Ondartxo Center of Maritime Culture

Fiesta de los Momotxorros. Altsasua, Navarra

Frozen Dog

Walking Man

Txalaparta Maratoia, Vitoria Gasteiz

Bash Art Creative Showreel

Ondartxo Center of Maritime Culture

In this three minute video our intention was to illustrate the picturesque sea port of Pasaia and express something of the aims of Ondartxo Center of Maritime Culture,  The video was recorded spontaneously during a visit to Ondartxo and edited in what amounted to a days work. Ondartxo Center of Maritime Museum – Pasaia, Basque […]

Fiesta de los Momotxorros. Altsasua, Navarra

The fiesta of Los Momotxorros in Altsasua, Navarra, is one of the highlights of my year. This for me is real carnival.  A fiesta whose origins go back to Pagan times, it marks a turning point in the winter and the coming of Spring.  It’s a fiesta where our demons are paraded before us, named, […]

Frozen Dog

I had this notion to accept the fact that February is a slack month and to put it to good use climbing mountains, taking photos and recording it all for Bizipozatourists on this blog.  But, not only is it a slack month it’s also colder than a well diggers ass. I’m Scottish though and I’m […]

Walking Man

I felt a certain empathy with this cold but determined pilgrim I met on my way today. Yesterday’s crisp sunshine had inspired me to take to the hills.  It had therefore been a brisk surprise on opening the front door this morning to face a blizzard.  So, with something of the stoicism of the walking […]

Txalaparta Maratoia, Vitoria Gasteiz

The Txalaparta is a curious percussion instrument played by two people.  It is thought to be extremely ancient.  The playing of the txalaparta in the Basque country had all but died out by the 1950’s but in recent years it has enjoyed a revival and has evolved considerably.  The most typical instruments comprise wooden (oak) […]