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
Food was grown on the family small holding or bought from local markets, which, in turn, were supplied with food grown locally. A few products, nearly always non-staples, complemented local or household self-supply.
Children riding scooters and tricycles at Florida Park. Source: Municipal Archive of Vitoria-Gasteiz: Ceferino Yanguas.
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Humans play games throughout their lives; however, that activity has a clearly different role for children and adults.
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Verrugas tengo, verrugas vendo, aquí las dejo y me voy corriendo.Formula against warts
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
Oilarrak gauez kukurruku jotzen badu, laster izango da gorpuren bat etxe hartan. A cockerel crowing at sunset, death is looming.
Herder and dog. Droveway of the Roncalese (N), 1996. Source: Iñaki San Miguel, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
The introduction of sheepdogs meant they replaced the zagales, young children who had been in charge of herding the flock up to then.
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Satsitu ta jorratu ta garia hartu. Spreading manure and weeding and harvesting wheat.