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Articles on the Basque culture and traditions of the Basque Country and in the mountain villages of the Spanish Pyrenees.

Zubieta in the Basque Pyrenees

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Georgina Howard
Wednesday, 17 August 2022 / Published in Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Mythology, Ituren carnivals, The Basque Language, Visit the Pyrenees, Walking in the Pyrenees, Zubieta carnivals
Typical farmhouse in Zubieta
Zubieta is a traditional Basque village in the Pyrenees, its contrasts and contradictions, values of equality, honour and 'hard graft' are typical of Basque mountain life.
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The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo

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Georgina Howard
Thursday, 21 July 2022 / Published in Basque Culture and Tradition
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
'The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo', a portrait of filming behind-the-scenes in Zubieta, a traditional Basque village in Navarre. Here, we work with Michael and learn about his family background and skills as a linguist and presenter.
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Our Basque Village School in Ituren.

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Georgina Howard
Wednesday, 27 January 2016 / Published in Basque Country Walking, Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Food
Basque, Spanish and English songs at our Christmas party at our Ituren village school
Sad to leave our Basque Village School! Above Carlos’s bar in Ituren plaza is our Basque village school. This small primary school has currently some 63 children ranging from 3 – 11 years old and all subjects are taught in Basque. The children come from the villages of Ituren, (and its three satellite hamlets of
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Basque Christmas Traditions: Olentzero

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Georgina Howard
Saturday, 26 December 2015 / Published in Basque Culture and Tradition
Olentzero on Christmas Eve in Ituren
Olentzero – an inseparable part of Basque Christmas Traditions As you would expect even Basque Christmas traditions dig deep into their pagan past and the Joaldunak, the pagan protagonists from the festivals we visit on Total Basque Mountain Culture Walking Holidays, appear again with fire and flame. Here, during the winter months, the flint-grey skies
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The Witches of Zugarramurdi – the scene was set!

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Georgina Howard
Sunday, 03 May 2015 / Published in Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Mythology
The 'witches' of Zugarramurdi
Who were the Witches of Zugarramurdi? Zugarramurdi is a tiny bucolic Basque village nestling in the foothills of the western Pyrenees. Innocuously the name Zugarramurdi means ‘hill of elm trees’, although today it is far better known for its caves and witches than for its hills and elms.  However, this is the site of the most brutal witch
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The Basque Language and its Origins

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Georgina Howard
Friday, 20 March 2015 / Published in Basque Culture and Tradition, The Basque Language
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The Stone-age Roots of the Basque Language. Many linguists agree that the Basque language is the oldest in Europe and that its origins clearly date back to the Neolithic period. However, certain sources seem to indicate that their roots go even further back in time. An example that seems to support this hypothesis is the interesting
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