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Documentary directed by Pío Caro Baroja, divided into eight distinct parts: Man, Stone, Meadows, Trees, Rural Environment, Iron, Sea, and Villages. This eminently ethnographic work is a compendium of the customs and traditions of a people with an ancient history, which today remains a witness to many images that will never again be part of everyday life.
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