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06/25/2019
This Euskal Etxea in Chacabuco, in the province of Buenos Aires, celebrated its third decade of spreading the Basque culture in the city and region with an anniversary that was declared of Provincial Legislative Interest, from a proposal from Deputy Mauricio Barrientos. The local mayor, Victor Ajola, also came to the clubhouse to congratulate the Basque community, at he celebration on June 20th that ...
06/24/2019
Last year, Day of the Basque Diaspora was celebrated for the first time and left evidence that the Basque Diaspora does exists in the world. Among Basques and Basque communities, there is a longing and thirst to claim and celebrate a day like this calling attention to our Diaspora and its contribution to Euskal Herria and the common Basque trunk. After holding a contest for ideas, the Directorate for the ...
06/24/2019
After the emotional farewell of Aita Kepa Bilbao Laca, who passed away in Viña del Mar on June 14th, the Basque club has announced its upcoming events that include this Thursday, June 28th, a night of Basque song in Euskera and Spanish, thanks to the Lusitania Duo. During the gathering presented as a “ San Fermin warmup,” there will be Basque poetry and dancing. The event will be at ...
06/24/2019
The Focos Foundation of Social Commitment for Action invites writers aged 18 and older, regardless of gender or nationality, to present unpublished works on the subject “Women Immigrants in Argentina.” Texts may be journalistic notes, interviews/reports, short stories or poems about immigrant women who have resided or residing in Argentina currently and reflect “the social commitment of these ...
06/21/2019
Conversations and previous steps have been taking place since 2016, and these last years delegations from the coastal Lapurdi city visited the city in California and vice versa. Coinciding with this new phase, Donibane Lohizune (St. Jean de Luz) and Bakersfield are going to carry out youth exchange programs providing stays to facilitate getting to know and learn in another city, thanks to the cultural ...
06/21/2019
As part of the extraordinary call of the Etxepare Basque Institute, students from the Euskara Munduan Program who are currently working as teachers in Basque clubs in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay who will be able to certify their Basque language knowledge taking the HABE level exam. The exam will be taking place July 26-28 in Buenos Aires directed by Jose Francisco Zinkunegi and with Argentinean teachers Irene ...
06/21/2019
Inspired by the desire to “get together, remember, talk and relive group moments of Egunabar (name of their dance group),” the Anaitasuna Basque Club held its first Dantzari and Ex-Dantzaris Gathering. The event was for dancers of all ages, but unfortunately, the numbers were not as large as hoped. Those attending though did enjoy the activities planned, photos and videos, pintxos, tripakiak and ...
06/20/2019
“The Basque Children: Story of the Children Refugees from the Spanish Civil War” is the name of the exhibit and program that is taking place at the Islington Museum in London (245 St John Street, London EC1V 4NB) June 15-July 16. Admission is free and the initiative includes the story of 4,000 Basque children who came to the UK fleeing the war. Talks, testimonies of the children and ...
06/20/2019
As part of the “Route of the Basques in Venezuela” initiative, the Federation of Basque Clubs in Venezuela has dedicated a monolith at the President’s office of the University of Carabobo in honor of the founder, and the university’s first president, Dr. Alejo Zuloaga Egusquiza. Great grandson of Basques from Gipuzkoa, the illustrious lawyer and educator, born in 1853 in San Joaquin was ...
06/20/2019
The local Basque club celebrated its birthday with dinner on June 15th at the club’s facilities, just meters from the Nahuel Huapi Lake. In a warm atmosphere, some 70 people enjoyed the homemade menu and Basque dances performed by the club’s txiki dancers who performed an Aurresku among other dances. Club president, Stella Maris Larraburu, addressed those present and invited everyone to toast ...
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