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Have you asked the Olentzero for a gift yet? We provide some options here from Basque-Argentine entrepreneurs

12/18/2020

By purchasing from Basque-Argentine entrepreneurs, you not only get great gifs but also collaborate in their projects at the same time! In 2020, a hard year in many ways, but it's Christmas time and always is a good idea to give presents to family and friends and show them our appreciation. Useful mainly for Argentine, we collected here a selection of products made by Basque Argentine friends.  In fact, nicer than to buy a present is to buy and collaborate at the same time with smaller entrepreneurs in the Basque community, many ...

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The Madrid Euskal Etxea publishes its 2021 calendar that is available for sale: take a look at the pdf version here

12/18/2020

The calendar is available for 2 Euros at the club office or at the Sagardi Restaurant The Madrid Euskal Etxea has published its 2021 calendar which is available for purchase at its office or at the Sagardi Restaurant located at its facilities.  You can purchase one for 2 Euros. Its photos were chosen from the club’s photo contest that we also reported on here.  The three winning images were announced here and now the calendar has been completed with other photos also ...

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The Boise Basque Museum launches “Membrillo Cider” as a fundraiser and explains the making process in a video

12/17/2020

Membrillo Cider (“irasagardoa” in Basque), a new cultural and economic contribution in Boise Two weeks ago EuskalKultura.eus announced the launch of a video visit through the local cemetery, by the Basque Museum and Cultural Center in Boise.  This video retraces the history of Basques buried there, as well as the local Basque history.  The Basque Museum hasn’t stopped, and now has published another video in the middle of the pandemic, as a new initiative, in this case a financial, ...

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Would you like to write your Christmas greetings in Basque? Automatic translators can help you with this task!

12/17/2020

Send your Christmas greetings in Basque! Is there a better present for an Euskaldun than to receive a Christmas card in Basque?  And if it comes from abroad, it will be especially appreciated.  In this EuskalKultura.eus article we provide our readers information on translators that can be used on computers, or smart phones for free and that can help you write mezuak euskaraz! (Messages in Basque).

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Haize Hegoa in Montevideo celebrated the 25th edition of its Christmas Contest, and Olentzero walked through the city

12/16/2020

The Christmas Card Contest at Haize Hegoa celebrated its 25th edition With just over a week left before Christmas, the Haize Hegoa Basque Club announced its final activities for 2020, and like the majority of this year’s activities, due to the pandemic, they will also be virtual.  The proposals for the last weeks of the year will include a Gastronomy Workshop on Friday the 18th, and a talk about the Olentzero on Tuesday the 22nd, both coordinated by Maite ...

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“Saregintzan,” the Basque Government publishes the proceedings from the 7th World Congress of Basque Communities in Bilbao in 2019

12/16/2020

The book (in the box) puts together a chronicle oft the congress, and publishes its conclusions with the 2020-2023 Four-Year-Plan The Lehendakaritza (Presidency) of the Basque Government, through the Directorate of the Basque Communities Abroad of the Secretary General of Foreign Action, has published the book that includes the development and conclusions of the 7th World Congress of Basque Communities Abroad.  The event was held October 2-4, 2019 in Bilbao and was attended by representatives of Basque clubs and communities from all ...

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Member of the Baskos de la Confluencia Basque Club in Neuquen gathered to watch the total solar eclipse in Patagonia

12/16/2020

Basque club members watched the total solar eclipse from the mountains As at most Basque clubs around the world, members of the Baskos de la Confluencia Basque Club in Neuquen have not been able to get together for months due to the confinement imposed throughout Argentina as a preventive measure against COVID-19.  Now, before the end of 2020, not only did they get together again but did so on Tuesday to witness one of the most important astronomical phenomena of the ...

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More than 170 people in the Diaspora will participate in Dantza Munduan with Scholarships from the Basque Government

12/15/2020

Anyone interested can participate and attend Basque dance classes thanks to this virtual academy Over the last few weeks, we have announced on EuskalKultura.eus what an important resource Aiko Eskola's virtual Basque Dance Academy is for dantzaris and lovers of Basque dance all over the world.  The Basque Government joined in the idea and signed an agreement with Aiko so that in a year like this one, conditioned by the pandemic and with the cancellation of initiatives like Gaztemundu, they could make ...

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A walk through San Sebastian, YouTube channel “San Juan Adentro” and the legacy of the Basque Nicolas Echezarreta

12/15/2020

The town San Sebastian founded in San Juan by Donostiarra Nicolas Echezarreta The “San Juan Adentro,” channel administered by Eduardo Ochoa, a member of the Eusko Etxea in San Juan, returns to examine the history of a Basque who left a profound legacy in the province of Cuyo.  Nicolas Echezarreta from San Sebastian, arrived in Argentina in 1870, and after trying his luck in different destinations, settled in San Juan.

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Elcano and the First Trip around the World, 14 views of circumnavigation from a Basque perspective, in Google Arts & Culture

12/14/2020

The Elkano Foundation has contributed 14 exhibits to the “First Trip around the World” project on Google Arts & Culture, a digital portal that explores the trip of the first circumnavigation and its impact on the conception of the world, with the beginning of the first globalization.  Contents are accessible in Basque, Spanish and English, so that this initiative of Google’s cultural ...

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