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From Caracas, Pedro Javier Arriaga makes progress on his new file collection “The Venezuelan Basque”

09/02/2020

Image of one of the “The Venezuelan Basque” files While he continues the never-ending work of publishing the monthly newsletter Jazoera, Pedro Javier Arriaga has undertaken a new project compiling and disseminating material that accounts for the strong link between the Caribbean country and the land of the Basque language.  According to Arriaga himself, “The Venezuelan Basque” is comprised of a series of files that account for that relationship, ...

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“Zirimiri” is born in Argentina: original ceramic creations with Basque identity and for everyday use

09/02/2020

Zirimiri objects can be identified by the details in blue, a characteristic feature of popular Basque pottery “Zirimiri” is a project that came about during quarantine, a context in which art, creativity patience for processes emerged….” Estefania “Chicho” Abasolo explained the face and soul of the enterprise.  A reference of the Euskaldunak Denak Bat Basque Club in Arrecifes and of Euskaltzaleak in Buenos Aires, the Argentine dantzari has been working on ceramics for some time, ...

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Eusko Alkartasuna Basque Club in Sao Pablo launches a newsletter, the first Basque digital newsletter in Portuguese

09/02/2020

Presentation of the “Eusko Alkartasuna Comunica” newsletter As one of its many attempts to unite, inform and “entertain members and friends,” the eldest Basque club in Sao Paulo has begun publishing Eusko Alkartasuna Comunica on its social media as well as sending it to 300 recipients.  The newsletter, which is presented as "a summary of the 'postcards,' that we share online and a way to inform everyone of virtual activities,” is a ...

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Martiniano Etchart: “Being a Cañuelas Basque Club dancer is one of the things I miss the most from Argentina”

09/01/2020

Dantzari Martiniano Echart from Cañuelas has now lived in the United States for two years Martiniano Etchart is a Basque Argentine that has lived in the US since 2018.  Despite the distances, he maintains a strong relationship with the Denak Bat Basque Club in his hometown of Cañuelas, and during these two years, he has participated in the majority of its initiatives.  "Taking advantage” of the pandemic situation, during 2020 he hasn’t missed one activity held virtually ...

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The Basque Government is promoting a virtual celebration of the 2020 Basque Diaspora Day: send a video from your Basque club

09/01/2020

Record the activities that you are carrying out at your Euskal Etxea to celebrate Basque Diaspora Day and send it to the Basque Government Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Office for the Basque Community Abroad of the Basque Government is advocating the celebration of a virtual edition of the Basque Diaspora Day in 2020. That is why they are opening the date to the whole week of September 8 (usually the specific date of the celebration), so nobody is compelled to celebrate on the same day or time.

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“Drive Through” at the Basque Cultural Center in San Francisco to help ease the economic situation caused by COVID-19

09/01/2020

A “Drive Through Fundraiser” to raise money in a year touched by COVID-19 This past weekend, the BCC cancelled its annual August “Jaialdia” due to the pandemic, and the economic situation generated by the closing of is popular restaurant in March due to the same cause continues. To help provide some relief, the Basque Cultural Center – Gure Euskal Etxea has organized a "Drive Through" dinner on Saturday, September 12th.  The menu includes rack of ...

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EuskalKultura.eus: the daily bulletin will return on September 1st, we are taking August to do work behind the scenes

08/04/2020

The second weel in September the Basque Diaspora Day will be celebrated.  Has your club planned anything? August is here, and the EuskalKultura.eus daily bulletin will take a break until the end of the month. However, this doesn’t mean that we are stopping.  We will continue to work behind the scenes, preparing stuff, trying to solve financial problems, responding to calls and emails, as well as updating the agenda during this time, and we will still be present on social media.  We will resume the ...

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The fourth volume of “Joanes the Basque Whaler,” by NY based Basque cartoonist Guillermo Zubiaga is now available

08/04/2020

Gillermo Zubiaga pictured at he Albaola museum in Pasaia, Gipuzkoa. Left, the last book of Joanes The comic book about the Basque whaler Joanes begins a new journey with the release of volume four, a work like the previous three by the New York-based Basque cartoonist Gillermo Zubiaga (Barakaldo, 1972). COVID-19 and sheltering in place provided the last boost and, the first trilogy published by the Center for Basque Studies Press at the University of Nevada-Reno, now includes a second trilogy and a fourth ...

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BasqueCulture.eus: Take a look at this website that is a window to Basque culture and creation

08/04/2020

Basqueculture.eus With the motto “Land of Creativity, Discover the Land of Euskera” the website can be read in Basque, Spanish and English (the French version is forthcoming). The “portal to creativity and Basque culture” provides a panorama of the reality and the cultural contribution of Euskal Herria, both traditional and the Avant Garde. It is useful for Basques as well as for foreigners: for individuals, ...

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The Virtual Day of the Basque Diaspora, will become Diaspora Week: send a video from your Basque club to the Basque Government

08/03/2020

This year of the pandemic has affected all face-to-face gathering and will also influence the upcoming Diaspora Day on September 8th.  This year’s event will be much more virtual than last year’s edition, that included an event in Ispaster, Bizkaia presided by the Lehendakari. Last year’s crowded events won’t be repeated in different Basque communities around the world either, and so ...

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