Every once in a while, I’m going to try to highlight a different Basque music group. A mix of some of my favorite Basque songs can be found on YouTube: Buber’s Basque Mix. Today’s band is Sua – thanks to Eneko Ennekõike for pointing me to them. Hailing from the Bizkaian town of Maruri, a small […]
Nearly none of the young men and women who immigrated to the United States from the Basque County to herd sheep in the American West had any knowledge of English. This wasn’t much of a problem as they typically worked with other Basques. However, encounters with the dominant language of their new home were unavoidable […]
Seasons greetings! Gabon Zoriontsua! We are in the heart of the holiday season and people are looking for that special gift for their Basque loved ones. Diana Echeverria had a great suggestion of creating a list of merchants and businesses that are either Basque owned or sell Basque-themed products. If you have such a business […]
Over 100 years ago, in 1921, José Miguel de Barandiaran began publishing a series of articles under the banner of Eusko-Folklore. His work was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War but in 1954 he resumed publishing what he then called his third series of articles. These appeared in the journal Munibre, Natural Sciences Supplement of […]
Bat eman eta bi hartu, gure etxean ez berriz sartu. Giving one and taking two, don’t come back to our house.
I spent the 1991-92 school year in the Basque Country, trying to learn Basque and learning a bit more Spanish. It was my first time to the Basque Country and it really opened my eyes as to what life was like in the Basque Country. I had learned something about the traditional culture, primarily dance, […]
Dad died ten Thanksgivings ago. I miss you dad. In 1997, dad got a heart transplant. This was after more than a couple of heart attacks and his heart was a mess. He and mom had gone down to Salt Lake to see if they could help him, but he was turned away. I don’t […]
Balizko errotak, irinik ez. An imaginary mill produces no flour.
by Evan Madill What do Escape Rooms, Surfing, and John Adams all have in common? These themes are all used to teach Basque, in my new book, Basque-ing in Language Learning. My journey as a beginner of Euskara was difficult. In my experience of studying many languages, Basque was the only one where I truly felt […]
It is always cool to see Basque names on the big screen. Whenever we sit through the credits of a movie, I tend to scan the names to see if any Basque names pop out to me. So, it’s even cooler when the Basque name is also the star of the movie. Jacob Elordi has […]
