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07/16/2013
Two hundred people gathered at the Los Robles Room in Saladillo to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the local Basque club. When it was time to make a toast, they also toasted San Fermin and Argentina’s Independence Day. The dinner included dance performances, thanks to the Denak Bat dance group from Cañuelas, and music by Maral from Arrecifes. At midnight, Mayor Carlos Gorosito presented a contribution in the amount of $50,000 to the club towards work on the clubhouse.
07/15/2013
Members of the Basque dance group, Gazte Alai, traveled from Necochea to thye Basque Country to begin their tour on Saturday with a performance in Banka (Lower Navarre). The tour sill then continue with several more performances in places like Irurtzun, Donostia, Tolosa, Pasaia, Bergara and Lemoa. The group is composed of twenty young dantzaris who are the Argentinean half of the Hator Hona exchange program, a project that has been successfully realized by the Necochea Basque club since 2004.
07/15/2013
The third “Excellence in Basque Studies,” directed to train lecturers to teach Basque language and culture classes in foreign universities was very well received, with 160 participating. Mari Jose Olaziregi, Director of the promotion of Euskera at the Etxepare Basque Institute, was very satisfied with the course that “forces a rethinking of Basque culture within international academic standards.” Olaziregi assures that participation in university networks for study and research is key for the future of the Basque language, and that the lecturer program is making progress in this regard, despite the fact that three programs are being closed due to the current economic situation including programs in Stanford, Bahia Blanca and Iberoamericana in Mexico with only one new program opening in Cork, Ireland.
07/11/2013
Goiznabar Monclus, Javier Escudero and Hodei Orueta are three young men from Bilbao that have formed the group “Biziklautak.” These students from the University of the Basque Country left on July 6 for a 40,000 kilometer trip that separate “Bilbao from Bilbao,” meaning a trip around the world. Armed with backpacks and the necessities to live for 18 months, they hope to share their experiences and the idea of entrepreneurship at all the universities that they visit. They will be broadcasting their trip on their website in three languages: Basque, Spanish and English.
07/11/2013
Do you want to win two nights in the Basque hotel Euzko Alkartasuna in La Pampa? You still have time! Tell us what you think the most beautiful town in Euskal Herria is and why and you can win two nights for two in a luxurious room with breakfasts and dinner included. The stay can be enjoyed in 2013 or 2014. All you have to do is follow the instructions and send us the name of your favorite place in the Basque Country.07/10/2013
Musiketxea, a network of four Basque cultural centers – Jimmy Jazz Gasteiz, Bermeoko Kafe Antzolia, Biarritzeko Atabal and Emankor Elkartea in Bilbao – has announced a contest for Basque music groups. Prizes for the four winning groups include concerts in each of the concert halls, recording an EP, a place to stay, a live recording and an opportunity to do five concerts outside of the Basque Country. The deadline is July 22.
07/10/2013
Bordeaux’s Basque club has announced that they are looking for Basque teachers for students to study the language at the club level in the heart of the capital of Aquitaine. It is a paid position that would start in September. If you are a Basque speaker that likes to teach, this might be your chance. More information provided in the article.
07/10/2013
Everything went well in Elko last week, this year that the “Elko National Basque Festival,” reached its 50th year, and this northern Nevada town also hosted NABO’s 2013 convention. As a warm-up, a regional Basque club meeting was held on July 4th, with the NABO meeting being held on Friday the 5th followed by the festival kick-off with music, dance, parade, sport exhibitions, cooking demonstrations, tributes, pilota matches…all under the blazing sun, but with positive results according to the various sources consulted by EuskalKultura.com.
07/09/2013
NABO Udaleku recently concluded in Bakersfield, California organized by NABO, the North American federation of Basque clubs and the local Kern County Basque Club. EuskalKultura.com asked the instructors who participated from different places in the Basque Country, to evaluate their experience. Udaleku 2013 was held in Bakersfield and hosted 102 children between the ages of 10-15 in this city that is 112 miles northwest of LA.
07/08/2013
The “Amicale du Pays Basque Sonc” association in New Caledonia celebrated a Basque festival last Saturday filled with color and atmosphere, gathering a large number of friends in the fronton in the capital, Noumea. The festival remembered Alban Cointat, a very dear member of the community who died in 2011, with great emotion. In the afternoon, twelve groups of local singers paraded on stage, enlivening the festival that reached its peak with “Paquito Chocolatero.”
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