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Tinkers as forerunners of carnival celebrations in Gipuzkoa

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Posted on 2022-02-18 in
Donostiako kaldereroak. Iturria: eresbil.eus.

Tinkers of Donostia. Source: eresbil.eus.

Troupes of Caldereros, or Tinkers, are an important element of today’s carnival in Gipuzkoa, well-established as they are in twelve municipalities: Andoain, Astigarraga, Azpeitia, Donostia, Eibar, Errenteria, Hernani, Irun, Oiartzun, Ordizia, Pasaia and Tolosa. In most cases, they parade a week before carnival officially begins, thus announcing the imminent arrival of the annual festival.

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Old-time trades

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Posted on 2019-01-11 in
Women fish vendors in Donostia in the mid-nineteenth century. Reproduction of an engraving depicted by Luis de Madariaga in El país vasco-navarro [The Basque-Navarrese country]

Fish vendors in Donostia in the mid-nineteenth century. Reproduction of an engraving depicted by Luis de Madariaga in El país vasco-navarro [The Basque-Navarrese country].

Rather than seeking to provide a comprehensive account of trades from the past that are disappearing, or that have become practically extinct, here we shall confine ourselves to the city of Gernika-Lumo (Bizkaia), for many of these below would have been likewise known in neighbouring localities and further afield in the country. Some people exercised their skills door to door; others worked in workshops, stores and other premises. (more…)

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