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Olentzero
Olentzero (, sometimes Olentzaro or Olantzaro) is a character in Basque Christmas tradition. According to Basque traditions, Olentzero comes to town late at night on the 24th of December to drop off presents for children. In some places he arrives later, for example in Ochagavía – Otsagabia on the 27th and in Ermua on the 31st. The name The name ''Olentzero'' appears in a number of variations: ''Onenzaro'', ''Onentzaro'', ''Olentzaro'', ''Ononzaro'', ''Orentzago'' and others. The earliest records give the name as ''Onentzaro'' and the name is most likely composed of two elements, ''on'' "good" plus a genitive plural ending and the suffix ''-zaro'' which in Basque denotes a season (compare words like ''haurtzaro'' "childhood"), so "time of the good ones" literally. This suggests a derivation similar to the Spanish ''nochebuena'', but the origin of ''Onentzaro'', corresponding to the old feast of the winter solstice, is older than that of Christmas. Other theories of derivat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olentzaro Bagatzako Kalean
Olentzero (, sometimes Olentzaro or Olantzaro) is a character in Basque Christmas tradition. According to Basque traditions, Olentzero comes to town late at night on the 24th of December to drop off presents for children. In some places he arrives later, for example in Ochagavía – Otsagabia on the 27th and in Ermua on the 31st. The name The name ''Olentzero'' appears in a number of variations: ''Onenzaro'', ''Onentzaro'', ''Olentzaro'', ''Ononzaro'', ''Orentzago'' and others. The earliest records give the name as ''Onentzaro'' and the name is most likely composed of two elements, ''on'' "good" plus a genitive plural ending and the suffix ''-zaro'' which in Basque denotes a season (compare words like ''haurtzaro'' "childhood"), so "time of the good ones" literally. This suggests a derivation similar to the Spanish ''nochebuena'', but the origin of ''Onentzaro'', corresponding to the old feast of the winter solstice, is older than that of Christmas. Other theories of derivatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olentzero Hendaia 2006
Olentzero (, sometimes Olentzaro or Olantzaro) is a character in Basque Christmas tradition. According to Basque traditions, Olentzero comes to town late at night on the 24th of December to drop off presents for children. In some places he arrives later, for example in Ochagavía – Otsagabia on the 27th and in Ermua on the 31st. The name The name ''Olentzero'' appears in a number of variations: ''Onenzaro'', ''Onentzaro'', ''Olentzaro'', ''Ononzaro'', ''Orentzago'' and others. The earliest records give the name as ''Onentzaro'' and the name is most likely composed of two elements, ''on'' "good" plus a genitive plural ending and the suffix ''-zaro'' which in Basque denotes a season (compare words like ''haurtzaro'' "childhood"), so "time of the good ones" literally. This suggests a derivation similar to the Spanish ''nochebuena'', but the origin of ''Onentzaro'', corresponding to the old feast of the winter solstice, is older than that of Christmas. Other theories of derivatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas In The Basque Country
Christmas in the Basque Country starts with the of Santo Tomas on 21 December, a celebration in which most people go out onto the streets to dance and eat talo with txistorra (a type of Basque chorizo). They wear a traditional outfit called the casera dress. For girls it consists of a long skirt and a long-sleeved old-fashioned shirt with headscarves and aprons. The boys wear a long black shirt, trousers and txapela (traditional black beret). The casera outfits are normally dark blue, but can come in many colors. They wear caseras because that is what the people of the mountain wear and the holiday used to celebrate the peasants who sold their goods in town and came on Santo Tomas to pay rent to landlords in the city. The Santa of Basque Country In the Basque Country the equivalent of Santa is Olentzero, and Olentzero lives or lived (depending on what you believe) in the mountains, and he wears the boys' casera. He is a mythical Basque character who is widely portrayed as a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jentil
The jentil (or jentilak with the Basque plural), are a race of giants in the Basque mythology. This word meaning ''gentile'', from Latin ''gentilis'', was used to refer to pre-Christian civilizations and in particular to the builders of megalithic monuments, to which the other Basque mythical legend the Mairuak are involved too. The ''jentil'' were believed to have lived alongside the Basque people. They were hairy and so tall that they could walk in the sea and throw rocks from one mountain to another. This stone throwing has led to several tales and explanations for ancient stone buildings and large isolated rocks. Even the Basque ball game, '' pilota'', is ascribed to these stone-throwers. The tradition lives on in the Basque power games of stone lifting and throwing. Some attributed to the ''jentil'' the defeat of Roland in the Battle of Roncevaux, where the Basques defeated the Frankish army by throwing rocks on them. The giants were believed to have created the neolithic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yule Log
The Yule log, Yule clog, or Christmas block is a specially selected log burnt on a hearth as a winter tradition in regions of Europe, and subsequently North America. The origin of the folk custom is unclear. Like other traditions associated with Yule (such as the Yule boar), the custom may ultimately derive from Germanic paganism. American folklorist Linda Watts provides the following overview of the custom: The familiar custom of burning the Yule log dates back to earlier solstice celebrations and the tradition of bonfires. The Christmas practice calls for burning a portion of the log each evening until Twelfth Night (January 6). The log is subsequently placed beneath the bed for luck, and particularly for protection from the household threats of lightning and, with some irony, fire. Many have beliefs based on the yule log as it burns, and by counting the sparks and such, they seek to discern their fortunes for the new year and beyond.Watts (2006:71). Watts notes that the Yule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genitive
