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	Pelota - Definition, explanation
		Today, pelota is widely played in several countries: in the Basque Country and their neighbours; in Valencia where it is considered the national sport; and in rural areas of Ireland, Belgium, North of Italy, Mexico, Argentina and other American countries.
		There are modalities played with the bare hand (pelota a mano in Spanish or eskupilota in Basque) or with a wooden bat (pala), or a basket propulsor (cesta, saskipilota), the latter being very famous in Florida as the jai alai modality, and also played in Macao.
		Basque pelota has been an exhibition olympic sport in Mexico '68 and Barcelona '92 and could become a competition sport in Madrid 2012 unless we are told otherwise.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/pe/pelota.php (831 words)

	Print The Ancient Culture of Basque Language and Sport
		Basque Pelota is as unique a game as you’ll ever find which is played in many diverse ways depending on the region.
		Basque has no official standing in the Northern Basque Country of France and French citizens are barred from officially using Basque in a French court of law.
		Paradoxically, the use of Basque by Spanish nationals in French courts is allowed (with a Basque Translator), as Basque is officially recognized on the other side of the frontier in Spain.
	www.ideamarketers.com /library/printarticle.cfm?articleid=115427 (821 words)

	The Ancient Culture of Basque Language and Sport - Amazines.com Article Search Engine
		Basque Pelota is as unique a game as you’ll ever find which is played in many diverse ways depending on the region.
		Basque has no official standing in the Northern Basque Country of France and French citizens are barred from officially using Basque in a French court of law.
		Paradoxically, the use of Basque by Spanish nationals in French courts is allowed (with a Basque Translator), as Basque is officially recognized on the other side of the frontier in Spain.
	www.amazines.com /article_detail.cfm/144303?articleid=144303&Title= (1047 words)

	the Basque Country - Southwest France - France Monthly
		Of course, French Basques speak perfect French, but not mastering the Basque language as well as one's parents or grandparents is, still today, often considered breaking the chain of tradition and a disability.
		Depending on the population of the village or city, the Basque churches varied in height from 2 to 4 levels.
		Pelota is not that simple a game; as a matter of fact, it has no less than 21 variations.
	www.francemonthly.com /n/0205 (1737 words)

	::: Euskonews & Media ::: Gaiak ::: Feeding nationalism (II/II)
		Pelota, the Basque ball game, supposedly the fastest ball game in the world, was for many decades an international banner of Basque cultural distinctiveness, as local players were hired to play in the frontones (pelota courts) of Miami, the American Midwest, Mexico, the Phillipines, and elsewhere.
		For instance Basque cider is presented by local panegyrists as ‘the ancestral drink of the Basques’, ‘authentic to its roots’, ‘produced in the most artesanal way possible’ using ‘autochthonous apples’, with hope for future increased sales pinned on ‘its radical naturalness’2.
		For what the politicians and the publicists for Basque cuisine fail to mention is that the daily diet of the local populace is gradually becoming less and less distinctive, as fast-food outlets open throughout the area and hipermarkets replace corner stores4.
	www.euskonews.com /0393zbk/gaia39303en.html (1505 words)

	Pelota - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Today, pelota is widely played in several countries: in the Basque Country and their neighbours; in Valencia where it is considered the national sport; and in rural areas of Ireland, Belgium, North of Italy, Mexico, Argentina and other American countries.
		There are modalities played with the bare hand (pelota a mano in Spanish or eskupilota in Basque) or with a wooden bat (pala), or a basket propulsor (cesta, saskipilota), the latter being very famous in Florida as the jai alai modality, and also played in Macao.
		Basque pelota has been an exhibition olympic sport in Mexico '68 and Barcelona '92 and could become a competition sport in Madrid 2012 unless we are told otherwise.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Pelota (461 words)

	Pelota - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Pelota (Spanish, “Ball”) generic name for a variety of court games (also known as pelote Basque and pelota Vasca) played with a ball and,...
		The other forms of pelota include pelota mano (handball); pelota pala; and several forms in which the ball is batted from a heavy, stiff cesta.
		- fast court game of Basque origin: a fast court game of Basque origin, in which two players use long wickerwork baskets strapped to their wrists to hurl a ball against a marked wall and catch it.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Pelota.html (129 words)

	City of Bayonne, France, Basque Country
		The game of Basque pelota evolved from the ancient "jeu de paume" and is now played in the all villages of the Basque Country and especially in Bayonne.
		Basque pelota is a strongly traditional sport which takes its name from the Basque people who invented it..
		Bayonne offers all pelota players excellent facilities which meet the standards set by the Basque Federation of Pelota These range from the ancient indoor trinquet to the ultra modern trinquet with glass walls (unique in the world).
	www.ville-bayonne.fr /bayonneville/bayonne-gb/capitale/pelote.htm (229 words)

