Uribe: tradition, surfing and an underwater winery

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Very close to the capital of Biscay, the Uribe region is a perfect symbiosis between nature, the rural environment and the most deeply rooted traditions. But there is also room for new proposals: signature cuisine, state-of-the-art wineries and surfing —one of the best in Europe—set the pace for the new generations. Luís Azillona is a miller. He lives in the same hamlet where he was born, north of Vizcaya — “the orchard of Bilbao” as the natives call it — a place where milling activity was of great importance until a few years ago. Luís is part of the fourth generation of millers who have dedicated their lives to making corn flour that is used to make traditional talos, those pancakes that are accompanied by txistorra , black pudding or bacon and that are the essential diet at fairs. like that of Saint Thomas, on December 21. Luis Azillona, ​​the wisdom about the world of flour and taloLonifasiko | Miguel Loitxate (@Lonifasiko) November 13, 2014 In addition to dedicating himself (with passion) to the milling profession, Luís is one of the few who continues to cultivate txakinarto , the native Basque corn that, of course like all the others, came from America, and which is characterized by having only eight rows. of grain, very little bran and a particularly intense flavor.

His fields supply neither more nor less than the kitchens of the great Basque chefs with Michelin stars, such as Eneko Atxa among others. Errotabarri mill Errotabarri mill. By Ksarasola That passion for the land and for the ancestral customs that Luís exudes is not something isolated in this region where many traditions closely linked to the rural Cell Phone Number List environment are perpetuated. Although the miller's job stopped being profitable many years ago, just like the basket weaver's or the farrier's, which are struggling not to disappear, there are other legacies from the past that remain very much alive in Uribe. Sopelana beach Traditional paths on Sopelana beach in Vizcaya. By izaskun A good example of this is the use that is still made of those rural roads that served as an umbilical cord between the isolated hamlets and parishes: the elizbideak or mass roads, the burdibideak (paths for passing crops or materials from the forest) or the andabideak (funerary paths) which were that last path that the deceased took between their home and the grave.



Today, although not in its entirety, part of this road heritage continues to be used by the people of the area to travel or to train the oxen to drag and also by the hikers who travel the GR280 , the long-distance path that - through of some of these roads—circles the region. Herri Kirolak: the peculiar Basque sport Idoia Etxeberria Harri-jasotze: Idoia Etxeberria. By Jarek Tuszyński But if one tradition has been perpetuated with special strength, not only in Uribe but throughout Euskadi, it is undoubtedly Herri Kirolak , the Basque rural sport. Currently there are eighteen professional modalities protected by the homonymous federations, among which are the best-known aizkora (log cutting) or harri-jasotze (stone lifting). The origin of Basque rural sport comes, like so many other things, from the work carried out in farmhouses before industrialization. The competition used to take place between neighbors who bet on those individuals who with greater physical strength, speed or endurance tackled tasks such as moving bales (hence the current zakulariak ), collecting corncobs (today lokotx biltzea ), or lifting of cars (today orga joko ) among others.