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La Plata, Argentina.  Ten presentations made up the cycle “Basque Institutions and Culture,” as part of the Free Chair of Basque Thought at the National University of La Plata (UNLP) aimed at bringing folks outside of the community closer to the Basque culture.  In this way, project organizers were very satisfied with the event held on October 1st and 2nd that 150 people attended. 

The program was characterized by the breadth of topics covered, history, ethnology, language and popular dress in the Basque Country, among others.  At the end of the exhibition, and new this year, there was a raffle of five books on Basque themes and exhibitors were presented UNLP certificates.  As part of this recognition, the Euzko Etxea also presented an award to Enrique Aramburu for “his work in favor of the diffusion of the Basque culture.”

[Exhibitors Jorge Beramendi, Carlos Irisarri, Pedro Beramendi, Magdalena Mignaburu and the Director of the Chair of Free Basque Thought at UNLP, Judith Martirena (PhotoChair)]

Final Program:

Tuesday October 1:

-Presentation about Summer Univeristy by Dr. Enrique Aramburu
-Presentation on the Basque Country (Ing. Jorge Beramendi – Dr. Carlos Irisarri)
-The Origin of the Basques (Ing. Jorge Beramendi)
-The Basque Language and Literature (Dr. Carlos Irisarri)
-Basque Ethnology (Lic. Rosario Naya).

Wednesday October 2:

-History of the Basques from Antiquity to the 21st Century (Lic. Pedro Beramendi)
-Basque and the Sea (Prof. Luis Luquez Minaberrigaray)
-Basque Rights (Dr. Enrique Aramburu)
-Traditional Basque Dress and More Significant Costumes (Prof. Magdalena Mignaburu)
-Basque Surnames in Argentina (Ing. Jorge Beramendi)

[Basque club president, Javier Clua, presenting an award to the head of the Summer University, Enrique Aramburu (photoChair)]

The event was co-organized by the Chair, the Bar Association and the Association of Magistrates and Officials in the Judicial Department of La Plata, along with the Basque club, the Federation of Naval Industry in Argentina, the Industrial Union of Greater La Plata, the Argentinean Basque Summer University, the Basque-Argentine Foundation Juan de Garay, and the Euskal Echea Cultural Basque Charity Association.