Early Observations
Voltaire noted in his observations
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- "The basque, this people who sings and dances on his mountains"
Strabo's observation in the first century B.C.
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- "(Basques) danced after drinking, alone or in groups, competing...as to who should leap the highest and fall on his knees with the most grace"
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