What Is the Basque Country?

Find out more about the Basque Country: what it is, where it is, and a little about the Basque people. This is the first video in Hella Basque's introductory series on the Basque Country. Check back on Thursdays for new videos!

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Bushwick Tarentella - Thatched Villagers by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license
Basque Country map by Zorion

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[allenvalera]

Wow I got goose bumps when you mentioned the Philippines. I got my Ancestry results showing 33% Basque and 66% Filipino born in the Philippines. I live in Central Valley California I am trying to learn my heritage one step at a time. I enjoyed your videos, thanks for sharing.

[tusidols]

Thanks 👍 information I'm one of them so strange found out few months ago where some of my roots came from 👍 here in busque very excited to learn more about beautiful 🥰 place

[blairdowney]

Thanks for doing these videos finding out more about my Basque heritage very informative!💯🤠👍❤️

[matusiable]

You are as proud of your roots as the rest of us all over the world...my family is still in Bilbao. Thank you for caring so much!

[joshg]

I haven't done any dna tests or anything, but I'm fairly certain I have no Basque in me. I just find their unique history fascinating. So many people groups and languages have been lost over the centuries assimilated into larger groups, and it is remarkable to find a window into a very old culture that has survived so much. Thanks for your videos!

[nocalrob]

I showed this and some of your other videos to a geography of Oregon class I teach. My students loved it.

[lukasmaks]

My interest in linguistics brought me here. A language indigenous to Europe but isn't Indo-European and predates it by millennia? I'm totally learning about it!

[Covert_Arrangements]

I have 18% Basque and 66% Polish and the rest Scottish. Crazy to think how this came to be. 😊

[ikergilsebastian]

Me encanta que alguien a tantos kms de euskal herria, tenga tan vivos sus origenes. Eso es importante.

[theeuprise]

good video, I recently watched the film "Black is Beltza" and it sparked some interest in Basque culture.

[albertfachan]

Wow this is fantastic young lady you are a Basque beauty

[matusiable]

My roots, thank you little girl, luv you!

[nicoletellecheakrasensky]

So happy that you have started this channel, Anne-Marie! You are a natural and summarized Euskal Herria very eloquently.

[joyoneill]

I don't know if you corrected it but the prevalence of Rh negative blood is a b negative in The Basque region. This is the this is the rarest blood besides I guess the no blood, another place that there's a heavy prevalence is in Northern Africa the Berber tribe. Anyway I have been a Rh negative aficionado and just thought I would chirp in if you already corrected yourself please forgive my comment rock on thank you for your videos very informative.

[dougtheviking]

Nice Vid. Everyone should be proud of who they are and heritage.

[sunniraefaulkner]

Navarre???? Please tell me more or where I can find more information

[DonaGeek]

I’m only 3% Basque according to ancestry dna . I never even heard of this country. Very interesting ❤

[nazortube]

Name od village/ country behind you? I really like and I wanna visit

[fernandoreq]

I have five last names basque one Catalan and one French basque

[enekotartun]

Really nice introduction :) bit I would like to make a positive criticism if O might...
Do people call Scotland a region? Do people call Wales a region? Not really... they are nations without state, but nations nevertheless. So this exactly who we are, for different historical circumstances. Unless "region" has a different meaning in English I find it "diminishing". And I have no idea why has become so popular in Angloxason media to call us "region".
In any case really cool video :) we need more presence in internet and in English language. Thanks a lot ! :)