Bask Culture

 

 

 

 

With the Bask Country can be more than elsewhere, the recognition of the cultural identity is dominating. Descendant of an ancestral civilization in the mysterious beginnings, the Basque people grants much importance to the transmitted traditions from generation to generation. The attachment with the family, paramount, is symbolized by the "etxe" (the house) genuine keystone of the social system, relayed by will "euskara" this language which does not resemble any other.
This cultural and traditional richness, maintained with the wire of the centuries in spite of the external influences, is found in many fields and constitutes the specificity of "Euskal Herria".

 

| The Basque language | traditional Gastronomy | Literature | Rugby | the Basque ball | the Basque force |
| Festivals and carnivals | Music and songs | Dance | Objects | fishing | the vine | hunting |
| the house (the etxe) | Movable | shepherds | institutions | smuggling |

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