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The association will carry out a presentation for the town of Trujillo on Friday, February 16 at 18:45pm at the auditorium of the Regional Identity Center.  The event will be a lecture by Leonel Berrocal and Wilfredo Lizarzaburu who will talk about the origin and the history of Basques in the town, and their contribution to the history of the Americas.  The new entity, established as a non-profit association, plans to contact the Basque Government soon in hopes of becoming officially recognized. 

Trujillo, Peru.   The Basque Cultural Center of Trujillo (Trujilloko Euskal Etxea) was officially constituted in Trujillo at 6pm on November 13, 2017, as a non-profit civil association.  Its main objectives include, “the study, research, instruction and spreading of the Basque culture (history, literature, dance, music, clothing etc.) in coexistence with the Peruvian culture, within the framework of cooperation, camaraderie and respect for local customs and ideas,” clubs sources told EuskalKultura.com.

The association is comprised of Basque descendants residing in the northern part of Peru.  Its first board of directors includes:

• President: Leonel Berrocal                                                                         
• Vice-president: Wilfredo Lizarzaburu
• Administrative Secretary: Milagros Lizarzaburu
• Secretary of Institutional Relations: Fernando Galareta
• Treasurer: Victor Lizarzaburu
• Secretary of Internal Control: Ana Iparraguirre
• Advisor: German Lizarzaburu

The association will hold its first public event this Friday, February 16 at 18:45pm in the Auditorium at the Regional Identity Center.  At the event, both he club’s president and vice-president will speak about the origin and history of the Basque in the town, as well as their contribution to American history.  Through the talk, Leonel Berrocal, and Wilfredo Lizarzaburu hope to illustrate the audience about the bigger Basque picture and also the smaller one. The association hopes to reach out to the Directorate of the Basque Community Abroad soon, in order to become officially recognized and join the international community of Basque clubs.

Behind the idea of establishing, a club are members of the Lizarzaburu family whose members reside in various towns and countries in the region, along with other local Basque descendants. Wilfredo Lizarzaburu supported the idea, “along with two friends, one from Donostia and the other from Bilbao, who are no longer in Peru."  "We decided together to check and see if there would be any local interest from residents in Trujillo and the response was huge, and so here we are,” the club vice-president shared with our bulletin.  

Remember that there are currently two Basque clubs recognized by the Basque Government in Peru, in Lima and in Cusco.

More information will become available soon.