Tag: cultura vasca
Former President Mujica celebrated his 80th birthday in Euskadi
This article was tranlated by Iustrans
Two years ago, José Mugica visited Euskadi while he was still Uruguay’s president. Now that he’s Uruguay’s former president,...
Basques in the Solar Sytem: an open list
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
(Updated April 19, 2018)
The other day, one of our readers sent us a reference to a crater on...
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
Two Basque carols interpreted by the Cambridge Choir of King’s College...
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
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
National Geographic 1968: A look back, to 45 years ago, at...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
In August of 1968, National Geographic published an outstanding 37-page article titled “Land of the Ancient Basques”. It...
What does the Basque Country sound like? “Hear our country”...
The SOUNUMAPA project allows us to discover the sounds of our nation and, as it is a collaborative project, it means we can contribute sounds we find interesting
Maurice Ravel, the Basque who believed in his country
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
The peoples who don’t usually write their history, because it’s usually written for them (by the victors in...