11/04/2019

The Chair will be managed jointly by the Etxepare Basque Institute and the National Council of Scientific and Technological Research in Argentina, CONICET. The official inauguration of the Amale Artetxe Basque Chair took place last Friday at the Gral San Martin Cultural Center in the capital city and was presided by the Director of the Etxepare Basque Institute, Irene Larraza and the Director of the ...
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11/04/2019

Irene Larraza visited the National University of La Plata last Friday, where there has been a Basque language and culture lectureship since 2007. During her first visit to the capital city of the province of Buenos Aires, the director of the Etxepare Basque Institute gave a talk on the role of the Etxepare in the diffusion of Euskera and Basque culture through activities that it promotes, and ...
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10/31/2019

The Basque club in Tres Arroyos celebrated its 20th anniversary on October 19-20 very successfully. Now, the program of commemorative activities continues specifically this coming week with a dance workshop taught by Patxi eta Konpania and the screening of the film Dantza. The dance workshop will be taught by Patxi eta Konpania, who are from Lapurdi, on Tuesday, November 5th at 7:20pm. The film Dantza ...
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10/30/2019

Lectures and presentations will take place at the University of Purdue in Indiana, as part of the international conference, "Year of Indigenous Languages 2019: Perspectives.” The conference organized as part of this year of indigenous language enjoys the support of the Etxepare Basque Institute and on October 31st will gather the following experts: Ane Ortega, Arkaitz Zarraga, and Andoni ...
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10/30/2019

Director, Telmo Esnal and dantzari and actor Gari Otamendi begin their Argentine tour tomorrow with the film Dantza. The tour will begin on Thursday at the San Martin Cultural Center in Buenos Aires and will conclude next Friday in Bahia Blanca in conjunction with the Semana Nacional Vasca 2019. Anyone attending will have the chance to talk to the director, Telmo Esnal, and Gari Otamendi, who will also teach ...
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10/30/2019

The city of Las Flores, in the province of Buenos Aires, honored Monica Arrazubieta from the Loretako Euskaldunak Basque Club at the “Recognition of Adults,” that took place on October 12th at the Spanish Theater. According to Basque club sources, these honors take place every year and aim to recognize social, community, and sports actions by adults in favor of the community. Monica has been on the ...
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10/29/2019

Organized by the Fundación Azkue in Bilbao and the Provincial Government of Bizkaia, the contest is open to youth all over Euskal Herria, as well as those in the Diaspora between the ages of 13 and 16 years old, or born between 2003 and 2006. The video should be in Euskera and only be a minute and a half the longest, about a selected theme. The video should include a cardboard box and ...
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10/29/2019

Thanks to the University of Georgia, a group of Basque farmers and a representative of the Euskal Herriko Laborantza Ganbara (EHLG), alternative agricultural chamber in Iparralde, visited various farms in the Appalachian Mountains in mid-October. The relationship began some 10 years ago with a young researcher, Meredith Wecsh-Devine who resided for a year and a half in Altzürükü (Zuberoa) ...
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10/29/2019

The “Don Julio Otegui Inter-School Soccer Tournament” was declared of Municipal interested in 2006 and has become a classic in the town of Diamante in the province of Entre Rios, some 450 kilometers from the capital. This year, in its 26th edition, it won’t only gather students from 17 schools in the area and local authorities including Mayor Juan Carlos Darrichon, but it will also include ...
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10/28/2019

Basque premiere, recognition and Basque performances this Wednesday in the German capital as part of the 3rd edition of the International Music Contest in Berlin. Within the Chamber Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 1,180 seats, the Silboberri Txistulari Elkartea, from Durango will be recognized as well as the Superior Conservatory of the Basque Country Musikene and composer from Oñati ...
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