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The International Day of Euskera is celebrated on December 3rd every year, and many Basque clubs in the Diaspora are joining in the event.  We have heard of activities planned in every corner of the world: Sydney, Madrid, Mallorca, Berlin, Mexico, Quebec, Boise…We’ll leave you with a small live of those.  There will be a separate article on activities in Argentina. 

Donostia-San Sebastian.  Basque clubs in the Diaspora are working full tilt these day on various get-togethers, festivities and activities to celebrate the International Day of Euskera.  This celebration, born as part of an initiative by Eusko Ikaskuntza in 1948, especially invites Basques in the world to celebrate Euskera and acquaint their communities with it.  Year after year, Basque clubs around the world step up and hold strong to their commitment.

Here is a small list of the events that we have heard about to date.  We know that there are more, without a doubt, and invite you to tell us about your events in our comments section so that we can add it to our agenda.

For starters, in London, the London Basque Society will hold a mintza-eguna this Saturday the 29th, a get-together for conversation practice in Basque that will also prove that one can live in Basque in the English capital. 

On December 3rd, on Euskera Day, there will also be official events that will take place in the Basque Country and in Mexico City, writer Bernardo Atxaga will give a talk at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.  In Montreal, Quebec, the Euskaldunak Basque club has invited members and friends to a party at the Basque club that will be followed by a Basque sing along at the L’Escalier Bar.

On December 4th in Boise, ID, the Euzkaldunak Basque Club will celebrate by showing the documentary Basque Country: a Nation without Borders, by Canadians Amy Arnold and Etienne Trepannier, followed by a Christmas caroling session and dancing to Amuma Says No at the Leku Ona.

In Madrid, also on the 4th, the Basque club will have a dinner to celebrate Euskera Day, organized by the teachers and students from the Euskaltegi.  The next day, in Mallorca, the Artea Basque club invites everyone to a colloquium on Basque and Catalan, where Pau Sarria, Kinku Zinkunegi and Joan Melia will speak.

In Sydney, Australia the Gure Txoko Basque Club will also have a meal on Saturday December 6th.  In Germany the Berlin Basque Club will host a poetry reading of texts of Gabriel Aresti and Bertold Brecht.  On the same day in Burnaby, Canada, the Zazpiak Bat Basque Club will have a double celebration of Euskera Day and their annual Christmas Party with a visit from the Olentzero.  Finally, on Sunday December 7th, in Montevideo, Uruguay, the Haize Hegoa Basque club will host a party at the clubhouse to celebrate Euskera Eguna 2014.