basque heritage worldwide
02/02/2018
In this issue of the Euskal Jatorri magazine, published by the Basque club of the same name, you’ll find a summary of the club’s 2017 activities, as well as a preview of new proposals that they are preparing this year. The publication also develops different topics on the Basque culture and can be read online, and downloaded as a pdf.
02/01/2018
The jury recognized that it was not easy to narrow it down to only one winner, but they finally prevailed. The winners of the fifth edition of the Letters from the Diaspora Contest organized by Basque clubs in Valencia, Euskaltzaleok and the Laurak Bat Basque Club were Maider Bedaxagar in Paris in the first Category (A); and Estitxu Otermin in Bilbao in the second Category (B). Zorionak to them both as well as to all of the other participants and the organizers.
02/01/2018
The Las Flores Basque Club, in the province of Buenos Aires, has run since its founding in a house donated by Paulo Vidaurreta. During its 22nd anniversary celebration, the club inaugurated a conference room and unveiled a plaque with the name of the person who donated the space to ensure the club’s development.
01/31/2018
Bertsolaritza and Basque popular culture in the US are being showcased this week in a presentation to the American public of a good number of its most varied expressions, and their dynamic reality, at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering celebrated Monday through Saturday this week in Elko, Nevada. Special guests at the event are Bertsolaris Maialen Lujanbio and Oihana Iguaran, who traveled expressly from the Basque Country for the event.
01/31/2018
The Advisory Board of Basque Collectivities approved the proposal of September 8th as “Diaspora Day” at its meeting celebrated last Tuesday in Vitoria-Gasteiz. September 8th coincides with the anniversary of the first circumnavigation of the globe in 1522 by a crew that arrived at the port of Seville on that day, led by Getaria-born Juan Sebastian Elkano. Once the relevant steps are taken, it is possible that “Diaspora Day” will be celebrated for the first time this year.
01/30/2018
The name of the town of Elko is in the mouths of many this week, thanks to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering that began on Monday and will run through next Saturday, an event that will include the participation of bertsolaris form the US and the Basque Country. We will talk more about this tomorrow, but today we wanted to profile someone from Gernika that lives in Elko. This is an article that was published by the Elko Daily Free Press newspaper written by Toni R. Milano.
01/30/2018
It was situated in downtown, in the middle of the Avenida de la Revolución, in front of Tijuana Jai-Alai that brought luster to this town in Mexican Baja California. The Chiki Jai was witness and a reminder of the good years of pilota in Mexico, and of its decay. It was inaugurated in 1947 by former pelotari Napoleon, “Napo” Olasolo, the same year the fronton opened its doors in Tijuana. His wife inherited it after his death. Over the years, the Basque property and clients were lost. The history remained in its name and its walls that have now burned.
01/29/2018
Tomorrow, January 30th, the Advisory Board of Relations with Basque Communities Abroad will meet at Lehendakaritza in Vitoria-Gasteiz. The Lehendakari’s advisory board has to meet at least one a year by law and is comprised of the Lehendakari, directors in Foreign Action and various government departments, representatives at various levels of the administration, and various institutions including three Basque club representatives.
01/29/2018
The General Assembly held last Saturday at the Eusko Etxea in Caracas included board elections. Ibane Azpiritxaga was elected as the new president who will lead the Board comprised of Maitane Sabando (vice-president), Pedro Arriaga (secretary), Ander Rivas (treasurer), along with directors Libe Santamaria, Mª Alejandra Ramirez, Luis Trincado, Gaizka Urcelay, Mario Ballatori and Julen Azpiritxaga. Thank you to the outgoing members and much success to the new board.
01/25/2018
The Basque writer Harkaitz Cano will be taking part in the literary festival organized in the city of Hyderabad, India. The Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) is an annual multidisciplinary and multilingual event that celebrates creativity in all its forms. Every year it draws over a hundred writers, artists, academics, scholars, and publishers from India and abroad.
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