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Resurrection Sunday in Lanestosa (Bizkaia). Josu Larrinaga Zugadi.

Several weeks ago we concerned ourselves with the life cycle of us humans in traditional society [See The cycle of life]; on this occasion we shall attempt to outline the transmission wheel of the chronological passing of the years while distinguishing workdays from holidays.

As we pointed out in that previous post, we are for sure influenced by geographical structure, social context and historical time, all personal or collective activity within the cycle of everyday life (be it a working or a non-working day) being marked by a set of rituals meant to promote its success. Traditionally conceived as cyclical processes repeated endlessly, they are susceptible to a number of unchanging regularities or constants which have been observed and transmitted by generations. (more…)