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Curved lauburu. The lauburu (from Basque lau, "four" + buru, "head") is an ancient hooked cross with four comma-shaped heads and the most widely known traditional symbol of the Basque Country and the Basque people. [1] In the past, it has also been associated with the Galicians, Illyrians and Asturians. [citation needed]
The Basque Country is a cross-border cultural region that has a distinctive culture including its own language, customs, festivals, and music.. The Basques living in the territory are primarily represented by the symbol of the flag Ikurriña, as well as the Lauburu cross and the Zazpiak Bat coat of arms.
The Provisional Government of Euzkadi stated that "the flag must be that which gathers Basque unity and which the use, ever more frequent in the Basque lands, has sanctioned as such symbol of their unity." [5] On this first page of El Diario Vasco (18 February 1936), the Laurac Bat has the coat of arms of Spain in the centre.
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Atalburu (from Basque atari 'doorway' buru 'head') is the name given to the lintel above the main entrance of traditional Basque houses. It was usual for each new house, particularly in the province of Lower Navarre, to engrave on these stones: the year of construction, the name of spouses, religious symbols, as a cross,
Hilarri facsimile in Ainhoa. Hilarri (from Basque hil 'dead' and harri 'stone') is the name given to disk-shaped funerary steles that are typical of the Basque Country.. These funerary steles present a disc-shaped head facing the rising sun on a trapezoidal stand.
Basque Cultural Heritage (Basque: Euskal Kultura Ondasuna, Spanish: Patrimonio Cultural Vasco) is a designation granted by the Basque Government to movable properties, immovable properties and intangible heritage of the Basque Country, Spain. The current law governing the designation was enacted in 2019, superseding the first one from 1990.
A reproduction of a Hilarri, a Basque gravestone, from 1736 with commonly found symbols. Translated from Latin, it reads, "Maria Arros Sagaray died on the 19th day of April, 1736". The mythology of the ancient Basques largely did not survive the arrival of Christianity in the Basque Country between the 4th and 12th