basque heritage worldwide
10/02/2020
The Bizkaian dance group AIKO will launch its first Digital Basque Dance Classes in the coming days, knowing well the COVID-19 experience and in this context adapting to the “new normal.” The project is aimed at beginners as well as those who have more experience including dantzaris who would like to perfect, or diversify their repertoire. There will be different sections: Live classes and ...
10/01/2020
If you are passionate about cooking, you cannot miss this opportunity: “San Sebastian Gastronomika” is a world class festival that will be celebrated online this year due to COVID; a festival considered as a reference in the world of cooking. And they decided to make this year’s registration free! This being the case, all you have to do to attend is fill out this ...
10/01/2020
The Txoko Ona Basque Club in Homedale Idaho has now completed the expansion of its clubhouse, doubling the size of the existing patio. The new outside space, covered but not enclosed, will provide new opportunities to the club during the pandemic providing more security to those who participate in activities there, whether club activities or someone else’s.
10/01/2020
With the beginning of the month of October, “Txapela KM 0,” is born. A project based on the concept of kilometer zero products consisting of a “gastronomic meeting,” where the Basque-Argentine cook Itziar Aguirre will visit, virtually, different regions of the country and local chefs will facilitate a “journey through the palate,” preparing dishes characteristic of each territory ...
09/30/2020
Ten dance groups from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, St Pierre et Miquelon and the US will join in the celebration of Euskal Herriko Dantzari Eguna this Saturday, October 3rd. Initially planned to take place in Baztan (Navarre), the situation caused by the pandemic obliged some changes, and so finally, this year, every group will dance in their hometowns and will be featured throughout the day on social ...
09/30/2020
In 2020, and for the second year in a row, the Basque Country poetry group Hatsaren Poesia invited Javier Tisera, poet, journalist and reference from the San Nicolas Basque Club to participate in its Poetry Anthology. “Hatsaren Poesia,” that is now in its 22nd edition, is published annually n Basque, based in Senpere, Lapurdi. The collection includes several dozen of local artists ...
09/29/2020
Eusko Ikaskuntza opened online voting yesterday to choose the winner for the 2020 Manuel Lekuona Prize. This award is given to people with a long career, not necessarily academic, who characterize an evident contribution to the Basque culture through their great commitment. Award bases here. The selection process is mixed and is weighted in the following way: EI members (30%), and the global Basque community ...
09/29/2020
The poem, “Hirian ibiltzeko jarraibideak”' (Instructions for walking in the city) by Miren Agur Meabe can now be read along with other European poets on the walls of public transport in Brussels, in their original version and translated to French and Dutch. The poet from Leketio will participate tomorrow in a poetry reading on Zoom. As this has becoming the norm in 2020, all ...
09/29/2020
Directed by Carlos Portella Nunes, from Brazil residing in Anglet (Lapurdi), Gaucho Basko tells the story of Kepa Etchandy, renowned photographer from Baiona when he made a trip, “in the footsteps of the Basques in Argentina.” As he himself explains to the Baskulture newsletter, “The itinerary arose from an old trunk in which lay a letter from a great-uncle dated 1927, and accompanied by a ...
09/29/2020
Valeria Aramburu is a Basque teacher at the Gure Etxea Basque Club in Tandil and also a literature teacher in the local secondary school. When the pandemic and its uncertainty arrived, she got together “with a group of women united by families ties and friendship” and started making scented candles, bath salts and sachets under the name of “Sorgiñak” “aiming to ...
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