basque heritage worldwide
07/23/2019
Last Saturday morning, the Laurak Bat Basque Club opened its doors to welcome students and professors from the Euskara Munduan Program coordinated by the Etxepare Basque Institute. Through Friday at noon, some 20 teachers in training in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay will have an intensive course, in this case in hopes of preparing them for the level exam that will take place in Buenos Aires on Friday and Saturday. ...
07/23/2019
Pedro Mario Arana Urionabarrenechea, was born in Buenos Aires, but he spent some of his childhood in Durango, Bizkaia the homeland of his parents and grandparents. The love for his ancestors’ country and the link that he established with the Baskos de la Confluencia Basque club in Cipolletti, where he currently resides, inspired him to write the texts that comprise the book Txalaparta: cosas de vascos ...
07/22/2019
The festival is known as the “Grand Ball of Europe,” and takes place every year in Gennentines, France. Its aim is to give visibility to the “strength, richness, diversity and the charm of dance and music” on the continent. This year’s event will take place July 19-August 2nd, with two days dedicated to dances of Euskal Herria. Three Basque groups will participate ...
07/19/2019
This Sunday is Baztandarren Biltzarra, the big annual festival in the Valley of Baztan. This year’s event will have a large official participation of a group from California that includes 42 dantzaris, 10 musicians, and another 100 friends and family, members of the Basque-Californian community coming from Basque clubs in San Francisco, Bakersfield, Rocklin, Fresno and Chino.
07/19/2019
This annual event at the Colectividad Vasca de Chile (Basque Community of Chile) Basque Club will run July 23-28, beginning on Tuesday with the inauguration of the exhibit “Euskal emakumeak- Basque Women” to conclude on Sunday with the traditional mass celebrating San Ignacio. Throughout the week, there will be talks about Winnipeg, a film about San Ignacio and the traditional choir meeting, all at ...
07/19/2019
After taking just over a year off, the project that opened an important opportunity for Basque film in Basque clubs and cultural institutions in the Basque Diaspora in Argentina returns this weekend. Carlos Gabilondo, project creator and director, told EuskalKultura.com that the schedule through the end of the year “filled up quickly,” from requests from various clubs. The first stop will be ...
07/18/2019
The countdown is complete. This year’s edition of the program Hator Hona 2019 has reached its 15th edition that will again bring eight youth form the Basque Country to Necochea for two weeks of gatherings and celebration, but above all of living the Basque culture to the fullest.
07/18/2019
In this new installment, remember San Fermin celebrations in the Diaspora began on July 6th and ran, in Argentina and Uruguay, through last week. The temperature and season difference is notable in regards to the celebration in Pamplona since it is the middle of winter in the southern hemisphere. But the cold didn’t’ deter from the San Fermin celebrations that also included txupinazos ...
07/17/2019
The survey is available here and aims to get to know the situation, conditions, opinions and reality of our Diaspora better, in order to facilitate identifying needs and the virtual implementation of plans and more efficient policies. If you are Basque and reside outside of the Basque Country, please don’t put this off. It only takes a few minutes and your participation is certainly valuable in ...
07/17/2019
The Euzko Etxea in Viña del Mar-Valparaiso was very satisfied with the reception of the Basque Film Series after the screening of Amama last Friday. The series is part of the International Film Festival in Viña del Mar, and a prelude to the same, and may be here to stay as the institutions who collaborated in the event have shown interest in continuing the initiative.
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