Buber’s Basque Page has been silent a while, as I’ve had work travel and of course Jaialdi (which I hope to write about soon) during the last couple of months.<\/p>\n
That said, I’d like to break the silence with a new series, entitled “Nor Naiz, Gu Gara”, roughly translated as “Who I Am, We Are.”\u00a0 The goal is to explore what it means to be Basque, from many different perspectives.\u00a0 The question of Basque identity is complex.\u00a0 For some, being Basque begins and ends at speaking Euskara, hence the word Euskaldun.\u00a0 For others, it means having so many Basque surnames in your genealogy.\u00a0 For yet others, it is an expression of their heritage via dance or music.\u00a0 This series aims to explore these different facets of what it means to be Basque, from Basques all over the world.<\/p>\n
I’ve invited a few friends and acquaintances to help me kick this series off, and their postings will be showing up over the coming weeks.\u00a0 I’ll begin with my own, in the very next post.\u00a0 Any and all who would like to participate, please feel free to send me a couple of paragraphs about what being Basque means to you, why it is important to you, why identifying yourself as Basque is something you do.\u00a0 I can’t promise all will make it on the site, but I will do my best.<\/p>\n