Ethnographic Atlas of the Basque Country
House and Family in the Basque Country
House and Family in the Basque Country
The widespread practice in the territories under charter law was for one of the children, either male or female, to continue with the family tradition of keeping up the farmstead and its belongings.
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Aza-olioak pil-pil, bisigua zirt-zart, gaztaina erreak pin-pan, ahia goxo-goxo, epel-epel. Traditional Christmas song
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Sirrin-sarran, domini pan, zure semea errotan, errota txiki, errota handi, eragin deutso, pin-pan.Children’s chant
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Osasuna galtzen duenak dena galtzen du. If you don’t have your health, you don’t have anything.
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Ezkon urte, ero urte. People go crazy in the year they wed.
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Omens of death included those associated with strange behaviour by some domestic animals, mainly dogs and cockerels.
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
Until the 1950s, flour mills were an essential aspect of the livestock-farming economy of our villages.
