Donostia-San Sebastián. In the whole of our diaspora, the Eusko Etxea in Caracas was probably the place where today is celebrated - in spite of the nightmares and this unique situation – even more specially, since Aberri Eguna is the club’s main celebration every year, along with the Venezuelan Basque community commemorating the 70th anniversary of the inauguration, in 1950, of its headquarters and facilities in El Paraíso, the soul physically and spiritually that shelters and encourages the Venezuelan Basque community.
In order to celebrate under the current circumstances, they shared a video on Facebook, that included members and friends of the Basque community, and created a platform so that others could join in live through Instagram (@centrovasco) from their homes beginning at 10:45am local time (4:45pm Euskal Herria). The Mexico City Basque Club was also especially active despite not being able to come together with friends and celebrating Aberri Eguna. Nevertheless they celebrated in a different way posting this video, inviting everyone in the capital city to commemorate Aberri Eguna from their balconies.
There were many invitations from Basque clubs around the world to celebrate Aberri Eguna, despite this special situation. No clubs that traditionally plan events to mark the date (New York, Havana, Santiago, Chile, Valparaiso, Barcelona, Paris…in Argentina La Plata, Necochea, Buenos Aires, Magdalena, Mendoza, Mar del Plata, Córdoba, FEVA, Arrecifes and many more... also Madrid, Montevideo, Lima, Sao Paulo...) were able to carry out their traditional celebrations, largely cancelled or in some instances postponed.
We can’t share images of everyone who celebrated from their homes or balconies, but we have chosen the image illustrating this article sent us from the Diaspora as a representative of the many gestures large and small from the entire Diaspora. Johnny Ugalde is a Melbourne (Australia) born Basque, who moved to Ondarroa at the age of 14 and then at the age of 20 returned to Australia, to eventually move to Vancouver, Canada where he resided for 13 years to finally move back to Euskal Herria last year. From his balcony, Johnny wanted to join in (in his case with the Ikurriña and the flag of St. Pierre et Miquelon), with the rest of the Basques in Euskal Herria and around the world, sharing his “Gora Euskadi” with us. We share our Gora! with you all.
Emotional Gernikako Arbola from Cordoba, Argentina. Eskerrik asko!
- See Aberri Eguna 2020 on Hamaika Telebista, with imany mages and testimonies from the Diáspora (1h and 42 seconds)
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