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11/12/2018
Zinemaldia will take place Thursday through Sunday of this week, November 15-18, at its usual venue the Kino Moviemento, “the oldest movie theater in Germany." The program this year includes Kalebegiak on Thursday, Errementari on Friday, Hunted by the Snake on Saturday, and Handia on Sunday. All films are in their original version with English subtitles.
11/12/2018
The University of the East (UDE), in La Plata, recognized Uruguayan researcher, Alberto Irigoyen Artetxe as Doctor Honoris Cause, in an initiative supported by the Free Chair of Euskera and Basque Culture of the university and the Euzko Etxea Basque Club in La Plata. The ceremony was presided by the university’s president, Carlos E. Orazi and the Rector, Maria de las Mercedes Reitano, along with a large ...
11/09/2018
In this last installment of the extensive chronicle we have published last week, a final video with impressions of the event gathered on site at its closure by EuskalKultura.com with Asier Iriberri, Denak Bat’s president. This also comes with the announcement for Semana Nacional Vasca 2019 that will be hosted next year by the Union Vasca Basque Club in Bahia Blanca.
11/09/2018
The Basque community in South America and Basques coming from Euskal Herria had a wonderful time last weekend in Mar del Plata celebrating Semana Nacional as well as the 75th anniversary of the local Basque club. An entire year’s work was reflected in each activity. At the Artistic evening, invited groups received warm applause, as well as the locals closing the show with a Fandango and Arin Arin ...
11/08/2018
We have arrived to Saturday night in our traditional chronicle of images from Semana Nacional Vasca. The artistic evening at Semana Vasca 2018 featured dantzaris from Argentina, Uruguay and the Basque Country. Some with much experience like the guest group, Akelarre, who came from Hendaia to perform “Irradaka” at the Radio City Theater. Other groups, more recently formed debuted at Semana ...
11/07/2018
The mural that will adorn the facade of the clubhouse is a work by Rocio Matosas Etchebarne, originally from Paysandu, Uruguay, and a Basque descendant. The work is almost the same size as the original painted by Pablo Picasso in 1937, but the difference between the one hanging in the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid and this one, is the color, specifically this one is the color of the ...
11/07/2018
Saturday was an specially intense day at Semana Vasca 2018 in Mar del Plata. The first events in the morning took place in various locations. At the Basque club headquarters there were meetings of dance directors, Basque libraries, and Basque choirs. At the same time, Club Quilmes hosted the traditional FEVA meeting with Basque clubs from all over the country.
11/06/2018
All Basque National Weeks in Argentina are special and all have something to remember them by. Semana Vasca in Mar del Plata 2018, as part of the hosting club’s 75th anniversary, included several of these ingredients. A visit from the Lehendakari was the main dish, as well as the presence of Basque parliamentarians at several events including Jone Berriozabal (EAJ-PNV), Iñaki ...
11/06/2018
Organized by the Historical Archive Jose Maria Basagoiti Noriega and the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País (RSBAP), in Mexico this fourth edition will take place Thursday November 8th at the San Ignatius of Loyola School “Vizcainas,” in the capital city, with expositions and the participation in round tables by experts and researchers from different countries.
11/05/2018
Urkullu continues his weeklong trip through the Southern Cone. On Sunday Semana Nacional Vasca Argentina 2018 concluded and did so with a small surprise to the nearly 1,000 attendees at the final meal. Nearing the end of the meal, the Lehendakari took out his txistu and drum and played “Ikusi mendizaleak,” followed by “Agur Jaunak,” that everyone sang and then gave him a ...
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