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02/26/2019
Immigrant from Larraul (Gipuzkoa) to Uruguay in the 50s, Alex Tejeria – Alejandra Tejeria Amunarriz – passed away on Friday, February 22nd at the age of 87 in Montevideo, the city whose Basque life she contributed greatly to. She married David Bengoa, from Mungia, and became a widow in 1984. They had a daughter, Maite, another reference of the Basque culture in Uruguay and Montevideo in ...
02/26/2019
This Friday, March 1st, is the deadline to enter to will a two-night stay at the Hotel Heredad de Unanue organized by EuskalKultura.com along with the hotel itself. To participate all you have to do is send a message to the email below. Remember that the Hotel Heredad de Unanue is situated in the historic Unanue-Zar farmhouse in Donostia that opened its doors last September with a clear commitment ...
02/25/2019
The contest is aimed a Basque students at Lectureships and Basque clubs around the world. First prize is travel and a stay at a Barnetegi in the Basque Country to learn Basque. In the video, 20 seconds maximum, each students should present a part of his/her city in Basque (see rules below). Deadline to submit is March 18th and winners will be announced on April 2nd.
02/22/2019
Although we are in the middle of summer, Basque clubs in Uruguay have announced the beginning of the new course activities, in this case with the first weekly mus gathering of the year. This traditional card game is an important activity at the centennial Basque club that hosted last year’s MercoMus Tournament with the participation of Argentina, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Uruguay.
02/22/2019
The Denak Bat Basque Club in Mendoza that is strongly committed to the promotion and instruction of the Basque language in its surrounding area, announced that it will offer four language courses in 2019, identified by different colors. The Talde Zuria (White Group) is for new students; Talde Horia (Yellow Group) will work on linguist aspects but mostly on cultural contents; the Talde Gorria (Red Group) is for ...
02/22/2019
Thanks to an agreement of cooperation singed by the local Basque club and the Arrow Association of La Plata, the Basque club will facilitate training, tournaments and outdoor events to the Arrow Association at its facilities. Conversely, the Arrow Association will provide lessons for youth 11 and up, as well as for adults and seniors.
02/21/2019
It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of Alan King’s death. Alan Roy King (1954-2019) was born in England, but became one of the most respected references of the Basque language. He authored The Basque Language: A Practical Introduction published by the University of Nevada Press, at the time, one of the only texts available for English speakers to learn Basque. ...
02/21/2019
EuskalKultura.com and the Hotel Heredad de Unanue are raffling off a two-night stay at the “Hotel of the Diaspora,” among those who participate in the drawing by sending an email to the address provided by March 1st. The prize is a two-night stay in a double room including breakfast. The Hotel Heredad de Uanue is located in Donostia and opened its doors last September with a clear ...
02/21/2019
A delegation representing forty communities that reside and are active in Argentina visited Pope Francis yesterday at the Vatican. During the meeting, led by Secretary of Human Rights and Cultural Pluralism of the Argentine Government, Claudio Avruj, the delegation presented the Pontiff a declaration “Argentina, Mosaic of Identities,” whose aim, among other things, is to support the rights of ...
02/21/2019
Orodreth (Boris Bringas) is a young beatboxer from Bilbao that has 10 years of experience in the discipline that consists of making music using your voice as a musical instrument. Since 2008, he has performed and held beatbox workshops in Euskal Herria, and Spain winning various awards including the Champion of Euskal Herria of Beatbox in 2018. He is now interested in sharing his art with Basques in the ...
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