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=History and Environment= Who are the Basque people?

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The Basque people are the oldest indigenous living group known in Europe. They live in the north-west of Spain, and there are also three provinces in France. Their language, culture, customs, and land are all distinctly different from the rest of Europe. They have their own newspaper, radio, and educational system. The Basque people have strong traditional ties to their families and to their land. They have an independent spirit, respect for liberty of the individual, and a love of freedom. The Basque Country, in Spanish //País Vasco //, in Basque //Euskadi // or //Euskal Herriia //, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historic region of northern Spain, encompasses the provincias (provinces) of Álava, Guipúzcoa, and Vizcaya (Biscay). The Basque Country is bounded by the Bay of Biscay to the north and the autonomous communities of Navarra to the east, La Rioja to the south, and Cantabria to the west. The Pyrenees Mountains separate the region from the Basque Country of France to the northeast; however, the ethnically similar autonomous community of Navarra makes up most of the border with the French Basque region. The current autonomous community of the Basque Country was established by the statute of autonomy of 1979. Its government consists of a president and a parliament. The capital is Vitoria-Gasteiz.

=Our school= Here is a video filmed and produced by students about our school and the activities we do here.

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=Music=

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**Txoria Txori** ( **THE BIRD WHICH IS A BIRD** ) NERIA IZANGO ZEN EZ ZUEN ALDEGINGO BAINAN, HONELA EZ ZEN GEHIAGO TXORIA ETA NIK TXORIA NUEN MAITE || IF I HAD CUT OFF THE BIRD'S WINGS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MINE IT WOULD NOT HAVE FLOWN AWAY BUT HAVING DONE THAT IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A BIRD ANYMORE AND IT IS THE BIRD THAT I LOVED || JOS OLISIN LEIKANNUT LINNUN SIIVET SE OLISI OLLUT MINUN SE EI OLISI LENTÄNYT POIS MUTTA SEN JÄLKEEN SE EI ENÄÄ OLISI OLLUT LINTU JA LINTUA MINÄ RAKASTIN. || SE AVESSI TAGLIATO LE ALI SAREBBE STATO PER ME, NON SAREBBE SCAPPARE. MA IN QUESTO MODO, NON SAREBBE UN UCCELLO, ED ERA L'UCCELLO, QUELLO CHE IO AMAVO. ||
 * HEGOAK EBAKI BANIZKIO

Here is a famous Basque song Txoria Txori, sung by **Mikel Laboa**. **Txoria Txori** ( THE BIRD WHICH IS A BIRD ) Txoria Txori is a poem written in Basque by **Joxean Ärtze** and set to music (folk) by **Mikel Laboa**, a member of **Ez dok amairu**.

The bird is taken as a symbol of freedom and the lyrics evoke the dilemma which exists when one wants to keep a person close or “possess” him or her: you cannot tie the person up and keep them like a caged bird, you must love them as they are, and then, if they want to leave, you must let them go. The song is easy to sing and remember, its rhythmic structure is slow and repetitive. It was accepted in its early interpretation as a traditional song. Popularly, the song was renamed Hegoak (wings), the first word of the poem and it is also known as “Neria izango Zen”(it would have been mine), one of its component sentences.



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