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The Jaialdi Basque Festival returns to Boise on July 29, drawing international visitors after a decade-long hiatus.
The country's largest Basque festival returns to Boise after 10 years, featuring a week of cultural celebrations, traditional food and performances from July 29 to Aug. 3.
One way people showed their enthusiasm was through spontaneous footwork. As a trio of musicians with accordions and a ...
Boise, Idaho is home to one of the densest populations of Basque people in the entire world. But it is Jaialdi that brings ...
It’s like a “homecoming” for Basque-Americans and Basques around the world to celebrate their culture with dancing, music and food.
It has been 10 years since the last Jaialdi celebration, a casualty of the pandemic. “This is a Herculean community effort ...
It’s been a decade since the last Jaialdi. Meaning simply, “festival” in Basque, Jaialdi is usually held every five years, ...
As Jaialdi celebrates Basque culture in Boise this week, discover the deep Basque roots in nearby Emmett that began with the Salt Mill in the 1920s.
As Boise gets ready to host Jaialdi, the largest Basque Festival outside of the old country, festival goers can look forward ...
While Basque culture takes center stage this week in downtown Boise for the Jaialdi festival, the Basque roots run deep in ...
At Jaialdi’s Sports Night, feats of strength take center stage, from wood chopping to hay bale tossing to lifting stones ...
A Basque journalist was denied U.S. entry to cover the return of Jaialdi. He was turned away despite having a proper visa and ...