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Buenos Aires, Argentina.  The festival of communities usually is a great opportunity to share different aspects of immigrant cultures that came to the country.  The Basque also had a booth, where the culture of Euskal Herria was represented.  It wasn’t just the stand that displayed the colors and sounds of both sides of the Pyrenees as the Ekin Dantzari Taldea, from the Lizarraenea club, also provided the public with a potpourri of traditional dances on the main stage.  Photo report of the festival. 

[The Ikurriña adorned the entrance to the Immigrant Museum in Buenos Aires for the first time (photo EuskalKultura.com)]

[Ikurriñas also marked the way to the Basque txoko that was manned by Euskaltzaleak and the Iparraldeko Basque club ((photo EuskalKultura.com)]

[People entered the booth out of curiosity.  Members of the institutions in charge of the booth provided information on the history, geography, genealogy, and architecture among other topics ((photo EuskalKultura.com)]

[The busiest around noon were the cooks.  Besides traditional pintxos this year there were also new foods: talo with chorizo.  For dessert, on the other hand, there was Dulce de Leche made by El Mundo, a factoory owned by Basques, winner of second prize in the Expo Cañuelas (photo EuskalKultura.com)]

[Models of typical buildings in Iparralde, small Basque farmhouses, posters in Basque, crafts…the attractions were many and varied that caused folks to stop and ask about their surnames and origins. This is the case, reflected in this photo, of a candidate for the National Deputy for the Front for Victory, Juan Cabandie, who also asked about his surname (photo EuskalKultura.com)]

[Nearly forty music and dance performances took place throughout the two days.  Basque dances were provided by the Ekin dAntzari Taldea, directed by Aitor Alava.  The Dantzaris from Lizarraenea surrounded the audience with a kalejira and later got on stage to present “Arratiako Jota,” shown here (photo EuskalKultura.com)]

[Music and dance weren’t limited to the stage and the rhythm of trikitixa, alboka and panderoa dantzaris from Euskaltzaleak improvised a fandango and a Zazpi Jauzi.  In addition, as every year, representatives from Scotland visited the txoko to sing a typical song (photo EuskalKultura.com)]

[And the Basques returned the visit.  The arrived at the Scottish stand to the rhythm of a kalejira where they mixed the instruments of both countries to create a classic Basque songbook. (photo EuskalKultura.com)]

[The parade of flags took place on Sunday, after noon, to the sound of the March of San Lorenzo.  The Basque flag bearers were Rosa Misciagna and Emilio de Candido, from Iparraldeko Euskal Etxea. The festivities concluded at dusk with the promise of doing it again next year photo EuskalKultura.com)]