Basque ethnography at a glance
Ziortza Artabe Etxebarria. Labayru Fundazioa Photographic Archive.
“Knucklebones play an important role in European ethnography since prehistoric times”, wrote Telesforo de Aranzadi a century ago. It is indeed one of many traditional children’s games which have been played generation after generation in different parts of the world.
The use of tarsal bones, typically of sheep, has been the usual practice in the Basque Country. Rum and goat knucklebones, much appreciated for being harder and shinier than lamb ones, have also been used. Pig and even cow bones have likewise been said to be saved for playing. (more…)
José Arrue. Digitized postcard (1). Labayru Fundazioa Photographic Archive.
The Madrid-based daily El Universal, published between 1820 and 1823, the so-called Liberal Triennium in which repression on the press, general during the reign of Ferdinand VII, somewhat decreased, reported on 9 September 1820, citing the fleetingly blooming Gipuzkoan liberal press of the time (more particularly El Liberal Guipuzcoano: a philosophical, literary and commercial periodical), an event which had occurred (it was said) in Bayonne a few days earlier: (more…)
Bobo and dancers. Danzas e indumentaria de Navarra [Dances and clothing of Navarre], by Francisco Arrarás.
The beautiful Pyrenean city of Ochagavía (Navarre) is located in the north of the Salazar Valley, and high above it, at an altitude of about 1025 m, the Sanctuary of Muskilda and its unique environs. Built in the 19th century and restored in the 17th, the Romanesque hermitage stands on top of the mountain of the same name, at the foot of the Irati Forest, a Gothic sculpture of the Virgin being preserved therewithin. (more…)
Inauguration of Indautxu Bullring in Bilbao. Novedades [Novelties], 1909. Euskal Biblioteka. Labayru Fundazioa.
It was 1892. José de Echevarría y Bengoa, an aristocrat, native of Bilbao, a well-known bull breeder and bullfight enthusiast, and sixth Marquis of Villagodio —a family title proudly held since 1764— bought 70 cows from the Duke of Veragua and 2 stallions from Jacinto Trespalacios. That is how his livestock farm in Coreses, near the Spanish town of Zamora, was founded. All well and good so far. (more…)
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