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Grandmother and grandchildren. Urduliz (Bizkaia), 2011. Akaitze Kamiruaga. Labayru Fundazioa Photographic Archive.

I was born and bred in a rural environment, as a fully integrated member of an agricultural community, and within a typical three-generational family structure of grandparents, parents and children. Our parents would spend their days farming and tending to livestock around the farmstead, so we were often in the care of our grandparents. They would teach us how to look after the smaller animals on the farm, to carry out simple chores out in the cultivated fields, to create our own toys, to pray, to sing, to play cards, and even more, they would delight us with their stories and wonderful tales, which we listened to in awe. (more…)