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The exchange of bread

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Posted on 2016-08-12 in
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Rubbing the loaves. Zeanuri (Bizkaia), 1983. Ander Manterola.

We buy and sell goods or provide and receive services by exchanging money. We do it every day. Trade and service delivery are part of the consumer society we live in and an essential driver for economic development.

In the traditional world, and particularly in rural areas where once in the past monetary transactions hardly ever occurred, bartering and provision of assistance among neighbours and relatives was customary. Human relationships were built upon mutual give and take. (more…)

Christmas bread. Ogi salutadorea

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Posted on 2015-12-25 in
ogisalutadorea

Homemade bread, Zeanuri (Bizkaia). Ander Manterola.

The breaking of the Christmas bread, with its rituals and beliefs, is a widespread custom in many countries of Europe, including France (pain de Noël) and Poland (opłatek). This bread, believed to have healing and calming powers, is called ogi salutadorea in Basque, which translates as “health-giving bread”. (more…)

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