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Show i r--- t basque festival ti 8Dira to imevsadlsi by Mike Ivorologos Tribune Staff Writer TRAVEL agents like to sell their wares with a pitch old world about the of Italy, charm Spain and Basques live in the Spanish and French provinces. A people of great patience and endurance, many Basques have migrated to Idaho and Nevada where they excel in sheep herding. Native dances in native muscle-sappin- g costumes, competitive events and delicious food (dont miss the spicy chorizos or pork sausages; turn fun Elko into a carnival town. Greece, France. But Intermountain Area residents neednt travel that far for a taste of that charm only to Elko, Nev. But their timing must be right, lest they miss an event which has roots in the old world. They must be in the Nevada city during the annual National Basque Festival which has natives and tourists alike basking in the fun, excitement and down home frankness of the Basque people. . .The, 1973, festival will be 1 June and is expected to attract between 3,000 and 4,000 visitors, says Jim IlhurraJde, immediate past president of the Elko Euzkaldunak Club which sponsors the program. Fete Ormaza is president this year. THE FESTIVAL has all the color, trimmings, competition and food of the Pyrenees Mountains where more than two million y The two-da- y fest is launched with a parade through the city on June 30 at noon. Parade theme is Jaiak or Festival Time. The parade is followed by the Basque games and contests at the Elko County Fair Grounds where from strongmen many states compete io cash prizes. One such event is the North American Basque championships whose winner is determined by the total amount of weight lifted by a contestant in two three-minut- e periods using a very cumbersome and awkward weight. Another event is the weight 250-pou- SAFA2IS Colorado fiivvr High Adrertture Trips Y RAFT TRIPS ONE-DA- Y RAFT TRIPS TWO-DA- where the entrant a weight hand over a Record for the walk in the Elko games is 988 feet. carry carries in each course. 100-fo- and weights is 250 lb. Guard armory where two Basque musical groups play well into the morning. After an 11 a.m. mass on Sunday, a sheepherders bread baking contest finds contestants baking bread in underground Dutch ovens. That event ties into the fes- tival feed from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the city park where authentic Basque beans, barbecued lamb, steaks, wine and brandy fill all the tables. Singing of native songs and an irrintzi contest are next. 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In the 1972 games, first and second place in this event (the difference between $250 and $150) was one second thats one swing of the axe after some 15 minutes of continuous chopping. Sheep hooking (catching a sheep and tying it to a post) contests and weight pulling d a (dragging distance the longest weight 31 Enjoy Picturesque Canyon Scenery, Hiking, Phone (303) . at right in five minutes) contests round out the first day, along with some weight lifting exhibitions. 104-pou- 68 83 83 h rrf WESTERN ASYINTUSI f Color, pageantry, music, wine mark Elko Basque fest. 'Rock' |