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Valladolid, Spain.  The Gure Txoko Basque club in Valladolid celebrated a Basque festival for the first time last Sunday with a series of activities with which, according to member Jokin Oncalada, “was aimed at bringing the Basque culture out of the confines of our txoko.”

The day began with the club choir singing that the Basque mass at the Santo Domingo de Guzman parish followed by a small recital of traditional Basque songs. Later, the choir visited various places throughout the city including the Main Square, and the Plaza España, among other important spots in the city and sang pieces from its repertoire.

[The choir visited central locations in Valladolid, singing traditional Basque songs (photoValladolidEE)]

[The txikis from Gure Txoko also joined in this first Euskal Jaia (photo ValladolidEE)]

A noon the group headed to the clubhouse whre they shared a meal among the members followed by games and activities related to the Basque culture and aimed at entertaining the kids in the club.  The members of the center were very satisfied with how well received their first Euskal Jaia was and they hope to organized more in the future.