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01/28/2016
This coming Saturday, January 30, the Basque Club of Utah will celebrate its 33rd annual dinner dance, at St. Ambrose Hall. As Cirbie Sangroniz, instructor of the Euskal Etxea's Triskalariak dance group told EuskalKultura.com, “it is the first and the biggest event of the year, both for the dancers and for the Club.” A very special celebration that attracts a lot of media attention in the region, during a very special year: Udaleku 2016 will be hosted by this same Club.
01/27/2016
Necochea is a city that is directly linked to Donostia, since the times of “Loco” Azua, when he saw its beaches and thought they resembled those in Donostia, establishing its first spa there, the Perla of San Sebastian, in 1885. Their neighbors laughed, but after only five years the city was attracting masses of tourists. The Loco’s passion for Donostia is still very much alive in the Basques of Necochea, and erupts each year during the week of San Sebastian, a party with Tamborrada, flag raisings and pintxo-potes in the middle of the Constitution Plaza included. If you have never seen it, you’ll love these photos!
01/27/2016
EuskalKultura.com is giving you another chance to participate in a raffle. Items include a book, two CDs and one double CD: a book Becoming Basque, Ethnic Heritage on Boise’s Grove Street edited by John Bieter, John Ysursa and Dave Lachiondo, about the Basque heritage in Boise, ID; albums by Maral, “Songs for after Dinner,” with traditional Basque songs performed by the Basque-Argentine group; Kalakan’s “baldeak” and the double CD of “Xiberoko dantza jauziak” ,which is essential for any dance group. Four great prizes to choose from. All you have to do is send an email.
01/26/2016
The Mexico Basque club celebrated the feast of San Sebastian once again, this year on January 23, as one of the most anticipated club events and one that always includes a Tamborrada directed by Drum Major Alfredo Jover. “It is without a doubt one of the best parties of the year, it is also the first and what determines what the rest of 2016 is going to be like,” Josu de Garritz club president said.
01/25/2016
Many Basque Clubs around the world celebrated Donostia-San Sebastian's most beloved feast, the Danborrada, when it was most conventient for them. Each Euskal Etxea, however, adapted the festivity to its reality. EuskalKultura.com talked to Itziar Albisu and Iñigo Ruiz, who were in charge of this celebration in New York and Quebec, respectively, to bring the unique feel of each celebration to our readers. “It's a very beautiful festivity,” in the words of Albisu. “participating, and you don't have to be from Donostia to love it.”
01/25/2016
The “Euskararen Txantxangorria” campaign, supported by the Basque Government and some of the main Basque institutions, invites citizens to take care of and use Euskera, personified in the image of a txantxangorri “red robin.” Basques in the Diaspora have begun to join into the initiative, leaving their mark on the campaigns website from Argentina, Brazil….that also speak Basque. From EuskalKultura.com we invite you to fill in the world map with txantxangorris!
01/22/2016
A show of lights and sounds, in which the public’s participation is key, are some of the few details revealed about tomorrow’s official opening of the year of Donostia 2016 European Cultural Capital. The ceremony was designed by Hansel Cereza, former member and founder of the Fura del Baus, and promises to surprise and excite. Around 50,000 people are expected on both sides of the Urumea river. They will unite their voices in singing “Baga, biga, higa,” by Mikel Laboa in one of the highlight moments.
01/22/2016
She is only 22 years old but she coordinated the Udaleku program for Basque Argentinian children that recently concluded in the city of Chascomus. Being Basque for Paula Berasain means, “values, foundations, group, identity, a second home, friends, and future.”
01/21/2016
Bartender Jay Kuehner, from The Cloud Room in Seattle, Washington created a cocktail based on Basque cider and mescal –a distilled alcoholic beverage made from the maguey plant native to Mexico– that has been chosen as one of the best cocktails of 2015, by The Seattle Times. “Is it the best drink in town?” asked Kuehner in conversation with EuskalKultura.com. “Who knows, but the group gathered around drinking it are sure to be of boisterous conviviality," he says.
01/21/2016
Florida's House of Representatives reconvened a few days ago, to discuss this year's Budget. Amongst other topics, the situation and future of Jai Alai is also on the table. “We are in good spirits,” said Mercedes Mendive, active supporter of the sport and spouse of recently retired player Fernando Lejardi, during a conversation with EuskalKultura.com. “Things are going to work out in a positive way, but we'll have to continue fighting.” The meetings are scheduled to be finished by the end of February.
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