Basque ethnography at a glance
Grass harvesting in Carranza (Bizkaia), 2017. Luis Manuel Peña. Labayru Fundazioa Photographic Archive.
The eighth volume of the Ethnographic Atlas of the Basque Country, this one dedicated to agriculture, is about to see the light of day. It relates to a previous volume on livestock farming and shepherding, as could not be otherwise, since agriculture in traditional societies is closely linked to these activities. The present work includes a chapter devoted to grass, where the mentioned linkage is perhaps most clearly appreciated, its cultivation and care being designed for the provision of animal feed. (more…)
Aralar Range. José Ignacio García Muñoz. Labayru Fundazioa Photographic Archive.
Those of you who acknowledge the worthy work shepherds do today might be surprised at the title, for tending large flocks of sheep does not leave much time for games.
One would have to go back more than a century to find flocks in those days hardly reached the hundred head of sheep. Besides, shepherds moved to their huts in the summer pastures, where they lived with their families: wife and children. (more…)
Tawny owl. Sergio González Ahedo.
Presages traditionally perceived as indicators of imminent death of a person are superstitious in nature.
The most widespread portents are related to animals, domestic animals generally, such as the house dog or the cock, some featuring nocturnal raptors and corvids. (more…)
Circle-shaped pasture and housing. Michel Duvert.
Bordaldea (pronounced bordaltia in Zuberoa) refers to a prevailing type of settlement established for livestock farming on so-called syndic land, according to the 1838 Ordinance, replaced by the Mountain Law in 1985. An integral part of the Pyrenean farmstead on middle-mountain steep grassland, loft and stables double the size of the house itself. It is occupied by the bordazain. (more…)
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