02/12/2019

The 'Jaialdi' is a gastronomic, musical and dance festival organized by the Denak Bat Basque Club in Mar del Plata every summer. The event is open to the public and hopes to share with the locals as well as tourists. This year’s event includes the participation of musicians who will be attending the first Musician Gathering organized on the same day and place by FEVA. The ...
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02/12/2019

The Denak Bat Basque Club invites dance groups in Argentina to participate in the XIII Regional Dantzari Gathering in Cañuelas April 6-7, 2019 as part of the Aberri Eguna festivities. The cost of the voucher, which includes lodging at SMATA, admission to Saturday’s dance, breakfast, and the farewell lunch on Sunday the 7th is $1.200 for dance directors, dantzaris and chaperones.
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02/11/2019

Emilia Santano, from Paterna, Valencia and Mari Ane Eguia, from Sodupe, Bizkaia, were the two winning authors of the VI Literary Letters from the Diaspora Contest in the category A (Basque students) and B (people who already speak Basque fluently) respectively. A total of 25 works were entered including five from Argentina, four from Euskal Herria, two from Uruguay and the rest from Valencia and its area of ...
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02/11/2019

The first feature-length film by Ivan Preuss is entitled “The Beautiful Fantasy of Final Purpose,” and it was filmed in its entirety in Carmen de Patagones, his hometown. According to reports from production, “inspired by the strong Basque imprint that exists in the region of Viedma and Patagones,” Preuss has included “idiomatic turns and dialogue in Basque, including references ...
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02/08/2019

The Euzko Etxea Basque Club in Villa Maria was in charge of the Basque music and dance performances, on the first day of the Festival of Collectivities. Twenty members of the club walked as one of the more of 40 participating delegations that marched in front of authorities and organizers, carrying flags and banners describing each institution.
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02/08/2019

The city of Cañuelas celebrated 197 years with an official event on January 22nd, at the city’s main plaza. The ceremony was led by Mayor Gustavo Arrieta and the Chief of Staff, Marisa Fassi, along with other officials and representatives of different institutions and community organizations, including the Basques. During the event, there was a wreath laid in honor of the city’s ...
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02/08/2019

Eusko Etxea in New York has made a call to Basques, and friends of Basques who live in the city and surrounding area, to come to the clubhouse and support the New York Basque Club. All types of collaboration is welcomed, time, help with tasks and proposals, carrying out activities, as well as becoming a regular member. The Eusko Etxea will hold its next meeting on Sunday at 12:30pm. Some of the ...
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02/07/2019

The capital city of Utah will be the site this Saturday, February 9th of the acclaimed Basque Dinner Dance and the NABO (North American federation of Basque entities) winter meeting. The activities will begin at 8am on Saturday with the NABO meeting that gathers delegates from the several US and Canadian Basque clubs and entities that comprise the federation. In the evening the Dinner Dance takes over that is ...
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02/07/2019

The Laurak Bat Basque Club in Buenos Aires just announced the date for this year’s “Buenos Aires Celebrates.” The largest Basque event in the Argentine capital city is planned for Sunday, May 12, 2019, from noon to 6pm, on the Avenida de Mayo as usual, just meters from the Cabildo and Presidential Palace of the country. This eighth edition maintains the goals as prior editions, “to ...
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02/06/2019

The Union Vasca Basque Club celebrated its 120th anniversary with a party that gathered members and friends of all ages. The club also received messages and greetings from, among others, the Director of the Basque Community Abroad, Gorka Alvarez Aranburu (see message here). The event opened with welcoming remarks by club president, Juan Manuel Lopetegui, and continued with an Aurresku performed by his ...
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