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Pilota Classics – San Francisco Battles Boise

Pilota Classics – San Francisco Battles Boise

The capacity crowd at Boise’s historic Anduiza Fronton was treated to a tight, back-and-forth struggle between squads from San Francisco and Boise during the final match of the 35th-annual pilota championships sponsored by the North American Basque Organizations, or NABO. The lead changed hands several times in the exciting paleta goma contest, which was held Friday evening July 30 during [...]

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Jaialdi Lauburu

Jaialdi 2010 Has a Junior Mus Tournament too!

The North American Basque Organizations is a federation of clubs that work to promote many traditions of the Basque culture in the United States. Among their pet projects is junior mus, to start kids learning the Basque card game early. The project apparently is achieving success, based on the enjoyment the current generation is getting from mus. The latest tournament [...]

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John Faixa and Edu Sarria face off on Boise's fronton. Photo: Courtesty of Sarria.

Pelota Takes Center Stage at Jaialdi 2010

Jaialdi 2010 will be a hotbed of pelota activity when the huge international Basque festival kicks off in Boise in late July.

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Stephanie Braña at the 2009 Reno festival with her coach Jesus Goñi

Basque Swings Her Ax

Stephanie Braña – Basque Woodchopper from Euskal Kazeta Basque News on Vimeo.

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Players from NABO and FEVA II.

NABO Team at World Pilota Council Tournament in Argentina (Updated)

By Evelyne Etcharren The NABO pelota team of Esther Ciganda and Maite Iribarren-Gorrindo has been playing hard at the 2009 World Pilota Council Tournament being held in Argentina. Ciganda and Iribarren-Gorrindo, who hail from Boise, played a tough match Thursday morning Oct. 29 against the team from Euskadi. The two NABO women gave it their best, but they ended up [...]

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The NABO championships featured heated action

Great Games Mark NABO Pelota Championships in South San Francisco

By Xabier Berrueta The Basque Cultural Center hosted the 34th Annual NABO Pilota Championships August 28 and 29. It marked the 12th time the Basque Cultural Center has hosted the Txapelketa. It was an action-packed event.

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NABO 09 Highlights

Basques in Reno for NABO 09 from Euskal Kazeta Basque News on Vimeo.

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Little Reno dancers lead the dance procession into Wingfield Park in downtown Reno.

Reno Basques Host Special Celebration

Well over 1,000 people descended on Reno over the July 24-26 weekend for the 30th annual NABO convention that celebrated a number of special Basque events. The dedication of the new Center for Basque Studies headquarters on the University of Nevada Reno campus Friday was a highlight, as was a procession of dozens of Basque dancers and musicians in a [...]

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Dancers at NABO 09

Basque Dance Fest in Reno from Euskal Kazeta Basque News on Vimeo.

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William Douglass speaks at Dedication of Center of Basque Studies

New Location of Center for Basque Studies Inaugurated

By Nancy Zubiri Dozens of people attended the dedication of the new location of the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada Reno.

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