In addition to Bar Gernika, it includes a Basque cultural centre, a museum, a pelota court and a preserved boarding house.

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In Idaho and Nevada, many cities hold annual Basque festivals with traditional sporting contests weight-carrying, wood-chopping, sheep-hooking and pelota (similar to jai-alai in America) as well as dancing exhibitions, Basque-language Catholic masses and bread-baking contests.

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