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Basque Fact of the Week: The New Waters of the New Year

Happy New Year! Urte Berri On! Around the world, the new year is ushered in with various customs. In the Basque Country, there has been a tradition associating the new year with water, particularly “new water,” water that represents a fresh start, a new beginning. While this tradition has disappeared from much of Euskal Herria, […]

Basque Proverb of the Week: Proverb #17

Amari egindako zorrak ez dira inoiz ordaintzen. What one owes to one’s mother is never repaid.

Basque Proverb of the Week: Proverb #16

Alferrik da, ura joan eta gero, presa egitea. It is useless to hurry once the water has already run by.