	Jai p2
		However, it was the Basques, those mysterious people with the tongue-twisting language,who polished one-wall handball into what is now the fastest ball game in the world.
		In the Basque provinces of Spain and France that straddle the rugged Pyrenees mountains, "pelota" was played on stone courtyards and against church walls in the 15th century.
		Basques first played pelota with bare hands, then with leather gloves, wooden paddles and primitive rackets.
	www.mtsd.k12.wi.us /mtsd/homestead/Foreign.Lang/dime_home_page/jai_alai/jai_p2.html (541 words)

	Oregon History Project
		Northern Spain and southwest France is the homeland of the Basque people, who have sometimes been referred to as the “mystery people” of Europe due to the uncertainty surrounding the origin of their distinctive language and cultural traditions.
		The peak of Basque immigration, however, was from the late 1880s to the mid-1920s.
		Folklorist Sarah Baker Munro notes that Basques “came in large enough numbers to comprise two-thirds of the population in Jordan Valley.” Most of the Basques who moved to Jordan Valley were from the Spanish province of Bizkaia.
	www.ohs.org /education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=F28111E4-0AAD-0049-735D21B87A3683A1 (480 words)

	The World's Fastest Ballgame by Mark Eveleigh\| Travel Reviews from Travel Intelligence
		Navarra hosted the 2002 Pelota World Championships and the three-tier Labrit Fronton stadium, with its weekly-televised matches, is a far cry from the village plazas where most of the players honed their skills.
		As a veteran of Pelota a Mano and manager of a regional Cesta Punta club, RamÃ³n Martinez Asensio is able to appreciate all the variations of Jai Alai and he looks back with apparent fondness on the good old days when he used to counteract the swelling by treading on his knuckles between games.
		Pelota a Mano â“ the bare hand version can be seen in countless villages all over Navarra and the Basque country (including the unforgettable harbour-side church-wall set-up at Mundaka) and is played professionally at big venues like San Sebastian, Pamplona and Vitoria.
	www.travelintelligence.net /wsd/articles/art_1001332.html (1333 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Basque
		Basque Iruna ancient Pompaelo City (pop., 2001: 183,964), capital of Navarra, northern Spain.
		The complete guide to the Basque Country Straddling the Franco-Spanish border but boasting a unique culture that pre-dates both its neighbours, the Basque Country offers visitors the best of the bucolic and the urbane - from its wild Atlantic surf and forested uplands to Bilbao's cosmopolitan temple, the Guggenheim Museum.
		Social identity and leadership in the Basque region: a study of leadership development programmes.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Basque&StartAt=21 (780 words)

	Pelota Online Encyclopedia Article About Pelota
		The most popular form is Pelote Basque, which was first played in the Basque region on the French/Spanish border; also known as jai alai (Basque ‘merry festival’), the name given to it when it was introduced into Cuba in 1900.
		Players wear a shaped wicker basket attached to their forearm in which they catch and propel the ball.
		Pelota is one of the world's fastest games.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /Cambridge/entries/005/pelota.html (157 words)

	Buber's Basque Page: Pelota
		At the last world championship of Basque pelota in Cuba, the Basque team was allowed to march independently from the Spanish team.
		This year the Basque team also wanted to march representing Euskadi and not the Spanish State but it was not allowed.
		There are different ways of playing Basque pelota: with the hand, a bat, "remonte" and "cesta", which are types of baskets, and "trinquete" and "share", two kinds of rackets.
	www.buber.net /Basque/Sports/pelota1.html (580 words)

	Buber's Basque Page: Main Page
		A Candle in the Night: Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, 1967-2007 documents the history of the Center, from its humble beginnings as a program to study the Basque shepherd in the American West to the leading institution of Basque Studies outside of Euskal Herria.
		Basque Whaling: Even though it is currently un-PC to talk about human activities such as whaling, there is no denying the importance that whaling has held in Basque history and the Basque economy.
		Basque Imports: Etcheverry Basque Imports is one of the older Basque import stores in the United States, but until recently, they haven't had much of an online presence.
	buber.net /Basque (1993 words)

	The Basque Block
		It was first rented by Basques for use as a boarding house in 1910 and was purchased by the Uberuaga family in 1917 and continued to be used as a boarding house until 1969.
		Adelia Garro Simplot purchased the house in 1983 to save it from being torn down and the Basque Museum and Cultural Center (a non-profit organization created to help preserve and perpetuate Basque culture for future generations) was formed in 1985 and assumed it from her.
		The Basque Center (Euzkaldunak, Inc.), the Basque Museum and Cultural Center, and the Oinkari Basque Dancers are all members of this organization.
	www.boisebasques.com (908 words)

	Pelotas - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Pelota (Spanish, “Ball”) generic name for a variety of court games (also known as pelote Basque and pelota Vasca) played with a ball and,...
		The other forms of pelota include pelota mano (handball); pelota pala; and several forms in which the ball is batted from a heavy, stiff cesta.
		- fast court game of Basque origin: a fast court game of Basque origin, in which two players use long wickerwork baskets strapped to their wrists to hurl a ball against a marked wall and catch it.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Pelotas.html (167 words)

