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Neighbors and tourists will be able to enjoy the mega exhibition of Basque culture in the heart of Buenos Aires.  Organized by Laurak Bat with the collaboration of more clubs and entities, the BAC festival will gather representatives of the Basque culture, from Argentina as well as from the Basque Country.  Among the late are Gorka Alvarez Aranburu (Basque Government) and Parliamentarian Jasone Agirre.  There will also be representatives from Gure Esku Dago, and FIVU also confirmed its attendance from Uruguay.

Buenos Aires, Argentina.   The Buenos Aires Celebra initiative comes from the city of Buenos Aires and it's for the communities that coexist at its heart.  In some cases, sone communities' BAC has not been as successful, and so the “Buenos Aires Celebrates,” dedicated to one community or another was either cut back, or sometimes fused with a like-minded community.  In the case of “Buenos Aires Celebrates the Basque Country,” the festival has not only been maintained, but its success is an object of pride for the city, as well as for the entire Basque community of Argentina.

Having become a real attraction this 2018 BAC will also include meetings between locals, and European visitors. After passing through Uruguay, the Director of the Basque Community Abroad, Gorka Aranburu, is now visiting Basque clubs in the interior of the province of Buenos Aires.  He will meet with members of clubs in Maipu, Ayacucho and Mar del Plata, arriving in Buenos Aires the eve of BAC.

Activities for today and tomorrow

Today at 8:30pm, Angel Oiarbide (spokesperson), Iñigo Urrutia (jurist and UPV/EHU Professor) and Andoni Mikelarena (communications) of the Gure Esku Dago movement will talk about the Right to Decide.  The event will take place at Euskaltzaleak (Bernardo de Irigoyen 826).

On Saturday, there will also be a talk by the representatives of this popular movement, but in this case at the Laurak Bat Basque Club.  With a panel moderated by Iñaki Anitua, the talk will address Gure Esku Dago, the progress made, its projection, and the current situation in Catalonia and its affects on the Basque case.  They will also talk about the 2019 reasons to decide on the Citizens Pact.  This event begins at 6pm at Belgrano 1144.

The secretary for the diaspora from EH Bildu, and member of the Basque Parliament, Jasone Agirre Garitaonandia, who just arrived to Argentina, will also give a talk “The Road to Sovereignty,” tomorrow at 4pm at Euskaltzaleak.

2018 BAC Program

Music Shows
-Lagun Onak Choir
-Ixilik
-Zutarriak
-Tamborrada

Dance Groups
-Ekin Dantzari Taldea, Buenos Aires
-Euzko Etxea, La Plata
-Zingirako Euskaldunak, Chascomús
-Denak Bat, Cañuelas
-Denak Bat, Lomas de Zamora
-Toki Eder, José C. Paz
-Euskaldunak Denak Bat, Arrecifes
-Euskaltzaleak, Buenos Aires
-Zazpirak Bat, Rosario
-Lagun Onak, Pergamino
-Beti Aurrera. Chivilcoy
-Euskal Echea School
-Guillermo Larregui, Chacabuco
-Laurak Bat, Buenos Aires

Food Stands
-Laurak Bat Basque Club
-Euskaltzaleak Euskaltegia
-Euzkal Etxea, San Nicolás
-Txindoki Gastronomic Group
-Burzako Restaurant
-Zazpirak Bat Restaurant, Rosario
-Getxo, Restaurant
-Indarra Restaurant, Lomas de Zamora
-Burzako Club Restaurant
Food Trucks: rabas, shrimp, croquettes, paellas...

Institutions
-Meeting place, crafts and cultural promotion
-Delegation of the Basque Government in Argentina-Mercosur
-Government of Navarre
-Euskal Echea School
-FEVA
-Basque-Argentine Chamber of Commerce
-Peña del Athletic de Bilbao
-Sports
-Genealogy - publications
-Txikis
-Open radio

Culture and Traditions
-Euskera
-Publications
-Sports
-Rural Sports - Aizkolaris
-Open Radio
-Crafts
-Txiki Txokoa
-Gastronomic projects
-Peña Athletic Club de Bilbao
-Amalur Restaurant: as part of BAC Shanti Aboitiz will provide information about his Amalur Restaurant project that will soon open at Laurak Bat

*Cooking classes provided by gastronomic groups from Laurak Bat,Javier Ibaldo from Txindoki Taldea and by Itziar Aguirre from the Zazpirak Bat Restaurant in Rosario
*Human Chain organized by the Gure Esku Dago movement at 4pm

Varios

-Eliana Dubarry (crafts)
-Andrea Meana (crafts and traditional clothing)
-Virgina La Orden and Slvia Aspiazu (crafts)
-Silvia Aspiazu (silversmith)
-Centro Vasco Francés-Iparraldeko Euskal Etxea (model farmhouses)
-Adrian Castells y Hna. (crafts and preserves)
-Gure Gutiziak (preserves)
-Alpargatas Granalla (alpargatas and txapelas)
-Euskal Herria Tour 2018 (Tourism)
-(Euskal Herria) EH! Trip! (tourism)
-Store Mundaka Basque (clothing and typical souvenirs)
-Shop 'J & J denda' (clothing and typical souvenirs)

The list of participants can be updated in the coming days.  Performances will be published on the organizer’s Facebook pages: Buenos Aires Celebrates the Basque Country – Laurak Bat.