Bowling Traditions
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 2: Basque: Innovation by Culture / 2.3: Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
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content: 2016 July 03
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content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2016, Item SFF2016_0703_Basque_Euskaldunak_Dialogues_0005
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Listening copies available
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content: Miria Orndarra Arruti (presenter); Juan Antonio Comparon; Txirpo (participants) Bola-jokoa, or Basque bowling, is a traditional pastime with many local variations. Alleys are generally located close to churches, and can also be seen along the side of Basque American boarding houses that many sheep herders out West used as their home base. As in pilota or handball, the sound of the ball striking the floor and wall of the alley is essential to gameplay. While bola-jokoa is not as popular now as an everyday pastime, it is still played during town fiestas and leagues concentrated in the Bizkaia and Araba regions that organize competitions between towns and tournaments. Come learn more about the Basque tradition of bowling at this narrative session.