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The Basques and the Sea: Building a boat in Washington DC using traditional Basque tecniques

07/05/2016

Walking around the different areas of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2016. In this one they are building a boat using Basque traditional tecniques. Historically the Basques leaded the hunt of whales, when that activity was a relevant industry in Europe - the world. The conexion of the Basques and the ocean continues nowadays. The sea has been the highway of the Basques to the world. Fish keeps being an important part of the diet of today's Basques (video EuskalKultura.com)



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