San Pedro, Argentina. The Ongi Etorri Basque Club in San Pedro participated in its main annual event October 13-15, as it has in years past. This year, it did so with the collaboration of other neighboring clubs specifically the Euzkal Etxea in San Nicolas, Euskaldunak Denak Bat in Arrecifes and the Iparraldeko Euskal Etxea in Buenos Aires with Cesar Arrondo. The festival activities took place in the street in the Casona de Turismo as well as the Rafael Obligado Museum, with the Basque community participating in all three locations.
Food Stand
In the area of food, the Ongi Etorri club was assisted by sukaldaris from San Nicolas who were in charge of providing typical dishes. The menu included txistorra and chorizo in cider and rice with txipirones. All of the proposals were very well received by the numerous diners.
Cultural Stand
The cultural stand was at the Casona de Turismo, in the oldest part of town. There five banners were displayed with the history of the Basque Navy, as well as works of art by local artist of Basque origin, Edgardo “Yayo” Altolaguirre. They also created a “Euskera Txoko” along with information about the language. Club members also provided information on Basque surnames, rural sports, and typical dress among other topics. The display was visited by many locals and tourists as well.
Dancing and a talk on Gernika
On Saturday afternoon, Basque Dancers took the stage to perform a selection of dances from Euskal Herria. There the “Auzolan” took place with dantzaris txikis and txiki-zaharrak in Arrecifes with the Igaraba dance group form the Euzkal Etxea in San Nicolas.
After the program, on Sunday afternoon, Cesar Arrondo gave a talk about Basques and what happened in Gernika in 1937. More than 60 people attended this talk at the Rafel Obligado Museum that concluded with the artist “Yayo” Altolaguirre presenting a reproduction of “Guernica,” that he did using marquetry. The picture will remain at the museum.
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