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Mutual cooperation. Zeanuri (B), c. 1915. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive: Felipe Manterola Collection.
House and Family in the Basque Country

House and Family in the Basque Country

The rural farmstead was an institution made up of the building, its land, its dwellings and by tradition, in other words, by that web of relations that closely links the current generation with past ones.
Family Diet in the Basque Country

Family Diet in the Basque Country

Sueteko laratzak jakiten dau etxeko barri. People show their true colours at home.
Olabide Farmhouse. Zerain (G), 1982. Source: Karmele Goñi, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Doctors and nurses. Getxo (B), 1993. Source: Jon Elorriaga, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Children’s Games in the Basque Country

Children’s Games in the Basque Country

Txikia banintzen, handia banintzen, maiatzerako burutu nintzen. Riddle
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country

Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country

Zantiratu, zan urrutu, zana bere lekuan sartu.Spell against sprains
Local healer in Zeanuri (B), 1921. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive: Felipe Manterola Collection.
Nuclear family. Artea (B), c. 1930. 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

Any bachelor, or spinster, traditionally continued to be linked to the homestead and to be an integral part of the family.
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Light offerings would light up the way for the soul of the deceased. And bread would sustain it.
Light offerings. Amezketa (G). Source: Garmendia Larrañaga, Juan. Neguko Festak. Donostia, 1993, J. Juanes Photographic Archive.
Herder and dog. Droveway of the Roncalese (N), 1996. Source: Iñaki San Miguel, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
Ganaderia y pastoreo en Vasconia

Ganaderia y pastoreo en Vasconia

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.
Wheat harvest. Gesaltza (G), c. 1950. Source: Municipal Archive of Vitoria-Gasteiz: Enrique Guinea Collection.