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04/12/2021
Readers will remember this initiative launched in March by Iker Guillermo Lopez and the group that he leads in Barranquilla called “Karibeko Euskal Etxea,” proposing people from Colombia and from neighboring countries, but also from anywhere else, email and obtain a proverb or tongue twister in Basque, and record it in a video to be sent to them. Here is the result, a video that has been ...
04/12/2021
Born in the Venezuelan capital, her father, Paul Aguirre, was a sword dancer (ezpata-dantzaria), a very active member and former president of the local Eusko Etxea. The Agirre family returned to the Basque Country and Ione Miren took her first steps in the world of dance in Bayonne, beginning with Basque dance, and moving to ballet. When she was only eleven years-old, she was chosen the Paris ...
04/09/2021
The St. Pierre et Miquelon Euskal Etxea (EESPM) is looking for an entertainer trained in Basque culture for the month of June to develop a program from June through September. The individual should be familiar with several aspects of Basque culture, take initiative and have a talent for teaching. Also among his/her tasks would be the organization of basic workshops in Basque language and culture, ...
04/09/2021
The Euskal Etxea in Mallorca welcomed a visit from the coordinator of the Euskara Munduan Program, at the Etxepare Basque Institute, Kinku Zinkunegi, who met with club president, Nicolas Ibarra, and the new Basque teacher, Julen Adrian Gorostiza. The latter just took over for Xabier Egurrola who had to stop teaching, for the time being, due to work commitments.
04/09/2021
On April 3rd the Euzko Etxea’s trinkete was the site of a Mixed Tournament of Pelota Paleta. The event included the participation of high-level players and the results follow: first place went to the team made up of Victoria Lastagaray and Sebastian Gomez, and second place went to Cristian “Oso,” Barac and Maite Bilbao. The event was organized by the Basque Club’s subcommittee on ...
04/08/2021
The Oberenak Basque Club’s campaign continues in Battle Mountain, NV gathering votes to be awarded the “Roots Leadership” award for 2021. The Oberenak Basque Club is one of the six finalists vying for the award, that will be decided by popular vote. Members of the Basque community are grateful for the votes and campaigns that can be organized in their favor. To vote for the ...
04/08/2021
Mariana Dominé Irigoyen and Adrián Charras, both from Arrecifes are working on a new cultural-musical project. The show will consist of a series of songs and stories about Basque immigrants that came to Argentina from any one of the seven Basque provinces. “The base of the project consists converting into songs real stories that talk about the motives for immigration, ...
04/07/2021
The Day of the Basque Homeland was celebrated last Sunday, Easter Sunday, in many places in the Basque Country and the Diaspora. The difference from 2020’s commemoration, that was entirely virtual, is that this year there were some Basque clubs who held smaller in person events outside. In the context of the pandemic it is difficult to know what's happening or how it is evolving, however, the ...
04/07/2021
They have been working for longer than 3 decades broadcasting weekly uninterrupted from Paraná, in the province of Entre Rios. It is called Presencia Vasca (Basque Presence) and shares information, music, news, interviews and editorials, all focused on the Basques, their culture, country and Diaspora, for an hour every Sunday. Thanks to the internet, today it is enjoyed all over the world. ...
04/06/2021
They did so in the best way they know how, broadcasting, working hard and going on the air for one more week to contribute its grain of sand to the diffusion of the Basque legacy from the Diaspora, in this case from Entre Rios, Argentina, to the rest of the world. Commentated by Federico Borras Alcain, as usual the Presencia Vasca commemorated Aberri Eguna, Day of the Basque Homeland last Sunday, and ...
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