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Tribute of the Three Cows at the Stone of St Martin chasm. Roncal Valley, c. 1930. Ojanguren Archive.

On a map borderlines mark the limits between regions and states. They are drawn tracing an imaginary line that connects a series of boundary markers and separates native land from foreign. What seemingly might be a mere distinction between cultures, from an ethnographic point of view is not quite that simple. Borderland cultures are never clear-cut and offer a whole range of possibilities. Multiple signs and symbolic rituals originate in border areas and develop to acquire solid tactical and human dimensions. (more…)