basque heritage worldwide
07/05/2016
Kick off concert for the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Washington DC, June 2017, featuring the Basques. Concert at the National Mall by Kepa Junkera & Sorginak with part of the public dancing Basque (video EuskalKultura.com)
07/05/2016
Bilingual version of Old McDonald had a farm in English and Basque explained for kids by Begoña Echeverria and Cathy Petrissans, members of the Basque-Californian musi group Noka. "Old McDonald had a farm bazuen baserria" is the new Basque-English title of the song (video EuskalKultura.com)
07/05/2016
Teaching basic Basque vocabulary in a introductory class to the Basque lagnguage at the National Mall in Washington DC at the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival dedicated to the Basques. The video shows the explanations by Kinku Zinkunegi, coordinator of the Euskara Munduan, a program in charge of teaching the language at Basque Clubs throught the world, and Errukiñe Olaziregi, Basque teacher at the Basque Center in Madrid (image EuskalKultura.com).
07/05/2016
Trikitxa accordionist Manu Iturregi and his musician friends and dancers of Aukeran demostrating the Basque festival staple of kalejira, with the band Klaperttarrak and the Aukeran dance company. The choreography is a blend of traditional and contemporary Basque dance, using stylized traditional dress. Recorded on July 1st, 2016 (video The Kennedy Center).
07/05/2016
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the last visitor to the Library of Congress left, and an army of half a hundred employees sneaked through the door, and in less than an hour they transformed it into a restaurant with 16 tables overlooking the Capitol. Basque chef Andoni Luis Aduriz from Errenteria was the main chef, accompanied by Bizkaian chefs Jose Miguel Olazabalaga, Txomin Gomez and Paul Ibarra. (video Deia)
07/05/2016
Quick panoramic view on the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, featuring the Basques and their culture, National Mall, Washington DC, June-July, 2016 (video EuskalKultura.com)
07/05/2016
Basque cuisine workshop in Washington DC at the National Mall as part of the Smitsonian Folklife Festival 2016 (video EuskalKultura.com)
07/05/2016
Members of the Chino Gauden Bat Basque dance group teaching polkas at the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC, dedicated to the Basques (photo EuskalKultura.com)
07/05/2016
The Joaldunak from Ituren go and come through different areas of the National Mall at the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival making their characteristic sheep bell sound. Meanwhile Basque-American music by Boisean Amuma Says no make people dance in the tents (video EuskalKultura.com)
07/05/2016
They are from Ituren, in Navarre. The Joaldunak were walking around the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2016, and you can see them at the DC Basque handball court, pictured answering questions about what they do, why, when and its sense within the Basque pre-Christian traditional customes. They are in their costumes just a few minutes before going back to their rhythmic walk (video EuskalKultura.com)
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