Basque War & Sports
The Basque people have never truly dominated the population of a state so they have no history of war or comflict on any political or territorial basis. The basque people do however have many different sports they participate in. They have been known to play both rural and urban games. The rural games represent some common games played in summer camps for example, such as tug of war and fishing. Some unique rural sports include ram fights and grass cutting in which the participants are given a scythe and told to cut as much as grass as they can in the given time. The popular urban sports include soccer in the Spanish Basque concentration and rugby amongst the French Basque populations. Cycling in numerous Basque populations is also very common in the Mediterranean communities.
I think these people are very interesting but something they make me reconsider is what exactly it means to be a native group to some place. I also am amazed at how they can hold their culture together given that they don't exactly have a very defined area to live in and communicate with just their people. Their interaction with the sports of the world is also very interesting in my opinion as well as the fact that they participate in the biggest sports in the world and do not as much participate in strictly Basque rural sports.
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