Oinkari Basque Dancers

By Amaya Oxarango-Ingram (Boise, Idaho USA) If these floorboards could talk…well they probably wouldn’t. They would probably prefer that you just kept dancing instead of engaging in idle chatter.

This isn’t the first generation of Oinkaris it has hosted for dance practice or performance…and hopefully the floor will last for another decade or so until it needs to be replaced. It creaks and flexes under the weight of so many feet. And the rhythmic poundings of kicks and twirls of the Oinkari Basque Dancers vibrate throughout the whole room, in celebration.
The walls are lined with tables and chairs – overflowing with Basque families and their friends. Read more…

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Cold white breaths rise slowly as they escape the smiles from the on looking crowd. It is a chilly 20 F in Hailey, ID but the sun is shining brightly and the sky is cloudless. The day couldn’t be more perfect. The mountains are lightly dusted with snow and majestically lord over the Wood River Valley in Central Idaho. Despite their beauty, they aren’t the focal point today. All eyes are on the dancers with the red dresses with black stripes, white pants and red txapalas: The Oinkari Basque dancers. Read more…

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