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Even though a few details still need to be set, the Laurak Bat Basque club, main organizer of “Buenos Aires Celebrates the Basque country” has let EuskalKultura.com know the list of participants, visitors and stands that will participate in this year’s event.  The date is set for May 8 beginning at noon on the Avenida de Mayo and Bolivar, this year, the Basque Government’s Director of the Basque Community Abroad, Asier Vallejo will also be in attendance. 

Buenos Aires, Argentina.   “Buenos Aires Celebrates” is a festival organized by the General Directorate of Institutional Relations of the city’s government to pay tribute to the communities who live in the capital.

In the Basque case, the festival is celebrating its 5th edition this year with organizers, as well as the public assuring that it will be a great success.  Mainly run by the Laurak Bat Basque club, but with the collaboration of a large number of other clubs, “Buenos Aires Celebrates the Basque Country” will take place on May 8, beginning at noon, on the Avenida de Mayo, near the Cabildo.  There, thousands of Basque descendants and friends of Euskal Herria will gather with the goal of spending an afternoon in an authentic Basque climate. 

Following the model of previous years, the festival will begin with a parade of the students from the Euskal Echea school, and among other cultural manifestations, there will be a Tamborrada from Donostia, music and dance performances, children’s games, a masters cooking class taught by Itziar Aguirre and Arantxa Soraluce, and new this year, videos about Euskal Herria on a large screen and an "ephemeral art contest" where "anyone can draw with chalk what “Buenos Aires Celebrates” means to them.

With less than a month before the festival, organizers have provided a tentative program to us that includes activities as well as participants.  The information will continue to be updated over the coming weeks on BA Celebrates the Basque Country's Facebook page. 

Participating Dance Groups

Guillermo Larregui from Chacabuco
Denak Bat from Cañuelas
Beti Aurrera from Chivilcoy
Denak Bat from Lomas de Zamora
Euskaldunak Denak Bat from Arrecifes
Zingirako Euskaldunak from Chascomús
Euskal Echea (Llavallol)
Euskal Echea (Sarandí)
Euzko Etxea from Villa María
Euzko Etxea from La Plata
Zazpirak Bat from Rosario
Toki Eder from José C. Paz
Ekin Dantzari Taldea from Buenos Aires
Laurak Bat from Buenos Aires
Euskaltzaleak from Buenos Aires
Lagun Onak from Pergamino

Musicians

Ixilik Taldea, Laurak Bat from Buenos Aires
Lagun Onak Choir

Basque Club Food Stands

Euskal Etxea from San Nicolás
Laurak Bat from Buenos Aires
Euskaltzaleak from Buenos Aires

Restaurant Food Stands

Mesedez
Getxo
Lomas de Zamora Basque club restaurant
Resto Koko Egozkue
Sagardi
Txindoki Taldea
Boro Paellas
Restaurants taking part in the Basque Gastronomy Week

Basque Stores

Laurak Bat Euskal Etxea
Silvia Azpiazu
Euskaltzaleak Euskal Etxea
Eliana Dubarry
Andrea Aragón
Gure Gutiziak

Institutions

Delegation of Euskadi in Argentina and Mercosur

FECOBA
Basque Argentine Chamber of Commerce

Rural Sports

Zazpirak Bat from Gral. Las Heras

Businesses

Lácteos El Mundo
Chocolates Isla Negra
Bijouterie Vasca Recondo
Food Truck Bebidas sin alcohol
Dispenser Coca Cola
Café Martínez
Paletas El Vasquito
Agrale (collaboration)