Funeral Rites in the Basque Country

Cultural issues surrounding death as a rite of passage, including death omens, death throes and ritual practices after death.

Mourners. Sara (L). Source: Veyrin, Philippe. Pays Basques de France et d’Espagne. Paris-Grenoble, 1951.

Offering bearers. Otsagabia (N), c. 1920. Source: Fco. Javier Zubiaur and M.ª Amor Beguiristain’s private archive: Roldán and Calle Photographic Studios.

Pipaón (A), 1990. Source: Pilar Alonso, Etniker Euskalerria Groups.