Ethnographic Atlas of the Basque Country
De Atlas Etnográfico de Vasconia
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Cooking on the hearth. Apellániz (A), 1981. Source: López de Guereñu, Gerardo. “Apellániz. Pasado y presente de un pueblo alavés” in Ohitura 0, Vitoria-Gasteiz: Chartered Government of Álava, 1981.
House and Family in the Basque Country
House and Family in the Basque Country
The kitchen in the farmsteads was where people would usually gather together and was at the heart of family life.
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Family Diet in the Basque Country
On dagizula janak eta kalterik ez edanak. Enjoy what you eat and drink.
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Txirristi-mirristi, gerrena, plat, olio-zopa, kikili-salda, urrup edan edo klik, ikimilikiliklik. Drawing lots chant
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
The widespread belief was that Christmas Eve’s bread, ogi salutadorea, would not go mouldy and would prevent rabies in dogs and other domestic animals.
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
Cuando el cárabo canta, la muerte levanta. When the tawny owl hoots, death wakes up.
Dolmen of Gaxteenia. Mendibe (NB), 1980. Source: Blot, Jacques. Artzainak. Les bergers basques. Los pastores vascos. Donostia: Elkar, 1984.
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
“The axial zone of the Basque Pyrenees retains underneath a maze of folds traits of a time-honoured culture.” J. M. Barandiaran
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Uzta garaian lokartzen, miserian iratzartzen. Anyone who sleeps at harvest time wakes up destitute.