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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 Jaialdi Basque Festival returns to Boise on July 29, drawing international visitors after a decade-long hiatus.
Kaixo Corner, a new cultural park near Boise’s Basque Block, opened on Monday on the site of a former boarding house, ...
Boise has unveiled its newest park, Kaixo Corner, located just across the street from the historic Basque Block. This ...
It has been 10 years since the last Jaialdi celebration, a casualty of the pandemic. “This is a Herculean community effort ...
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As the Basque Block prepares for the vibrant six-day Jaialdi festival, a special preschool on the Boise Bench is already ...
The six-day festival honoring Basque culture through food, music, dance, sport and community will run from Tuesday, July 29 ...
The Basque people began to plant roots in Idaho during the 1890s, initially to work as shepherds, and their numbers in the Treasure Valley continued to grow as the ethnic ...
After missing out on the 2020 celebration due to COVID, the Basque festival is returning bigger and better than ever, ...
The Oinkari Basque Dancers of Boise are preserving their rich cultural heritage through traditional dance, a practice deeply ...
BOISE, Idaho — The popular Basque festival Jaialdi will not be held in Boise in 2022 as planned, marking the third straight year COVID-19 concerns have postponed or canceled the event.