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ogisalutadorea

Homemade bread, Zeanuri (Bizkaia). Ander Manterola.

The breaking of the Christmas bread, with its rituals and beliefs, is a widespread custom in many countries of Europe, including France (pain de Noël) and Poland (opłatek). This bread, believed to have healing and calming powers, is called ogi salutadorea in Basque, which translates as “health-giving bread”. (more…)