At Aste Nagusia, Basque culture is celebrated at its fullest. There is traditional Basque music and dancing, as well as Basque rural sports such as wood chopping and stone carrying competitions
ANTZARRAK LEKEITIO, GOOSE DAY
Antzarrak: The Day of the Geese, also known as Antzar Eguna, is a competition held as part of the San AntolĂn festival in the Basque fishing-town of Lekeitio, in which participants attempt to decapitate a goose suspended on a rope above the town harbor.
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SAN SEBASTIAN'S TANBORRADA
The Tamborrada is San Sebastian’s most important festival and the entire city gathers together regardless of the cold or rain. More than 15,000 Donostiarras (people of San Sebastian as they are called in Basque) that belong to over 100 bands, actively take part in the drumming
.ASTE NAGUSIAK
Once a rocket is shot into the sky (known as the txupinazo), the festivals mascot,Marijaia, makes her grand entrance onto the balcony. What follows next is the culmination of events that forms the biggest party of the year.
BASQUE FESTIVALS