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El Lehendakari Aguirre en Chile
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Euskaletxeak.net is a a must-visit website to get to know everything the Basque diaspora has done around the...

A sapling from the Tree of Guernica has been planted at...

Rep. John Garamendi (bottom right) and his family cover the roots of an oak tree on Capitol Hill. The sapling is a descendant of a historic tree in the Basque Country. (Sarah D. Wire/ Los Angeles Times)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp In February 2016, we announced that a sapling of the Tree of Guernica was going to be planted...

The Washington Post discusses the Basque Presence at the Smithsonian Folklife...

Juan Mari Aurtenetxe will demonstrate traditional Basque bowling, which uses a wooden ball. (Cristina Diaz-Carrera)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Sadie Dingfelder, in this article, explains to the readers of this newspaper from the American capital how the...

What the Basque presence at the Folklife Festival in Washington will...

Una de las imágenes que sobre los vascos se utilizan en la web del Folklife Festival
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Since the day they announced that Basque Culture was going to be the guest of honor at the...

For a bit more than a week, Buenos Aires will have...

This article was translated by John R. Bopp This weekend, Sunday, May 8, the city of Buenos Aires will be celebrating, yet another year, the “Buenos...

Basques are the “guests of honor” at the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife...

The Smithsonian Institution Building, better known as the Smithsonian Castle. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Our regular readers will already have heard that that Basque Culture is going to be the star at...

The “lauburus of Yucatan”, or the Basque remnants on the shores...

entrada original a la Hacienda Uxmal en Yukatan con sus lauburus
This article was translated by Joseba Varela Although this isn’t the first time we say this, there’s no denying it: sometimes we come across information that...

When a sapling from the Tree of Gernika is planted in...

Vista aérea del National Mall donde se celebra el Smithsonian Folklife Festival
This article was translated by Aimar Arizmendi Vince J. Juaristi is a basque-descendant born in Elko (Nevada), who has a technology company in Alexandria (Virginia). A...

The Amazing Story of the “Basque Region” of Canada, its ranch,...

Vistas sobre el Rio Thompson de el Basque vineyard en plena British Columbia
In February 2013, we discovered, we found, on an old map of the western part of Canada, a geographica reference to a region called...

Today, they’re throwing a roof tile into the sea–a great day...

“Honaino heltzen dira Euskadiko itxuginak”
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Today in Bermeo, they’re celebrating the Magdalenas, a festival that has a very peculiar centerpiece. The mayor of...