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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, ...
As Boise gets ready to host Jaialdi, the largest Basque Festival outside of the old country, festival goers can look forward ...
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.
After a 10-year hiatus, the world’s largest Basque festival is coming back to Boise — and organizers say it’s bigger, bolder, ...
BOISE — Jaialdi, a worldwide Basque festival that was to be held in Boise in July 2022, has been canceled, according to a press release issued by the festival. The ...
At Jaialdi’s Sports Night, feats of strength take center stage, from wood chopping to hay bale tossing to lifting stones weighing hundreds of pounds. But for on ...
Boise’s Basque community has celebrated the San Inazio Festival since the 1950s, and the festival returned in summer 2022 after the pandemic. The Jaialdi celebration runs July 29-Aug. 3, 2025 ...
In Basque mythology, Laminak are often depicted as agents of seduction, smoothing out their long tresses with a golden comb.
Kaixo Corner, a new cultural park near Boise’s Basque Block, opened on Monday on the site of a former boarding house, ...
It has been 10 years since the last Jaialdi celebration, a casualty of the pandemic. “This is a Herculean community effort ...
TIYN: Gov. Little announcing the winners of the $200M Moment Grant Giveaway, Day 3 of Jaialdi with Sports Night at Idaho ...
The Jaialdi celebration starts today at the Basque Center in Downtown Boise. Food, drink and strolling musicians will take over "the Basque Block." We have an in-studio performance to give you a sneak ...