05/13/2019

The “Buenos Aires Celebrates the Basque Country” surpassed itself this year, and not only in numbers. The Basque clubs in Argentina showed their commitment to the event and were presented on Sunday on stage and at the stands, converting the 200 meters of the Avenida de Mayo into an authentic Basque festival. When we talk about Basque clubs, we are talking about those that traveled 200-300 ...
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05/13/2019

NABO’s Euskera Coordinator, Aitor Iñarra announces a new job opportunity from NABO, the federation of North American Basque Entities, providing opportunities for those who may wish to teach the Basque language and culture in the United States at Basque clubs as well as at universities. The minimum requirements include a college degree in Euskera (degrees in other languages by native Basque speakers ...
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05/13/2019

The Immigrant Olympic Games in Montevideo are a sporting competition organized by various collectivities of immigrants as a way to fraternize and strengthen the bonds of friendship, coexistence and knowledge between different centers and institutions. To date, eleven communities organize the activity that includes soccer, basketball, “truco,” and chess, among othes. This year, thanks to the ...
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05/10/2019

The festival known as “Buenos Aires Celebrates – BAC” is a celebration in the city of Buenos Aires where the locals pay tribute to foreign communities. In the case of the Basque community, the event has expanded greatly and Basque clubs from all over the country gather on the Avenida de Mayo to form the most complete postcard of the culture of Euskal Herria that lives and palpitates in ...
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05/10/2019

The Aberri Eguna celebration this year was especially moving for the Basque community in Mendoza since it included paying tribute to four members who had recently passed away and who had left their mark “so that Denak Bat can be what it is today.” The tribute began with mass at the Church of Don Bosco and continued with lunch at the clubhouse.
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05/09/2019

The Basque Legacy. Surnames and Testimonies of the life in Brandsen gathers interviews done by Cristina Juliarena with 21 families of Basque origin in the area of Brandsen, located near La Plata, and “part of a big dairy basin characterized by the excellence of its dairy farms, many of which included Basques immigrants among their workers.” In its 270 pages, the author reflects and talks about the ...
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05/09/2019

The invitation is aimed to 90 youth who have traveled to Argentina since 2004 as part of the Hator Hona Program organized by the Euzko Etxea in Necochea. The idea is to carry out some of the usual workshops on dance and music, but above all to accommodate new proposals in Basque, dance , music…The 15th edition of themfirming their attendance, some of with family members and ...
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05/08/2019

“His death this morning caught many of us by surprise,” EuskalKultura.com's director Joseba Etxarri, told us. “I didn’t know that they had found cancer a few weeks ago, it wasn’t public. He was a good friend, Euskaltzale, and a worker committed to the Basque culture. We met on several occasions, for example at the Durango Book Fair, as well as the Idazleen ...
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05/08/2019

The course will include learning the language but will also cultural information to provide a more general education in regards to Basque culture. There will be two groups, beginning and basic level taught by Maria Silvia Soloaga, members of the Euskal Jatorri Basque Club with the collaboration of Basque speaking students from the Basque Country that currently live in Posadas. Classes will be held on ...
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05/08/2019

The city of Magdalena, 100 kilometers from the capital, founded its own Basque club in 1992. The Ongi Etorri Basque Club taught Basque and dance classes and functioned for years, although during the last five, their activity declined til zero. But there are always people who are ready “to open the shades.” And so, family members of the club founders gathered on April 25th to organize a ...
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