Traditional Basque Rosary
The rosary is a circular wooden piece, 4 cm in diameter with a hole in the middle to introduce a finger. Like all rosaries, its aim is to enable a faithful of the Catholic religion to count the number of recited prayers.
At the top is a cross (typically with 4 branches of the same size) symbolizing the prayer Our Father. On the periphery, 10 small spheres equally distributed symbolize the Hail Mary.
The user places a finger in the opening at the center and puts his thumb on the cross at the top. He recites an Our Father, then moves his thumb onto the first small sphere. He recites as many Hail Maries as he wishes, advancing one bead after each prayer.
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