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12/31/2020
We continue providing videos of the Olentzero’s visits to BAsque clubs in different countries around the world, and now it is France’s turn with his visit to the Eskual Etxea in Paris as well as in Argentina where he visited the Basque club in Chascomus. In Paris, the Olentzero visited via video listing off the names of the children in the club and as he is a polyglot, after the first “Kaixo ...
12/31/2020
We can’t gather all of the Olentzero and Mari Domingi visits here at every Basque club and Basque community around the world, but we are providing a selection of videos that we have received with images at least from Australia, the US, Mexico, France, Canada and Argentina. Today it’s the United States’ turn with two videos with visits to families and homes in Salt Lake City, and the ...
12/31/2020
The “Don Vasko,” beer is a family project led by master beer maker Victor Alberto “Beto,” Mendizabal, with six years in the local history of Rio Cuarto. Mendizabal assigns its origin to a personal health experiment; and linked its name to his history and that of his father’s. “When I began to feel like industrial beer made me feel bad, I started trying craft beer. ...
12/30/2020
Buenos Aires, Argentina. In this especially difficult year, the Etxepare Basque Institute and FEVA continue to work to train Basque teachers in South America. As such, they will hold their usual Summer Intensive Basque course January 9-16th. Due to the pandemic, the event will take place virtually and will gather some 30 students from Basque clubs in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay who will attend from ...
12/29/2020
The Cenarrusa Foundation headquartered in Boise has created and awarded the first Cenarrusa Foundation Award this month. The Pete T. Cenarrusa Award went to two well-known individuals in the US Basque community, cultural activist Anita Anacabe Franzoia from Nevada, and Lehendakari Juan Jose Ibarretxe. The new award will be presented annually to an individual or entity that stands out in the promotion of ...
12/29/2020
In a year notably changed by the Coronavirus, the Olentzero also had to adapt his habits to keep his annual dates with children at Basque clubs. This was the case this year in British Columbia with the Olentzero respecting the health protocols strictly and so meeting with children over Zoom. During the meeting children and adults sung Christmas carols, and opened gifts sharing their ...
12/29/2020
When asked about their evaluation of this year that is coming to a close, Basque clubs around the agree that 2020 was unusual and unprecedented. During these months when the pandemic conditioned all activity, in the case of the Berlin Euskal Etxea, its president, Ainhoa Añorga, stresses in order of importance that those who make up the club are healthy, “even though the numbers are not good, we ...
12/28/2020
Due to the pandemic caused by Covid-19, the 39th Otxarkoaga Children's Conference could not be held in 2020, and although a specific date has not yet been set for 2021, the local collective Txirula Kultur Taldea has organized a new edition of the “Otxarkoaga Tales without Borders Contest,” in hopes of “promoting literary creation around children's stories,” in both Basque and ...
12/28/2020
Basques in Sydney excitedly welcomed the Olentzero, “this year it wasn’t too cold, or hot, between 24-25 degrees,” Manu Martin, vice-president of the Gure Txokoa Basque Club explained to EuskalKultura.eus. The event gathered some 16 children and the adults who accompanied them, for the BBQ. It was the third weekend of December, and the last official event of 2020 for the Basque club, ...
12/28/2020
The initiative of Euzko Etxea members, María Fernanda Astigarraga, and her daughter, Maitena Etcheverry, who create Basque t-shirts for all ages, from infant through adult painted by hand, “with much love and dedication.” As they explained to EuskalKultura.eus, “the idea arose as a way to share the Basque culture through clothing and to respond to the demand for this type of articles, ...
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