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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