	Basque Club - Euskal Pilota
		The Basque Ball, an emotionally-charged documentary by the acclaimed director Julio Medem, which urges the authorities in Madrid to reopen talks with Basque extremists, was cheered at the San Sebastian film festival after convulsing Spain in an ugly debate over whether it should be outlawed.
		But many anti-secessionist Basques have rallied to Medem's defense, with the socialist mayor of San Sebastian Odon Elorza claiming the clock was being turned back to the "time when the man with the little moustache (Franco) covered women's breasts, had the bottoms of nudes draped and eliminated all 'red' films...
		Medem, the director of Sex and Lucia, the Red Squirrel, and Cows, claimed he was not a nationalist, but despaired at the division the lack of dialogue was causing in the Basque country, almost half of whose inhabitants are "immigrants" from the rest of Spain, drawn by its relative prosperity.
	www.basqueclub.com /Medem.htm (801 words)

	BEO - Basque Film Series
		The controversy engendered by Julio Medem's Basque Ball: The Skin Against the Stone is only the latest bout in a struggle to represent and explore Basque identity on film.
		Basque documentarists sought to express the contrast and discord that defined their relationship with the centralized Francoist film industry and, though deprived of Euskera, their juxtaposition of sounds and images created an equivalent language of conflict that culminated in the introspective Ama Lur (1968).
		Other takes on Basque social themes and concerns, such as drug abuse and urban alienation, suggest the universal nature of these problems; but optimism, though rare, is not withheld.
	www.basqueed.org /BasqueFilmSeries.htm (1469 words)

	Sports Features Communications - Press Point
		SANTO DOMINGO.- The Basque Pelota team that will represent the Dominican Republic during the XIV Pan American Games that will be held in the county from August 1st to August 17th, was introduces yesterday to the media, during a press conference held yesterday (Tuesday) in the offices of the Organizing Committee of this event.
		The Pelota Court for the Basque pelota build at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center for the XIV Pan American Games will be shown to the press today (Wednesday) at 10:30 in the morning, informed Campo.
		Campo explained that at 6:00 p.m., the Pelota Court will be also shown to important figures from the sports world and from the diplomatic corps accredited in the country —specially from countries where the Basque Pelota is practiced-.
	www.sportsfeatures.com /PressPoint/show.php?id=2063 (333 words)

	Basque Pelota at the 1900 Summer Olympics Information
		Basque Pelota at the 1900 Summer Olympics Summary
		At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a pelota tournament was contested.
		Basque Pelota at the 1900 Summer Olympics from Wíkipedia.
	www.bookrags.com /Basque_Pelota_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics (67 words)

	Callede (1993) Basque Pelota in the European space...towards a sociological use of the notions of sporting evolution ...
		Callede (1993) Basque Pelota in the European space...towards a sociological use of the notions of sporting evolution and diffusion.
		Basque Pelota in the European space...towards a sociological use of the notions of sporting evolution and diffusion.
		Diffusion of the Basque sport, Pelota, has progressed beyond the anthropological borders of the Basque people.
	www.getcited.org /pub/103335611 (210 words)

	Pelota
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		The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone (Pelota vasca.
		La pelota juguetona: Andres Lopez: parado en medio de un escenario y recordando las vivencias criollas de los colombianos, es a lo que se dedica el comediante...
	pelota.wikioff.com (98 words)

	Pierre Etchebaster
		Besides the historical family connection with trinquette and pelota, court tennis has at least one other Basque association: the game was dominated by a Basque for more than a quarter of a century.
		Etchebaster was born in 1893 in the Basque fishing village of St. Jean-de-Luz, and it was there that he became an outstanding player of pelota, particularly the variation called main nués which was played in a trinquette court (p.
		The historical and strategic relationship between Basque pelota and jeu de paume was not lost on Jacques Worth, the tennis champion of France and President of a of a court tennis club in Paris.
	basque.unr.edu /09/9.3/9.3.48t/9.3.48.06.etchebaster.htm (949 words)

	Traditions :: Tradiciones (Consorcio Turístico - PLAZAOLA) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With the exception of the game ‘pelota’ and contrary to most modern sports, ‘los herri-kirolak’ (rural sports) are all derived from tasks carried out either on land or at sea.
		Basque sport represents: tasks carried out in the mountains (the collection of firewood); in the fields (agricultural and livestock tasks); in the quarries (the use of large stones, dragged by oxen, to construct buildings); or at sea.
		However, Basque pelota is now a game in its own right and is widely recognised and played outside the Basque country as well.
	www.plazaola.org /traditions.html (402 words)

	Anyone for Pelota?
		Pelota is played primarily in the Basque country, the Pyrenees and in the Valencian Community, where it is the national sport.
		The Basques are very proud of their pilota heritage and most towns will have a ‘trinquet’, the indoor stadium in which the game is played.
		Basque pilota was an exhibition Olympic sport in Mexico in 1968 and Barcelona in 1992 and could be an exhibition sport in London 2012.
	www.thinkspain.com /news-spain/11648 (1033 words)

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