Basques around the world

Good day to you Basques,

Boise’s international Basque Cultural Festival is drawing ever nearer folks, and two Boise sisters of Basque heritage have launched their latest Basque designs to coincide with the event; this year they hope to branch out and bring their creations to the ‘Old Country’. Read about ‘Ahizpak’ and see some of their designs here.

Our English pelota fan Tiffany provides the latest from the Fronton, with the good news that Abel Barriola has finally returned after a year of being out with injury. His comeback match will take place today in his home town of Leitza (Navarre) alongside Berasaluze IX, up against duo Idoate and Goni III.

In other news, Yo La Tengo, the noise band which was in many respects the quintessential critics’ band during the 90s, will be playing at Barakaldo’s Rock Star Live concert hall on 18th March, which is located about 7 kilometres far from the centre of Bilbao.

On a different ‘note’, internationally-acclaimed Basque musician Kepa Junkera has followed up his work on the short film about Pelota, released this year. This time he’s been collaborating on a big-screen production, not only helping out on the soundtrack of Emilio Aragon’s latest movie Birds of Paper, but giving some important advice on how to play the Trikitixa.

Finally, today our Basque Tourism blog reveals some interesting information, not least that the world’s biggest Rolls Royce collection is housed just 35kms west of Bilbao. It is in fact a collection of 75 unique cars, which also includes Lamborghini, Ferrari and Bentley, among others. If rare cars are your thing, you might think about taking a trip there next time you visit the Basque Country!

That’s all for today.  Have a great weekend!

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Hello again Basques,

We’re on 1,981 members now Basques – so close to reaching our current target of 2,000 in our facebook group Basques Around the World. Then who knows how many we can get up to? The sky’s the limit as they say…

The biggest item today for our Boise Basques or all those going to this year’s Jaialdi Festival is the chance to reserve a program book; a great souvenir which you can also contribute to…

Anyone planning a trip to the Basque Country in July – or those of you already here and with a taste for festivals – might be interested to know that the line-up for this year’s BBK Live Festival in Kobetamendi is really filling out; a clue in our photo.

For sport fans, the good news today is that Bizkaia Bilbao Basket managed to turn their match around against Brose Baskets to get a win.

Also, we forgot to tell you yesterday about our latest recipe for a fantastic pintxo creation, this time at the hands of chef Bittor Muñoz. Even if cooking is not your thing, it’s impressive to see him make mist you can eat!

And did we tell you that Madonna has her eye on one of our very own home-grown models, Jon Kortajarena?!

Enjoy!

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