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Verse singing on the eve of St Agatha’s Day, Galdakao. Igone Etxebarria

Verse-singing on the eve of St Agatha’s Day, Galdakao (Bizkaia). Igone Etxebarria. Labayru Fundazioa Photographic Archive.

Since ancient times St Agatha’s Day is observed on 5 February by the Catholic Church as part of its liturgical calendar. Saint Agatha of Sicily is a Christian virgin martyress tortured and put to death during the Decian persecution in third-century Catania. (more…)

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