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melody for hunting and in its evolution has been adapted into other versions by multiple musicians. Jose
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song which is sung at particular ceremonies to welcome someone recently arrived or to say goodbye to a friend, or to welcome a visitor as he/she deserves to be. It consists of a form of displaying honour and welcoming those present and the guests. Normally it is sung
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When you are appreciated a lot or you are held in great esteem or profound respect one says "Agur t´erdi" — with a strange translation of "hello/goodbye 'and a half'" — which in the Basque
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which was identical to that of this song. When he finished I approached him and asked what the origin of that music was. He told me that he could not say precisely, but that it was an ancient popular
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