeteries, the once real burial site in church became a symbolic family grave, were offerings of light and bread were made to their dead.
Ganaderia y pastoreo en Vasconia
Ganaderia y pastoreo en Vasconia
Las poblaciones asentadas en zonas donde la ganadería ha sido base fundamental de su modo de vida consideran a San Antonio Abad principal protector de la salud y de la fertilidad de los animales.
Agricultura en Vasconia
Agricultura en Vasconia
Elur asko den urtean, garia; eta erle asko dugunean, eztia. Año de nieves, año de bienes.
