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A journey to the heart of the Land of the Basques:...

Castillo de Maule
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Viewpoints: The Maskarada in Xiberoa (Soule) (Video) We’ve spent the past three days fulfilling an ambition we’d had for...

Two poetry collections by Gabriel Aresti have been translated into English...

Gabriel Aresti Segurola (Bilbao, 14 de octubre de 1933 - Bilbao, 5 de junio de 1975)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp In this entry, we’re reuniting two “old friends” of the blog: Amaia Gabantxo and The University of Nevada,...

Basque Gastronomy, a key piece of California culture

Un evento de recuperación de la cultura tradicional californiana, reproduce una comida en una pension vasca del oeste de los USA
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp The impression the Basque emigrants have left everywhere they’ve gone through the centuries around the world is much...

Sorginen Erronkak: mini mobile games based on Basque mythology, in three...

Una pantalla del juego Sorginen Erronkak
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Our regular readers will remember a game called Sorginen kondaira, created by the Basque firm Binary Soul.  It...

Kantari, an app that puts over 500 popular Basque songs on...

France Bleu habla de la aplicación para móviles Kantari
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We found this on the blog Balade du Pays Basque, which in turn is citing information found on...

“Agur” (“Hello”/“Goodbye”), a powerful Basque word with a long history

El enigma de la palabra Agur en Deia
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Today, we’re going to make one of those exceptions we so love and talk about an author who’s...

The BBC explains the enormous influence the Bilbao Guggenheim has had...

Guggenheim Bilbao with Yves Klein's Fire Fountain artwork, 1961 (fabricated in 1997) | Photograph courtesy Guggenheim Bilbao
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The BBC Arts website has published an article penned by William Cook discussing the influence the Bilbao Guggenheim...

A Mexican and a Basque record a music video for “Txoria-Txori”...

Sonia de los Santos (Mikel Mecon)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Sonia de los Santos is an actress and singer (with a talent for children’s music) who was born...

Zorionak eta Urte Berri On.  With Basque carols from Cambridge, and...

Eguzkilorea. Senpere, Lapurdi. Euskal Herria. Stemless carline thistle or Silver thistle. Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, Labourd. Basque Country. ( Garuna bor-bor)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp 2016 is coming to an end, and it seems like 2017 might be a bit better.  We don’t...

Discussing txakoli and placing it on the map of our country,...

Map with Wine denominations in the Basque Country. Euskal Herrian denominazioa duten ardoen mapa. (Wikipedia)
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp Elizabeth Schneider is an American sommelier whoo’s dedicated to spreading the culture of wine through her courses and...