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It’s been a decade since the last Jaialdi. Meaning simply, “festival” in Basque, Jaialdi is usually held every five years, ...
The country's largest Basque festival returns to Boise after 10 years, featuring a week of cultural celebrations, traditional ...
The six-day festival honoring Basque culture through food, music, dance, sport and community will run from Tuesday, July 29 ...
It has been 10 years since the last Jaialdi celebration, a casualty of the pandemic. “This is a Herculean community effort ...
The dozen Basque students and the young adult who accompanied them stayed with families from three Yakima-area churches for their monthlong stay.
Boise has unveiled its newest park, Kaixo Corner, located just across the street from the historic Basque Block. This ...
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Kaixo Corner, a new cultural park near Boise’s Basque Block, opened on Monday on the site of a former boarding house, ...
As the Basque Block prepares for the vibrant six-day Jaialdi festival, a special preschool on the Boise Bench is already ...
The Jaialdi Basque Festival returns to Boise on July 29, drawing international visitors after a decade-long hiatus.
Jaialdi, which is traditionally celebrated every five years, will instead return in 2025, the release said. “Jaialdi is one of the biggest events in the state,” said Jaialdi board member Amy Wray.
The Basque people began to plant roots in Idaho during the 1890s, initially to work as shepherds, and their numbers in the ...