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After being presented in places like Carmelo and San Jose, Magdalena Mignauburu will inaugurate her traveling exhibit “Gure Arropa-Our Clothes” tomorrow in the Uruguayan capital.  The tour completely sponsored by FIVU, the exhibit will take place at the Euskaro Basque club in Montevideo, where Mignaburu herself will give a talk on the characteristics and details of her collection tomorrow at 7pm. 

Montevideo, Uruguay.  Sponsored by the Federation of Uruguayan Basque Institutions (FIVU), the Haize Hegoa and Euskaro Basque clubs invite everyone to see “Gure Arropa-Our Clothes,” a collection of 28 outfits in all, 24 adult, and 4 child that are typical clothing from Euskal Herria.

The exhibit will be inaugurated tomorrow, April 26 and will be open through April 29, from 17:00-21:30 at the Euskaro Basque club located on Calle Bacigalupi 2219 in Montevideo.  As part of the inauguration, the main researcher who gathered and even made some of the outfits, Magdalena Mignaburu, will give a talk.  The event begins at 7pm.

Carmelo & San José

As part of the exhibit’s first trip to the Eastern republic of Uruguay, sponsored by FIVU, Magdalena Mignaburu presented the collection in Carmelo and San Jose. Her visit to Carmelo coincided with the 21^st anniversary of the local Ibai Ondoko Etxea Basque club and the city’s bicentennial.  “Gure Arropa” was exhibited on April 15-18, and during her stay, Mignaburu gave two talks.  As she explained to EuskalKultura.com, “due to the floods that were affecting the city, many people were unable to attend and see the exhibit.  So that is why she gave two video talks in hopes that they will be shown later on, including in schools or on local TV channels.”

After the anniversary events in Carmelo, Mignaburu traveled to San Jose where the exhibit was open to the public from April 19-23.  There “Gure Arropa,” was very well attended and received much attention from the local media, including from the “La Voz del Centro Vasco” radio program, managed and produced by Elizabeth Ascurrein, president of the San Jose Euskaldunak Taldea Basque club. The exhibit was at the San Jose Cultural Center, where it shared space with other cultural manifestations by local artists.