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09/24/2014
Last Saturday, one day before Sunday the 21st , the Euskal Echea School in Llavallol --32 kilometers West to the City of Buenos Aires-- became once again the meeting point for this Txiki Gathering that FEVA carries out every year to create a fun place for Basque club children. The event gathered 400 people among children, and adults, for a day that was qualified by organizers as being a great success.
09/23/2014
The Aldaxka Association participated in the “Culture Fest” at the College of Humanities at the University of the Republic of Uruguay, introducing students to the Basque culture. Besides sharing all things Basque, Aldaxka members also had a great time and entertained their friends with a very succesful pintxo tasting, exhibits, and a talk on Euskera among others things. Students from Sweden, Japan, Egypt, Greece, Brazil and of course Uruguay participated in the very animated cultural event that was enriching for all.
09/23/2014
On Friday September 12th the Gure Mendietakoak Basque club in Caldas-Antioquia, in Colombia, celebrated the “Antiokiako Euskaldun Jaia 2014.” The event gathered friends and members of the club at the Akelarre restaurant in Medellin where they enjoyed Basque food and music with a concert by Kordazero.
09/23/2014
The Symphony Orchestra of the National University in Tucuman along with the Children’s Choir of the same, and the Children’s Choir of the Italian School XXI Apirile, in Mendoza accompanied by Alexander Garate on the accordion and Gaspar Jaurena on the Alboka performed the “Magnificat” for a large audience gathered at the Alberdi Theater in Tucuman. This is the second time that the work of Basque composer, Josu Elberdin, has been performed in Argentina and the American continent. Its American debut took place in Mendoza in December of 2012.
09/22/2014
The historical novel, "La Escondida: A Revolution among Sugar Canes" tells the story of the ups and downs of a family of immigrants and Basque ranchers in Mexico in the early twentieth century. Romance, class struggle, revolution… the book allows the reader to dwelve into a turbulent period, with the help of some real characters. A gripping story that came into the hands of writer Pello Guerra, also in a novel way: in a package from Shanghai from one of the descendants of one of these characters.
09/22/2014
The Mexican team won its last medal on Sunday, with a victory in the men’s frontennis category. With six golds, and a total of eleven medals, the home players took first place in the general classification, followed by Spain, with four gold medals and a total of thirteen. France took third place, with two gold medals and a total of eleven.
09/22/2014
The Beti Aurrera Aberri Etxea Basque Center --it integrates the Basque descents of the cities of Viedma and Carmen de Patagones, in Northern Patagonia-- represented once again the Basque Country at the Festival of Communities of Viedma, capital city of the Argentinean province of Rio Negro. As part of the celebration, members of the Basque Center attended the Mass in memory of deceased immigrants, worked at the Food Court, and performed at the art show, where they built an exciting 'Basque scene' with singing, dancing and flag bearers carrying the ikurriña.
09/19/2014
After a decline last year, the Basque student numbers in NABO clubs has regained momentum and has grown once again this semester, even without definite numbers from Elko and New York. A Basque teacher is urgently needed in Seattle, WA. It seems that the Euskara Munduan Program (Basque in the World) is playing an important role in training future teachers, Itxaso Cayero, Co-Coordinator of Euskera for NABO, told EuskalKultura.com.
09/19/2014
The second class meeting will take place tomorrow, September 20th, at 14:30 at the Euskal Etxea. Classes are free, and are part of the Euskara Munduan program ,taught in Olavarria by Elisabet Echegaray from the Gure Txokoa Basque Club of Azul. Today, members and friends of Gure Etxe Maitea will celebrate the arrival of spring with a dinner/show.
09/18/2014
The book is the third publication of the AMES Association (Amigos del Museo Esteban Semino/Friends of the Esteban Semino Museum) and gathers stories of families of Basque origin from their arrival to the Argentinean area of General Las Heras to the present, based on testimonies that descendants of the first immigrants could gather. The Basques of Las Heras also includes photographs, and a prologue by historian Mikel Ezkerro as well as illustrations by architect Carlos Moreno.
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