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04/29/2020
Born in Gorriti (Navarre) although he has resided in the state of Wyoming since the age of 16, Martin Goicoechea carefully cultivates his love for Bertsolaritza that he brought with him to the United States. These days, he recorded some verses about the Coronavirus situation that plagues the world. Martin is also NABO’s Euskera Chair, and never misses the chance to develop activities to support our ...
04/29/2020
The invitation to participate in the contest launched by Zinea.eus is also directed to the Diaspora. According to organizers, the contest aims to fil the void that currently exists: “We see that many festivals award completed films, but there are few that recognize creators in their first steps.” This is why they created the 1st Short Film Script Contest, besides awarding the winner 800 Euros, they ...
04/29/2020
Maritxu Bastarrica has always been a part of the Basque club in Santiago, Chile. This is no surprise since her mom and dad, María Angélica Carrasco and Ignacio Bastarrica, are pillars of the institution. That is where she took her first steps as a dancer, in the “Itxaropen Gaztea” dance group where she still dances. She was also introduced to pilota at the Basque club and became ...
04/28/2020
Joe Goicoechea passed away in Townsville, in the state of North Queensland, Australia. He was very well-known and respected in Australia and even more so in the heart of the local Basque community. From the point of view of our Diaspora, he was one of the promoters and substantial supporters of the Basque Club of North Queensland, located in Townsville, as well as its founding president. ...
04/28/2020
Amaia Gabantxo, multi-disciplined artist from Bermeo and professor at the University of Chicago, writer, singer and translator of Basque literature, is spending her confinement in Chicago, where she lives. She has now launched the project #basquevideopoems, that consists of converting texts published some years ago in the book Six Basque Poets (Arc Publications, 2007), that she had translated into ...
04/28/2020
Since all gatherings have been prohibited by the Coronavirus, social media is now the new place to gather, and the world of the Basque Diaspora is no exception. Just a few weeks ago, we saw Aberri Eguna celebrations online; and the same occurred last Sunday, April 26th marking the 83rd anniversary of the Bombing of Gernika. Online commemorations and press articles: There were many clubs that shared ...
04/27/2020
As previously published on EuskalKultura.eus, authorities in Berlin authorized the annual commemoration organized by the local Euskal Etxea in the Guernica Platz marking the anniversary of the Bombing of Gernika. Respecting social distance and adopting the precautionary measures in place, the ceremony included the reading of a poem, an address in Basque and German, as well as laying a wreath to the music of a ...
04/27/2020
This is bad news, preceding others that will surely follow due to the current pandemic crisis. The Noriega Hotel in Bakersfield, the oldest Basque establishment still functioning in the United States, has announced that it will not reopen after closing due to the Coronavirus. Founded in 1893, by Faustino Noriega and Fernando Etcheverry, it has been managed since 1931 by the Elizalde family. In 2011, it ...
04/27/2020
The local Basque club in the province of Chubut doesn’t have a Basque teacher, but it does have someone who is committed to be trained and become a teacher in the future. Even though Eneka recently began her training, Euskera and Basque culture have always been a part of her life, since birth, her name reveals her origins. As she tells us, her names, Eneka Izaskun, are a tribute to her ...
04/27/2020
Sometimes it feels like there is no life outside of the current Coronavirus situation, but this too shall pass and so it is better to have plans made for when that happens. As such, the Euskal Etxea in Brussels (BEE) let us know that the Kalakan Concert planned for March 20th that was cancelled due to the Coronavirus has now been rescheduled. The Basque club has let its members and friends know that they ...
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