Old Basque House – Vieja Casa Vasca

« A central concept in Basque identity is belonging, not only to the Basque people but to a house, known in the Basque language as etxea. (…) » Even today, some Basques recall their origins by introducing themselves to a compatriot from the same region not by their family name, by the name of their house, a…

JAI-ALAI : The fastest sport in the world is Basque (ENGLISH VERSION)

Jai alai is a sport involving a ball bounced off a walled space by accelerating it to high speeds with a hand-held device (cesta). It is a variation of Basque pelota. The term, coined by Serafin Baroja in 1875, is also often loosely applied to the fronton (the open-walled playing area) where the sport is played….

Carnavals – Carnavales – Carnivals

Mascarada de Musculdy Musculdy , Zuberoa . Javier Hernandez/ LURRAK Carnavals basques: un feu d’artifice de belles traditions http://www.magmozaik.com/carnavals-basques-un-feu-dartifice-de-belles-traditions/ Basque Masquerade Carnivals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivals_from_the_Basque_Country Carnavales en la cultura vasca http://www.eitb.eus/multimedia/infografias/Carnaval_vasco/Carnavalvasco_es.swf