In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive can also serve purposes indicating other relationships. For example, some verbs may feature arguments in the genitive case; and the genitive case may also have adverbial uses (see adverbial genitive). Genitive construction includes the genitive case, but is a broader category. Placing a modifying noun in the genitive case is one way of indicating that it is related to a head noun, in a genitive construction. However, there are other ways to indicate a genitive construction. For example, many Afroasiatic languages place the head noun (rather than the modifying noun) in the construct state. Possessive grammatical constructions, including the possessive case, may be regarded as a subset of genitive construction. For example, the genitive construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochagavía – Otsagabia
Ochagavía () or Otsagabia (; also ''Otsagi'') is a town and municipality in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i .... It is situated in the north of the Valley of Salazar, near the Irati Forest and not far from the border with France. External links OCHAGAVIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Municipalities in Navarre {{navarre-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Christmas Day is observed around the world, and Christmas Eve is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day. Together, both days are considered one of the most culturally significant celebrations in Christendom and Western society. Christmas celebrations in the denominations of Western Christianity have long begun on Christmas Eve, due in part to the Christian liturgical day starting at sunset, a practice inherited from Jewish tradition and based on the story of Creation in the Book of Genesis: "And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day." Many churches still ring their church bells and hold prayers in the evening; for example, the Nordic Lutheran churches. Since tradition holds that Jesus was born at night (based in Luke 2:6-8), Midnight Mass is celebrated on Christmas Eve, traditionally at midnight, in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dima, Spain
Dima is a town and municipality of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Dima is part of the ''comarca'' of Arratia-Nerbioi and had a population of 1,313 inhabitants in 2010 according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute. Geography Dima is located in the ''comarca'' of Arratia-Nerbioi, in the south of the province of Biscay, northern Spain. It limits at north with the municipalities of Igorre and Amorebieta-Etxano at north, Durango at northeast, Mañaria at east, Abadiño at southeast, Otxandio and Ubide at south and Zeanuri, Areatza, Artea and Arantzazu at west. Part of the municipality is located within the Urkiola Natural Park. The Axlor archaeological site is nearby. Transportation The town is accessible only by road; the BI-3543 connects it with Igorre and Otxandio. The Bizkaibus line A3925 has several stops within the municipality and connects it with Otxandio, Lemoa, Galdakao and Bilbao (the capital city of the province), among others. Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berastegi
Berastegi ( es, Berástegui) is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain, at the shores of the river Elduaran or Berastegi, at 1° 58' 45" west and 43° 07' 27" north, and at an altitude of 400 m. It borders Ibarra to the north, with Eldua to the east, and to the south and west with Belauntza. References External links BERASTEGI in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)Information available in Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ... Municipalities in Gipuzkoa {{basque-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lekunberri, Spain
Lekunberri (Basque= Lekuberri (New place)) is a municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre (''Navarra''/''Nafarroa''), northern Spain. It is situated in the northwestern portion of the province, some 30 km from the provincial capital, Pamplona. Lekunberri has a population of 1,386. Celebrity residents *All alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ... band Berri Txarrak members come from Lekunberri. References External links LEKUNBERRI in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Municipalities in Navarre {{navarre-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uharte-Arakil
Uharte-Arakil is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. History Etymology Its name Huarte came from the expression in the Basque language ur arte ('between waters'). In modern Basque, the word uharte or ugarte with shares the same etymological origin. Its most common meaning is that of 'island'. But it can also mean between waters, Entrambasaguas, a place located between two confluent rivers. There are numerous places in Navarre and the Basque Autonomous Community that have this name or a similar variant, being generally located at river confluences or meanders. The town of Huarte-Araquil was founded in a strategic location. It is a narrowing of the Barranca and supported by a meander of the Arakil Arakil is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain. References External links ARAKIL in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia Euskom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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