Ethnographic Atlas of the Basque Country
De Atlas Etnográfico de Vasconia
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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
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
Eros ogi eta gazta, erremediotan ez gasta. Better to spend money on good food than on medicine.
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Haurraren jaiotza, etxerako poza. A house without children is a flowerpot without flowers.
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Tolling the bell was a very effective way of announcing the death in rural settlements.
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
Artaldearentzat artzain guti hobe ainitz baino. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Our rural folk and our ancestors knew and practised agriculture on a more human scale and from a more holistic approach; it is not only the yield that matters, but also the complex network of physical factors and human beings involved in an activity that is actually based on cultivating the life that feeds us.
