In this Wednesday April 10, 2019 photo, Inigo Eizagirre, 24, a basque stone lifter, poses for a photograph holding a round stone at the end of his training session, in the basque village of Zarautz, ...
Female competitors are aiming to change attitudes towards what has been a traditionally male-dominated sport. (Reuters pic) MUNGIA (Spain): Women lifted heavy stones up to their shoulders and swung ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Smithsonian Institution Building, better known as the Smithsonian Castle. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, courtesy of the Library of Congress ...
"This is the Béarn region," the pigeon hunter said, appearing like the Holy Ghost beneath a tree-house blind. "Over there is Basque Country, where people are different." We were outside Navarrenx, one ...
The genetic make-up and distinctive language of the Basque people in northern Spain and southern France has intrigued anthropologists for years. Now a new study suggests they descend from a group of ...
No frontier marks the entrance to Spain’s Basque region, but the traveller passing by quaint villages on green hillsides has a clear sense of entering a distinct territory. It is not just the Basque ...
ZARAUTZ, Spain (AP) — Their faces contorted by the effort needed to lift 200 kilograms (440 pounds) or more, these burly competitors keep alive one of the traditional sports of Spain's rural north one ...
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