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12/31/2012
London’s Euskal Etxea will begin the year with a new project: creating the “Euskal Playgroup,” a group of games for children where members children can get together, play and relate to others their age in Basque. The idea came from the parents themselves and will begin in January. Anyone who would like their children to participate should contact the London Basque Society.
12/31/2012
Coinciding with the beginning of 2013, John Ysursa, NABO’s facilitator will leave this post after seven years of service to the organization. Kate Camino will then take his place, assisted by Lisa Corcostegui on the website. Ysursa will continue his work in NABO as chair of the Education Committee, as well as through the Chino Basque club where he serves as its secretary. His replacement, Kate Camino, has a long history in NABO as well as in the Basque-American community, and will share the post’s responsibilities with Lisa Corcostegui who will serve as the organization’s new webmaster.
12/31/2012
The Zazpirak Bat Basque club in Rosario said goodbye to a year that will remain in the memories of its members. The event was a success as described from the club, “The hall was filled. Just as all the events this year, once again the Zazpi seemed small.” Even Olentzero didn’t want to miss the party and so he appeared after dinner with his bag in his hand, to the delight of those in attendance. At the moment of the toast, club president, Enrique Otaño, encouraged all there to raise their glasses and to continue to work for the euskal etxea as they have done so far.
12/27/2012
Basque haute cuisine will come to London thanks to Elena Arzak. The daughter of the famous chef from Donosti, Juan Mari Arzak, will open a restaurant in the five-star hotel Halkin, in the most prestigious neighborhood in the center of the city. The restaurant is called Ametsa which means dream in Basque.
12/27/2012
The historian alexander Ugalde coordinated the book Fatherland and Freedom, a study of Basque participation in the Wars of Independence of Cuba (1868-1898). In the work, four authors – two Basques, two Cubans – gather the results of their research on the Basque presence in Cuba in the 19th century, their participation in the wars and the reaction in Euskal Herria to the happenings on the other side of the Atlantic.
12/26/2012
The Euskal Etxea of Shanghai will award the Bizkaian capital its Golden Abacus 2011 to Bilbao’s town hall for its successful presence at the International Exposition of Shanghai 2010. The Golden Abacus is awarded by the Chinese-Basque organization to individuals or institutions that are distinguished by their contribution the diffusion of the Basque cultural tradition in Asia.
12/26/2012
The Basque Cultural Institute of Iparralde (Euskal Kultur Erakundea/EKE) has published an archive of musical scores by composer and harmonizer Joseph Maris, on its website, including more than 300 pieces. Most belong to the traditional and contemporary Basque Music Fund. Scores can be downloaded in PDF, Midi, or Sibelius format and are available for anyone who wants to use them.
12/26/2012
Coinciding with the end of the year, from North Eastern Argentina, the Kotoiaren Lurra Basque club in Chaco communicates the publication of issue 11 of Erakin, published in paper and dealing with various topics on current Basque history and culture, in Europe as well as in Chaco and Argentina. The new issue has maintained the format of its predecessors and commemorates the 500 anniversary of the conquest of the Kingdom of Navarre on its cover, and includes an article on the subject authored by Cesar Arrondo.
12/25/2012
We have been celebrating Christmas for twelve years now as EuskalKultura.com, and as every year, the date seems to be an appropriate one to greet our accomplices, readers and other friends that we get together with on a daily basis through these pages and on our path to disclose, promote and support the Basque culture around the world. It is once again a propitious occasion to thank each one of you, wherever you are, in your activities, in your country, thirsting to know more about our culture and the activities organized by other Basques who may live thousands and thousands of kilometers away, but that unites us in feeling, in vocation, and in fondness. We are a small big family that is forward looking. Zorionak and our best wishes!
12/24/2012
During these days several Basque families around the world gather around the table to celebrate the holidays, singing carols and traditional songs. In Euskal Herria these songs are very well known and children learn them at a young age, caroling in the streets. In the Diaspora, however, some are less known and not everyone knows the lyrics. In this article we have gathered some videos and Basque carols with karaoke, so that our readers can sing during the holidays. Eguberri on!
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