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02/18/2021
The TikTara group began in Zarautz, Gipuzkoa in 2010, and is comprised of musicians in various parts of Euskal Herria. The group performs music with Latin roots in Euskera. For years, they have performed in halls all over the Basque Country and in the last few months they have begun a new and interesting project, directly related to the Diaspora, which requires the collaboration of all Basques ...
02/17/2021
Lehendakari Urkullu welcomed this morning 11 student/teachers from the Argentina, Uruguay and Chile who have been studying Euskera at the Barnetegi in Lazkao at the Lehendakaritza in Vitoria-Gasteiz. The group arrived accompanied by the Director of the Euskara Munduan Program, Kinku Zinkunegi, and also were met by the Minister of Culture, Bingen Zupiria, the Secretary General of Foreign Action, Marian Elorza, ...
02/17/2021
The US streaming platform Flix Latino will debut the miniseries “Ihesaldia” (The Escape) beginning on February 27th. Filmed in Basque and produced by ETB and Pausoka and directed by Jabi Elortegi, it will be broadcasted in its original Basque version with Spanish subtitles. It includes five episodes and is based on real events that occurred in 1976, at the Basauri Prison ...
02/16/2021
The Mexico City Basque Club will reopen this Wednesday its doors after the capital moved from red light to orange in relation to COVID-19. In this new situation, the club invites its members and friends to come to the clubhouse, although they still ask for responsibility following the protocols such as wearing a mask and socially distancing, as well as using hand sanitizer and maximizing both ...
02/16/2021
A new school year begins for Basque clubs in the southern hemisphere and with very different realities, they are adapting to what has come to be called the “new normal.” Euzko Etxea in La Plata has a large headquarters in which it is not difficult to guarantee social distancing, one of the recommendations to face the Coronavirus. The club has implemented a strict protocol that includes ...
02/15/2021
The Euskal Etxea and Basque Pilota League in St. Pierre et Miquelon just opened the call, as every year, for a pilota instructor for its Pilota School. Normally youth from Euskal Herria apply and move to Saint Pierre to teach pilota and Basque sports to children, youth and adults. They are in charge of practices and organizing matches and competitions.
02/12/2021
As many other Basque clubs, one of the greatest challenges faced by the Gure Etxe Maitea Basque Club in the city of Olavarria, province of Buenos Aires is to guarantee continuity of its activity through generational change. It is not an easy task; but the institution chaired by Marisu Mendizabal seems to have found a way: About twenty boys and girls who Basque dance have continued to be linked ...
02/11/2021
During this time of pandemic, causing the cancellation of the most popular festivities in Euskal Herria, Carnival is no exception, but nevertheless, today is Fat Thursday, a day when carnival traditionally begins but this year a day that has been reduced to an ordinary day of the week. Local institutions and carnival kuadrillak and konpartsak in places like Tolosa have joined in the call of No-Carnival, ...
02/11/2021
Looking ahead, the Federation of Basque-Argentine entities prepares a grid of cultural activities that it will host during the year. President, Arantxa Anitua, explains in a conversation with EuskalKultura.eus, that “we will continue to work virtually at least during the first semester, as we did in 2020; not only because of the health situation, but because this modality has been absolutely beneficial ...
02/10/2021
One of the major tasks of the Basque Museum and Cultural Center in Boise is to take care of visitors that come to its installations, and show them the history, past and present of the Basques in Boise, adults as well as children. In regards to the latter, the Museum receives regular school visits and explains the Basque Country, the Basque culture and its presence and significance in Boise to students and ...
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