Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

Significant stages of life and rites of passage; namely, birth and childhood, youth, and the transition from singleness to marriage.

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• Autoría y datos de interés

Offering to the departed. Donostia, 1958. Source: Segundo Oar-Arteta, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.

Bride’s entrance in church. Getxo (B), 1996. Source: Labayru Fundazioa Photograhic Archive.

Bilbao, 1995. Source: Asier Astigarraga’s private archive.

Outstanding contents

Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

Beliefs related to birth

Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

Postpartum period

Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

The wedding

Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country

The wedding reception