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Donostia-San Sebastian.  A total of 237 people sent emails to participate in the raffle from 11 countries: including the Basque Country, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Uruguay, Italy, the US and Spain.

Even though the criteria to participate in the raffle were spelled out, there were still 18 emails that didn’t qualify either because they left information out, or because they didn’t indicate which prize they preferred, or because they missed the deadline.

In regards to the prizes: 28 people chose Urruneko mendebalean artzain; Gardeners of Identity chosen by 24; 59 opted for Basques in Buenos Aires; and 108 chose the DVD Zerutik sua dator.

WINNERS

1) 1 copy of Urruneko mendebalean artzain to
–Xabier Unzueta Etxabarri, in Iruña-Pamplona

2) Basques in Buenos Aires (1 copy) for Victoria Banales Atxirika in Boise, ID – US

3) Basques in Buenos Aires (1 copy) for Cristina Hauscarriague Barrandeguy in Ramos Mejia, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

4) DVD (3 copies)

-Anastasia Benninghaus Etxegarai, from Usingen, Alemania
-María José Guinea, from Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
-Mireya Raquel Alcain, from Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina

ENTRIES BY COUNTRY

ARGENTINA: City of Buenos Aires, Province of Buenos Aires (Saladillo, Paraná, Bahía Blanca, Carhué, Arrecifes, Suipacha, Mar del Plata, San Fernando, General Rodríguez, Ezeiza, La Plata, Ayacucho, Banfield, Pehuajó, Las Flores, Luján, Chacabuco, Chivilcoy, Lomas de Zamora, San Miguel, Pergamino, Necochea, Tres Arroyos, Coronel Pringles, Trenque Lauquen, Azul, Tandil, Pilar, General Villegas, Bolívar, General Las Heras, Ramos Mejía, Cañuelas, San Nicolás, Junín, 9 de Julio, Maipú), Entre Ríos (Paraná, Concepción, Concordia), Santa Fe (Rosario, Santa Fe), Río Negro (Viedma, San Carlos de Bariloche), Mendoza (mendoza), La Pampa (Santa Rosa), Córdoba (Córdoba, Río Cuarto), Chubut (Puerto Madryn, El Hoyo), Tucumán (San Miguel de Tucumán)

EUSKAL HERRIA: Donostia-San Sebastián, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Iruña-Pamplona, Gernika, Durango, Barakaldo, Bilbao, Zamudio, Basauri, Sarriguren-Egüés, Hendaia, Zarautz, Lazkao, Hondarribia, Lesaka

USA: Maryland (Baltimore), Idaho (Boise), Nevada (Reno, Ely, Elko), California (Chino Hills, San Francisco, Bakersfield, Los Banos, Los Angeles, Ontario), New York (New York), Florida (Miami), Utah (Salt Lake City)

CHILE. Santiago, Las Condes, Ciudad San Antonio

PERU. Lima

CANADA. Williams Lake, Vancouver, Montreal

COLOMBIA. Bogotá, Medellin

SPAIN. Madrid, Portocolom, Valladolid, Murcia

GERMANY. Berlin, Frankfurt, Usingen

URUGUAY. Montevideo, Flores, Salto

ITALY. Rome, Reggio-Calabria

Another raffle will be held soon.

Here the information on the prizes offered this time around:

• Urruneko mendebalean artzain by Mattin Etchamendy (in Basque). The book tells the story of the author, a Basque immigrant to the North American West, from the time when he leaves his hometown of Ezterenzubi, Behe Nafarroa. The book also includes a prologue by Joseba Etxarri, director of EuskalKultura.com.
• Gardeners of Identity, Basques in the San Francisco Bay Area by Pedro J. Oiarzabal (in English). Published by the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, the historian and researcher Pedro Oiarzabal introduces us to the Basque reality in San Francisco, California and its large Basque community, its history and institutions.
• Vascos en Buenos Aires (Basques in Buenos Aires) by various authors (in Spanish). This book was published last December by the city of Buenos Aires, and was not originally meant for the Basque community, but for the general population of the area, explaining the Basque reality, their country, culture and their presence and contribution to the history and reality of Argentinean capital.
• Zerutik sua dator, documentary in Basque and Spanish – DVD directed by Egoitz Rodriguez Olea, that gathers the testimonies of fifty people who experienced the bombings in Bizkaia first hand during the Spanish Civil War in 1937.