Ethnographic Atlas of the Basque Country
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Munekogoikoa Farmhouse. Neighbourhood of Urigoiti (Orozko-B), 1994. Source: Edurne Romarate, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.
House and Family in the Basque Country
House and Family in the Basque Country
The oldest farmsteads are those where the use of timber was pivotal, both for its internal and external structure.
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Gabon, bon-bon; Natibitate, ase eta bete; San Estebantxe, lehen letxe. Eat heartily on Christmas Eve; until you feel full at Christmas; and back to normal on St Stephen’s Day.
Group of children. Zeanuri (B), 1920. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive: Felipe Manterola Collection.
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Children in the traditional society, both in towns and in countryside, only really had the toys that they made themselves. Games were more common than toys, and the latter were just a basis for the former.
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Kirkila bat eta kirkila bi, kirkilak dira hamabi: hamabitik hamaikara, hamaikatik hamarrera, hamarretik bederatzira, bederatzitik zortzira, zortzitik zazpira, zazpitik seira, seitik bostera, bostetik laura, lautik hirura, hirutik bira, bitik batera, batetik bapezera. Formula for scrofula treatment
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Maritxu-teilatuko, gona gorriduna, eutsi hagin zaharra ta ekarzu barria. Popular recitation
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.
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
Until the 1950s, flour mills were an essential aspect of the livestock-farming economy of our villages.