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Buenos Aires, Argentina. As busy as they are excited, members of the Laurak Bat Basque Club are putting the final touches on the “Buenos Aires Celebrates the Basque Country” that will take place this year virtually. The list isn’t definitive yet, and there are still times to be determined, but putting together something that was only an idea a month ago is exciting, and organizers what to share what they’ve been working on, as well as some surprises that will leave everyone with their mouths opened.

President of the Laurak Bat Basque Club, Arantxa Anitua in a conversation with EuskalKultura.eus couldn’t disguise her joy and optimism.  “This is a huge challenge but a wonderful one that has unified us more as a group.  Beyond the results, what has been done so fare defines us, because we were the first to propose this type of virtual celebration to the city as different generations work side by side, we are reaching people-artists, and top-level athletes, who have wanted to maker their contribution.  We are excited,” Anitua said.

Expectations are very high just a few days before the event.  The festival will start next Sunday at noon and can be enjoyed on Laurak Bat’s Facebook and Instagram, as well as on Buenos Aires Celebrates the Basque Country at the following links:

Facebook: Laurak Bat and  Buenos Aires Celebrates the Basque Country
Instagram: laurakbat and BA Celebrates the Basque Country

PROGRAM (in this order, times TBD):

-Inaugural video with greetings and speakers of all ages and a Parade at the Euskal Echea School
-Greetings from Authorities (I): City Government and president of the Laurak Bat Basque Club, Arantxa Anitua
-Agurra – Basque dance and tribute
-Greeting from Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu
-Video presentation by the Lagun Onak Basque Choir
-Dances by more than 30 dance groups at Basque and Navarrese clubs in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Including dance groups from the following cities in Argentina (More may be added to this list between today and Sunday):

-Maipú
-Bahía Blanca
-Pergamino
-Cañuelas
-Buenos Aires - Ekin Dantzari Taldea
-Buenos Aires - Euskaltzaleak
-Buenos Aires - Laurak Bat
-Cordoba
-Chascomús
-Rosario
-J. C. Paz
-Azul
-La Plata
-Lomas de Zamora
-Tandil
-Villa María
-Concordia
-Magdalena
-Arrecifes
-Paraná
-Chacabuco
-Bariloche
-Comodoro Rivadavia
-Chivilcoy
-Necochea
-Tres Arroyos
-Mar del Plata
-Olavarría
-Viedma y Patagones

-Dantzaris from the  Euskal Echea School
-Dantzaris from the Centro Navarro in Buenos Aires
-Dantzaris from Itxaropen Gaztea from the Euzko Etxea in Santiago, Chile
-Dantzaris from Eusko Indarra from the Haize Hegoa Basque Club in Montevideo, Uruguay

-Live Cooking Demonstrations: First presentation by cooks from the Laurak Bat Basque Club; second by Chef Itziar Aguirre and Ohno
-Posts with Basque recipes explained step by step by (Coco Egozcue and cooks from Laurak Bat)

-Trivia on Basque cooking

-Music Basque folk and pop: Ixilik, Zutarriak, Maral, Baietz, Basque club musicians from all over the country sharing the stage

-Txikis (stories, crafts, dance)

-Greetings from Authorities (II): former Lehendakaris of the Basque Country; former presidents of the Laurak Bat Basque Club; Director of the Etxepare Basque Institute Irene Larraza; FEVA president, Arantxa Anitua; Delegate of the Basque Government in Argentina-Mercosur Sara Pagola; Director of the Basque Community Abroad, Gorka Álvarez Aranburu; General Director of Foreign Action of the Government of Navarre Mikel Irujo Amezaga

-Trivia about Euskera

-Posts about Basque sports: pelota, herri kirolak, Athletic and Real Sociedad. Special mention of the pending final match of the Copa del Rey

-Interviews with the Basque Government’s Secretary General of Foreign Action, Marian Elorza and the president of the Laurak Bat Basque Club, Arantxa Anitua. 

-Dantza Plazan: Posts on the history of plaza dancing and plaza dances in the Basque community of Argentina today.  Live with Aitor Alava teaching some of them

-Greetings from friends that share Buenos Aires Celebrates the Basque Country from year to year (chefs, artisans, cooks, cultural gazebos of genealogy, publications, Euskera, Euskal Echea School)

-Tamborrada

-Video Tribute to Basque immigration in Argentina

-Tribute to Gernika. Presentation of “Gernika” by Pablo Sorozabal at the CCK, directed by Maestro Xabier Iñaki de Arza with the Denak Bat Chamber Choir, the Lagun Onak choir and the All Saints Choir along with the Cantori della Colombo

-Mus, history of mus and trivia

-Special moments from previous BAC events

-Greetings from musicians, actors, distinguished cultural personalities, also from the world of politics and sports…Argentineans and Basques

-Raffle
-Final Fandango
-Closing video of Digital BAC 2020