Feb 6, 2012 by guerrica
Basques are Basque before they are anything else. That’s why I’ve come to realize that there are some Basque-os that I have known nearly all my life, and yet I have no idea what they do. Sure I know they Basque danced from age 3, drank soda through a poxpolin at Udaleku, can throw back their fair share of kalimotxos and have a tattoo of a lauburu, an ikurrina or both, but I have no idea “what they do” That is to say, I have no idea who is footing the bill for those ‘motxos, tattoos and just how they got to the jaia that we’re both enjoying. Unlike a lot of our less fortunate gringo bretheren we don’t always answer the question: “What do you do?” with our job title…Especially not amongst other Basques when a more pertinent answer includes, where we’re from, where we live, who we’re related to, whether we play mus, pala, esku pelota, dance, sing, cook, etc. However, there are times when it would be nice to know a Basque lawyer (maybe because of the aforementioned kalimotxos?), travel agent, park ranger, insurance agent, novelist, etc, etc…That’s why there’s Basque LinkedIN or the LinkedIN group known as: Euskaldunak: Basques Around the World. Sign-up and get Basque Linked-IN!
Euskaldunak: Basques Around the World
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