10/22/2018

A complete success. Despite a windy and rainy forecast, in the end, even the weather cooperated with the inauguration of the new Hotel Heredad de Unanue. This initiative aims to connect with the Diaspora and provide Basques from abroad a place of reference to hold their activities and be promoted throughout the year introducing others to the reality of the part of the Basque Country that resides in Basque ...
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10/22/2018

For the last two years, the Euskal Etxea in Comahue works to spread the Basque culture in the capital city of the province of Neuquén and its surroundings. This is why it was invited by the city of Centenario, some 15 kilometers from Neuquen City, to participating in its cultural and community activities. The Book Fair in Centenario, as part of the city’s 96th anniversary, took place October ...
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10/19/2018

Even the weather cooperated with the celebration yesterday in Donostia of the inauguration of the Hotel Heredad Unanue, an establishment that some know better as the “Hotel of the Diaspora,” due to its Diaspora decoration and its sponsors' commitment to promote and disseminate from its facilities the cultural contribution of the Eighth Basque Province. Next Monday we will publish a detailed ...
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10/18/2018

The Basque community in Venado Tuerto is taking the first steps to create a local Basque club. With this goal in mind, they organized the first Semana Vasca October 3-10. The event was open to the public and also included the collaboration of Ander Zudaire, Nora Urtasun and Alicia Urtasun, three Navarrese youth who are currently touring Basque clubs in Argentina teaching Basque dance and ...
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10/15/2018

He came to Singapore to take over Iggy’s Restaurant, and in a year he received a Michelin Star. Ow, Aitor Jeronimo Orive will open his own restaurant Basque Kitchen by Aitor. This remarkable chef grew up in Madrid and Australia and did his culinary training in Mugaritz, Fat Duck, and Nerua among other places as indicated on his website “Welcome to a Basque Kitchen by Aitor, a place where Chef Aitor ...
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09/27/2018

Testimonies gathered over five years by María Cristina Juanena Beraza and Adela Soto Zudaire de Beriau comprise the book Basque Reminiscences that was published in May of this year in Uruguay by the Saltoko Euskaldunen Taldea Basque Club in Salto, Uruguay. The book seeks “an approach and valuation of the Basque heritage, fruit of a large migratory process in the second half of the 19th century and ...
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09/18/2018

Basques and their descendants that live outside of Euskal Herria work hard to keep, cultivate and spread the Basque culture all year round. This work is carried out, most of the time, in silence and the majority remain unknown outside of limited circles. This is why the proposal of celebrating the Day of the Diaspora, the Basque community abroad, allowed dozens of institutions to give more visibility to ...
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09/13/2018
Would you like to not have to rent, or borrow a projector each time your club needs one? To participate in this raffle all you have to do is follow the instructions and send an email. The deadline to enter your candidates is Friday midnight (Euskadi time), so readers of EuskalKultura.com can then vote for their favorites. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. But hurry up, European midnight is Friday 6pm in the US East Coast, 3pm in California, or Saturday 9am in Sydney. Zorte on, good luck!
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09/13/2018

The invitation from the Basque Government to celebrate the Day of the Diaspora couldn’t have been better received by the euskal etxeas. It responded to the needs of Basque clubs to give themselves visibility and to vindicate themselves, given the impression that their history, reality and commitment to the future are not as well known in Euskal Herria. Surely, that is why the proposal to celebrate ...
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09/12/2018

Since the world has existed Basques have paid attention to their pioneer and exploring instincts, and this has led them to leave; leave their homeland and reach the most remote corners of the planet. Over the years, the reasons why they have set out have changed, but they have continued to gather wherever they have gone. The ways they gather with other Basques has also evolved when away from home. ...
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