CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Basque language instructor Errukine Olaziregi teaches a Euskara lesson at the Euskaltegi tent. Photo by Willa Friedman, Ralph Rinzler Folklife ...

In “Karmele,” one of the Basque films at this year’s festival, the Basque language itself comes under threat. For centuries, rulers sought to stamp out cultural difference, Franco banning Basque from ...

The discovery of five words inscribed on a 2,000-year-old bronze hand may help rewrite the history of the Basque language, one of Europe's most mysterious tongues. Investigators in northern Spain said ...

How is the identity of a culture transferred? For many cultures it’s through geography or heritage. But what if it was knowledge of a language that conferred a people’s identity. Continuing our series ...

This summer, visitors to the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will explore the unique language and distinct heritage of the Basque people. “Basque: Innovation by Culture” will feature musicians, ...

No frontier marks the entrance to Spain’s Basque region, but the traveller passing by quaint villages on green hillsides has a clear sense of entering a distinct territory. It is not just the Basque ...

BEFORE AN AUDIENCE of 500 people on the outskirts of Pamplona, Maialen Lujanbio, the reigning champion of bertsolaritza, the Basque oral tradition of improvised song, steps up to the microphone. She ...

BARCELONA, Spain — The discovery of five words inscribed on a 2,000-year-old bronze hand may help rewrite the history of the Basque language, one of Europe’s most mysterious tongues. Investigators in ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this undated photo provided by Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi, a flat piece of bronze shaped like a human handis displayed in ...