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04/08/2020
The year of celebrating 30 years of uninterrupted broadcast, the radio program “Presencia Vasca” (Basque Presence) that airs from Parana with Federico Borras Alcain, is more present than ever. Not only because he remains loyal to his commitment during the quarantine, doing the programs from home, but because he has changed the contents and the function of the program due to the new circumstances, ...
04/07/2020
The announcement of the new dates, August 1-31, 2020 was made on Tuesday, “as long as the general situation allows, and health conditions are guaranteed.” Since EuskarAbentura began its journey in 2018, 120 youth, including some from the Diaspora, have toured Euskal Herria every July beginning in Maule, Zuberoa and ending in Getxo, Bizkaia. Now, with the threat of COVID-19, the organization has ...
04/07/2020
Every gesture is welcomed at this time and that it looks like the Argentine publishers Lauburu and the Arturo Campion Basque Studies Center in Laprida understand it. This is why they have released the last issue of the “Guregandik” magazine online (see Basque Studies), including the option of downloading articles in pdf. The 15th edition of Guregandik includes 14 articles by Basque ...
04/06/2020
Jaialdi organizers expressed with “great sadness” the postponement until next year of the largest Basque gathering outside of Euskal Herria, due to the “increasing number of Coronavirus cases now occurring in Idaho and the United States at large, and we are acting out of an abundance of love and concern for our friends and family around the world.” They also included that they will finalize ...
04/06/2020
Obligatory quarantine has been in place in Argentina since March 20th. Just over 2 weeks after confinement began, the society has verified satisfactorily how cultural references and institutions use the internet to stay connected, informed, and entertained. Basque clubs have not been left out to f this initiative with many proposing, or sharing new activities on social media.
04/06/2020
During this time of forced confinement due to the Coronavirus, a group of citizens have come together under the name "Euskal Herria batera" proposing that people celebrate Aberri Eguna from their balconies, this coming Sunday, with Ikurriñas and or Navarrese flags and by singing a song all while taking a picture of the activity in order to create a gigantic mosaic.
04/06/2020
Agustín Trigo Sarrautte is a dantzari and trikitilari at the Haize Hegoa Basque Club in Montevideo, Uruguay. His history with the club goes back to before he was born as his parents were also members of the Eusko Indarra Dance Group. Nevertheless, for Agustin, Basque evokes images of friends, closeness partying and above all family.
04/06/2020
The Orfeón Donostiarra chorus has wanted to join in the show of solidarity with those suffering from the Coronavirus, as well as with those who work for the benefit of society as a whole and also in support of those who respect sheltering in place in their homes. It has done so through a video statement that stresses “solidarity and affection for everyone affected by the virus and those who ...
04/05/2020
The information was shared on social media by NABO as well as members of the US Basque community: Aita Antton Egiguren, Basque chaplain, will celebrate Palm Sunday and Easter Mass online in Basque and English. Due to the Coronavirus, all gatherings and meetings have been cancelled including mass, along with those that would have included dantzaris, the choir, and klika planned this Sunday in the Basque ...
04/03/2020
In the United States, NABO and Mikaela Goicoechea have launched a new proposal Foku Musikala, during this time of confinement and cancellation of face-to-face activities. The program is aimed at children and youth as well as adults and hopes to cultivate and share a song, or musical resource, keeping everyone who has been deprived of classes, essays or dates on the US Basque calendar active and ...
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