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12/03/2020
We have previously reported on activities and programs organized as part of Euskaraldia and the International Day of Eusekra (ENE). Today, on the feast of Saint Francis Xavier, a Navarrese man who went into the world and died with Basque on his lips, we are sharing a video of a bertso sent to us from Boise by our friend and collaborator, Todor Azurtza Sorrondegi. Zorionak to him, to you, and to all ...
12/03/2020
In this time of pandemic, mobility restrictions, and limitations on guided tours, do not favor the informative work carried out by an institution such as the Basque Museum and Cultural Center in Boise. However, the museum, the only one of its kind outside of the Basque Country, is not daunted and continues working hard to overcome those limits. This time, without the possibility of in person visits, they ...
12/03/2020
After not being able to celebrate in a timely manner, with the anniversary being March 3rd, the Basque club in the Venezuelan capital will now be able to gather in person and hold an anniversary celebration, paying special tribute to those who left us in 2020, and reuniting members and friends to share a Christmas lunch.
12/02/2020
December 3rd is ENE, or the International Day of Euskera. With the second edition of Euskaraldia beginning on November 20th lectureships at 20 universities in Europe, Asia and America, all part of the framework of agreements with the Etxepare Basque Institute, as well as a number of Basque clubs that are part of the Euskara Munduan program, have been given “free reign” with the possibilities new ...
12/01/2020
The mural will be done by local artists Martina Mezzetti and Axel Díaz, graduates of UNLP, and will contain traditional symbols chosen by the Board of Directors, including baserris, the Tree of Gernika, a lauburu, eguzkilore, the Ikurriña, txapela and handkerchiefs, dantzaris, sheep and the sea. Work on the mural was to begin last weekend, but had to be postponed due to the weather, but the ...
11/30/2020
The Fair’s website can be visited beginning tomorrow, December 1sth through December 15th. The aim is to “bring those interested in Basque issues closer to the sites of publishers or specialized bookstores where they can see what material they offer and purchase it.” “The ‘Exhibitors,” section includes 15 links to online stores, including that of the foundation itself,” ...
11/30/2020
It took place in 1970, 50 years ago this week. In the martial court known as the Burgos Process, the Franco regime judged sixteen Basques in the general Captaincy of Burgos for belonging to ETA. Six of them would be sentenced to death (three to double death sentences) with sentences totaling more than 500 years in prison. However, the trial did not go well for the Fracoist government, with their ...
11/27/2020
As Euskalkultura.eus announced last week: the Basque Government and the Aiko Taldea officially presented the innovative online training option that is offered to dancers and dance fans from Basque clubs around the world through the Aikoeskola.eus platform, in a first edition of the Dantza Munduan Program. With this, the executive responds to one of the requests made at the 2019 World Congress of ...
11/27/2020
The donation took place at a simple event with few people attending following the COVID19 protocol. On the occasion, some of the board of directors went to Our Lady of Begoña to present the symbolic gift to Fr. Guillermo di Pasquale (Willy). The priest blessed the tree and promised to plant it on church grounds after next winter. This is the first sapling delivered within the framework of a project to ...
11/26/2020
Itzuleraren kronikak-Chronicles of the Return is comprised by a selection of illustrations and texts by cartoonist Iñaki Echeveria inspired by his stay in the Basque Country at the end of 2019, created from the perspective of someone who “when he goes to the land of his ancestors, is also returning.” The project, which will be presented tomorrow at the Hondarribia House of Culture, includes ...
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