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03/20/2013
Basque-Argentinean cook and writer Marita Echave is touring Argentinean Basque clubs presenting her book “Basque Rural Cooking,” a volume on the Basque cuisine she inherited and practiced in the Basque atmosphere she knew while growing up in rural Argentina. She has already visited and presented the book in ten Basque clubs, but there are still clubhouses to visit and commitments to fulfill. On March 16, she presented it in Cordoba at an event organized by the Gerora Association. Also present were the group Baietz and the Txotx! Basque dancers.
03/19/2013
Beñat Minondo was a very well-known person in the Diaspora, especially among people from Iparralde in the Basque clubs in Argentina and Uruguay, since he was the treasurer and an active member of the Euskal Argentina Association. He lived in Bidarrai, and at 57 years old was thinking about retiring soon. His sudden death was an unexpected blow for his family and friends. Numerous notes of condolence have come to our newsroom since Sunday, especially from Argentina. His services will take place on Wednesday in Eiheralarre, Lower Navarre.
03/15/2013
Elko resident Anita Anacabe-Franzoia has a lot of experience showing the Basque Country to Americans who want to get to know the country, in a different way, beyond what they would get with typical tourist guides. Anacabe has guided various trips over the last several years, where she shares her knowledge and personal experience of the Basque Country with the travelers. She is a well-known and active member of the US Basque community, and as such was awarded NABO’s Bizi Emankorra award last year, in recognition of her work with Basque culture in the US. The trip will begin on September 26 from Salt Lake City and will end on October 8, 2013. If you are interested, you still have time to register!
03/14/2013
The Center for Basque Studies, an international research center at the University of Nevada, Reno presented in Donostia Basque Literary History the first history of Basque literature published in English. The work was created by twelve academics lead by Dr. Mari Jose Olaziregi, PhD in Basque Philology, Professor of Literature at the University of the Basque Country and the Director for the Promotion and Dissemination of the Basque Language at the Etxepare Basque Institute.
03/13/2013
It was an escape worthy of a film, like that of The Great Escape, but since it took place during the Franco years, the regime managed to keep it quiet. On May 22, 1938, there was an uprising in Fort San Cristobal, on the top of Ezkaba, just a few kilometers from Pamplona, due to the inhumane conditions in which the 2,500 prisoners were kept, the majority of which were republicans and militant workers. Out of these, 795 escaped, 207 of them were assassinated, and another 585 were re-arrested, 14 given the death penalty or shot, and only three were able to cross the border into France. Or at least that was believed until today. Basque historians have now begun the search for a fourth man that seems to have made it to California. They are asking for help from the Basque Diaspora in order to find him and recover the memory of the escapees of Ezkaba.
03/13/2013
This year marks 25 years since the novel Obabakoak was published, one of the landmarks of contemporary Basque literature, and so the Etxepare Basque Institute along with several other cultural centers in Madrid have planned a special series dedicated to the figure and work of Bernardo Atxaga. It will take place on March 20-April 7, and will include film and conferences as well as the debut of the play The Accordionist’s Son, based on the novel of the same name.
03/12/2013
The Basque Government has made two new appointments this morning in the area of Foreign Affairs, namely appointing Ander Caballero Barturen as the Basque Delegate to the United States, Canada and Mexico, and also appointing Rafael Kutz Garaizabal as Delegate to Chile and Peru. Other recent appointment in this area is Sara Pagola as Delegate of the Basque Country in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
03/12/2013
The website Dantzan.com was forced to close at the beginning of last year, due to cuts in its financial support due to the crisis. Thanks to a campaign driven by its readers and users, it managed to reopen a few months ago, very aware of its precarious situation. Now, given the need for stable sources of funding, the support group has launched a new campaign in which it seeks financial support from its readers. If you would like this website to continue being a virtual meeting point for dancers all over the world, join the campaign.
03/12/2013
The Provincial Government of Bizkaia is very satisfied with the outcome of the trade mission conducted last week with various institutional representatives and nearly 100 Bizkaian businesses. The trip resulted in the signing of several agreements of collaboration to boost the present of Basque SMEs in the North American country. The mission included a reception at Mexico City’s Euskal Etxea.
03/12/2013
The “Fiesta del Ternero y Día de la Yerra” in Ayacucho enjoys a long tradition in the province of Buenos Aires. During the week, residents declare themselves in a state of “yerra” and symbolically open their gates to greet visitors. The festival has two objectives: the first is calf branding; and the other to exhibit the goods of local growers and artists. This year, on the 41st anniversary of the event, the local Basque club also held its traditional “Peña Vasca.” There were also street performances where Basque and Gaucho rhythms merged, thanks to the Basque club dancers.
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