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The color “Basque red” also exists in the English-speaking world

There's also a shade of red in the US and Great Britain with the same name, just translated into English: "Basque red"

“Arto gorria”. Basque corn saved in a convent

The recovery of a variety of corn, Arto gorria (Grand Roux Basque) which was the most basic variety for Basque harvests for centuries

The Basque melody that has become an “unofficial” anthem of Israel

This article was translated by John R. Bopp Today, May 14, is the day when Israel celebrates their Declaration of Independence. It was on May...

Two Basque carols interpreted by the Cambridge Choir of King’s College...

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen is a popular Basque carol that was discussed in 1887 by Charles Bordes in...

The Economist: Basque is easier to learn than English, German, Spanish…

'The Economist' has published an article covering how difficult different languages are to learn

“The Basque Country A-Z”: Videos by an Irishwoman about the Basque...

“The Basque Country A-Z”: Videos by an Irishwoman about the Basque Country
This article was translated by John R. Bopp About 6 months ago, we wrote about a YouTube channel we found fascinating.  It’s called I Heart Basque...

Maurice Ravel, the Basque musician who composed Basque music, and who...

Maurice Ravel was a Basque musician, not only because he was born in the Basque Country, but because he felt that way

The Gypsies who became bertsolaris and their “mixed language” that’s going...

Familia de gitanos vascos (principios del siglo XX)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp From a chance encounter on the website Ethnologue.com, which we’ve referred to before because of their unique definition...

On when Bruce Springsteen fell in love with “Agur Jaunak” in...

  This article was translated by John R. Bopp A while back on our website, we put up a video of The Kelly Family, an American group...

Amazing: “The Basque Country A-Z”  Videos by an Irishwoman on the...

“The Basque Country A-Z”: Videos by an Irishwoman about the Basque Country
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Second entry here We don’t know who she is, and we just discovered her thanks to her Twitter profile,...