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09/27/2011
Eitb.com has organized a drawing for people who use Canal Vasco International with the grand prize being a ten-day trip for two to the Basque Country. The winning pair will also receive a cash prize worth 1,000 Euros. As in previous editions of this contest, the winner can choose the date of travel as long as it falls within one year of winning the prize. To participate, all you have to do is fill out a simple survey on Eitb.com’s website.
09/26/2011
Members of Bordeaux’s Basque club were very satisfied with their participation in Heritage Days held September 16-18, in the French city. Eskualdunen Biltzarrra took Basque culture to the streets and involved many people in its activities: cultural workshops, dance, talks and a photo exhibit. There was even a trio of txalaparta players from Pamplona, Hutsun, and their exhibitions aroused the public’s curiosity, who was also encouraged to participate in the workshops that introduced them to the ancient instrument. There was even a group of Basque people among them who were passing through. “Hopefully they’ll become members of the club!” commented David Mugica, club president, to EuskalKultura.com.
09/23/2011
Mexico’s Senate was the scene, on August 21st, of the book presentation of “The Crossing of the Montserrat,” the memoirs of Basque exile Felix San Mamés recounting the adventures of fleeing the Basque Country to Mexico in a sailboat. San Mamés, who died in 2000, was accompanied by eight others. Many of his descendants were present at the ceremony, along with Senator Jesus Garibay and prominent historians of the Spanish Forum of Mexico, as well as Juan San Mamés, the author’s nephew.
09/22/2011
The camaraderie between the Basques and the Catalans is well known, this time, it has reached as far as the antipodes, with Gure Txoko Basque club’s celebration this past September 11th of “la Diada” Catalonia’s National Holiday. This is the second year that the event has taken place, and it seems like it will soon become one of the club’s annual events humorously referred to as “Liada Catalana.” The ambience during the event was very festive and so members have unanimously decided to celebrate it again next year.
09/21/2011
For the first time ever NABO (North American Basque Organizations) held a meeting on the East Coast. Apparently the distance didn’t discourage many of the delegates as over half of the now forty plus membership clubs were represented at the meeting. The offer couldn’t have been more enticing either since Euskaldunak of Quebec had planned a wonderful weekend coinciding with the club’s 15th anniversary. Delegates were treated to tours, concerts, traditional food and great hospitality.
09/21/2011
The historic label Esan Ozenki published, among others, albums by Negu Gorriak and now, ten years after its disappearance, its leaders have decided to distribute its catalog online. This month folks will be able to listen to it for free on Spotify. Even though it had been dissolved for years, Negu Gorriak still has a lot of pull among Basques in the Diaspora, especially those in Mexico. That is exactly where its singer, Fermin Muguruza, will be at the end of the month. The singer will participate in the Documentary Festival DOCS DF and present his series “Next Music Station,” a sound map of the Arab world made by the channel Al Jazeera. He will do the same this week at Donostia’s Zinemaldia.
09/20/2011
The exhibit “Hidden in Plain Sight: the Basques” created by the Boise Basque Museum with support from the Basque Government, has received one of the annual prizes awarded by the Association of State and Local History of America (AASLH) in recognition of effort and wonderful reception of the show featuring the Basques and their contribution to the history and reality of the United States. The exhibit, premiered at Ellis Island, New York in February 2010, and then traveled to the Boise Basque Museum. Michael Vogt, curator of the exhibition, received the award last Friday during a ceremony held last Friday in Richmond, Virginia.
09/19/2011
The writer Bernardo Atxaga (Asteasu, 1957) opened a window last Friday at City University of New York. This window will shed light on both sides of the glass not only by presenting the Basque culture in Manhattan, but also by bringing some diversity and boundless energy of New York to Euskal Herria. This is the goal of the Bernardo Atxaga Chair in Basque Literature and Linguistics, initiated by the Etxepare Basque Institute and thanks to whom; many Basque writers will be able to give courses in the Big Apple during the academic year.
09/19/2011
The Basque Government has published the list of youth from the Diaspora that will travel next month to the Basque Country to participation in the 2011 edition of Gaztemundu, a program dedicated to youth involved in Basque clubs around the world. This year these 30 young people represent 26 Basque centers in 6 different countries specifically: Venezuela (1 participant), Chile (2), Argentina (23), Colombia (1), Uruguay (2) and one from Brazil.
09/16/2011
“The dynamic that this project created in the Euskal Etxea 24 hours a day, the knowledge acquired and more importantly, the bonds created result in our concluding that Hator Hona was once again a very successful event and this feeling renews our desire to continue,” as stated from Euzko Etxea at the conclusion of the 8th edition of the program, that ran from July 15-August 6, 2011. During this time, Urtzi Agirretxe, Jon Iraola Treku, Ixiar Jauregi Loyarte and Ainara Saez Baztan shared, with the community of Necochea, the most significant cultural expressions of Euskal Herria, language, dance and music. During their stay in the southern cone, the Basque youth could also enjoy typical Basque festivals with an Argentinean touch.
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