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09/28/2016
Thanks to Maite Salsamendi, with a degree in Food Technology, the Gure Txoko Basque Club and the Basque culture was present at the 2016 edition of the “National Festival of Birds,” in Rauch, in the province of Buenos Aires. After the talk, the audience was invited to share some homemade rice pudding.
09/27/2016
Two feature-length films will be shown in the coming days at the “Toulouse Spanish Film Festival,” in France. On the one hand, Jai Alai Blues, a passionate documentary about the history of the frontons and Jai Alai in America; and on the other, a classic Basque film Amalur (1968), directed by sculptor, Nestor Basterretea and Fernando Larruquert. There will also be a selection of Basque shorts at the festival that runs from this Friday through October 9th.
09/27/2016
The deadline to nominate candidates for the ENE Saria for 2016 is November 18. This award presented annually by Eusko Ikaskuntza recognizes the work of entities in the Diaspora in favor of Euskera during the preceding year. The name of the entity or winning person will be communicated on December 3, coinciding with celebrations of Euskararen Nazioarteko Eguna (ENE, International Day of Euskera).
09/26/2016
The Etxepare Basque Institute and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst inaugurate today the "William A. Douglass Chair in Basque Cultural Studies". The chair will open with an Inaugural Lecture by William A. Douglass, co-founder of the Center for Basque Studies of Reno and renowned expert in Basque anthropology and culture. Also, international experts willl participate in the simposium “William Douglass, Basque Studies and the Anthropology of Europe”.
09/26/2016
Basque cultural reference in Parana and this area of the country, the Basque-Argentine Association, Urrundik, provided the community with another edition of the Festival of Basque Dances at the local 3rd of February Theater. Along with the hosts dance group, the program was complete with dancers of tango and other local folkloric groups. The event was very successful and received a lot of media coverage.
09/26/2016
Hurry up, deadline is next Friday. These are the prizes for September's EuskalKultura.com raffle: a guided visit in Donostia, that includes Pintxo tasting in the Old Part; a CD with 18 children’s songs in Basque; “Gatz eta berakatz,” the latest CD by “Amuma Says No” from Boise, ID; the DVD “Leku hutsak, hitz beteak,” by Bernardo Atxaga in Basque with English subtitles, and the book "We are Basque-Argentines" by Magdalena Mignaburu and Josu Legarreta.
09/23/2016
Blanka, is from Hungary and is 25 years old. She heard her first words of Basque working as a nanny in Plentzia, (Bizkaia). Christian is also 25 and is from Germany and he started learning Basque because he knew in Germany a teacher native of Leketiio. The two have spent this summer at a Barnetegi in Amorebieta - Zornotza. Interview by Yolanda Veiga, published by El Correo.
09/23/2016
On September 18, the Eusko Alkartasuna Basque Club in Sao Paulo celebrated Pintxo Eguna, where attendees could enjoy pintxos that combined by Basque and Brazilian touches. Now, the Basque Club is in the process of voting in its Photography Contest. Voting for the finalists is open until October 10, and the one who gets the most votes will be featured in the club’s 2017 calendar. Do you want to see them? Keep reading.
09/23/2016
The last speaker of Roncal Basque died 25 years ago. In Cordoba, Argentina the Gerora Basque Association honors her in a film series named “Orai Keben – Orain Hemen” (here now), four get-togethers where various chapters of the documentary about Basque, Euskara Jendea will be shown. After a first really successful chapter, the second will come next Monday at the College of Languages. Gerora announces this, among its other activites.
09/22/2016
The Eskualduak Basque Club in Montpellier will be the site of the French Basque community this weekend. For starters, on Saturday, it will host the annual French Basque Clubs meeting, that will be attended for the first time by the young Basque club in Marseille. Afterwards, on Sunday, the club’s annual festival will take place with entertainment provided by Jean Louis Bergara and Beñat Chaubadendeguy.
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