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Basque Fact of the Week, Diaspora, Euskadi

Basque Fact of the Week: The Ateak Ireki Program, Opening Doors to the Basque Country

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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, […]

Basque Fact of the Week, Euskadi, People

Basque Fact of the Week: Julen Zabaleta, Master Drawer

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Eneko Ennekõike, who is passionate about his home town of Eibar, told me about Julen Zabaleta, a long-time resident of Eibar who died at the age of 101 a few months past. Julen lived through the Spanish Civil War and World War II. He saw the world change dramatically over the last 100 years, with […]