House and Family in the Basque Country
House and Family in the Basque Country
“It has quite rightly been said, therefore, that any human settlement is the amalgamation of a little humanity, a little land and a little water.”
J. M. Barandiaran
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
Korruka Al corro de las patatas, naranjas y limones, como comen los señores, alupé, alupé, sentadito me quedé.
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
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.
Ganaderia y pastoreo en Vasconia
Ganaderia y pastoreo en Vasconia
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.
Agricultura en Vasconia
Agricultura en Vasconia
Until the 1950s, flour mills were an essential aspect of the livestock-farming economy of our villages.
