Bakersfield Basque Festival 2009 from Euskal Kazeta Basque News on Vimeo.

The Basque Educational Organization is sponsoring the Day of Navarra – Nafarroaren Eguna — with lectures and activities all related to the region where many of California’s Basque immigrants originated. The event, to be held Saturday Nov. 5 at the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco, will feature numerous speakers from the Center of Basque Studies in Reno. An [...]

The Gauden Bat dancers helped spread Basque culture this weekend during performances that were well-received by audiences at the Los Angeles County Fair. The Chino-based group, whose name means “Let Us Be One” in Euskera, gave multiple performances on Saturday and Sunday at the fair’s Basque Village. The cultural exhibition was organized by Evelyne Ustarroz, a public relations specialist and [...]

The big Jaialdi festival in Boise last month was a showcase for several new Basque cultural efforts, including a group of dancers from California.

By John Ysursa One of the most recognizable male Basque dances, which has become popular this summer at Basque-American festivals, is the “banakoa” from the region of Durango in Bizkaia.

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The hometown Oinkari Dancers performed to an enthusiastic crowd during the recent Jaialdi 2010 international Basque festival at Boise’s Expo Idaho fairgrounds. The group, which usually performs dances from the Basque province of Bizkaia, changed their routine for the festival and danced several numbers from the province of Nafarroa. The Oinkari Dancers are celebrating their 50th anniversary year and held [...]

The Oinkari dancers have perhaps done more than any Basque-American group to promote Basque culture in the United States.

Luhartz at Kern County Basque Festival 2010 from Euskal Kazeta Basque News on Vimeo.

They prepared for rain at the Fresno Basque Club festival. But in the end, the weather was great — and so was the party.