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Poznan, Poland.  Basque Days in Poznan are right around the corner: they will take place on April 23-25, and will once again highlight the Basque lectureship at the University, Adam Mickiewicz, bringing Basque culture to the streets.

Amaia Donés, Basque lecturer at the University, explained to EuskalKultura.com what the main activities planned are.  For starters, the local dance group, Bal Folk Poznan will provide a Basque dance workshop.  There will also be a workshop on bertsolaritza, in collaboration with the LuxSfera Foundation.  “They have been working a lot, since February, and sing bertsos in Polish at the Euskal Jaia,” Donés explains.  During the performance, bertsos are interspersed with the telling of Basque stories.

Film, food and debates

Film will also be featured during the Dni Baskijskie, with a screening of a selection of shorts from the Kimuak program at the Malta Zinema.  There will also be a Basque food tasting at the “Pika Pika” tavern with cider, patxaran, txakolina and wine from the Rioja-Alavesa.

Finally, at the cultural center and Meskalina tavern, a series of debates on issues related to Basque culture and its reality today will take place.  The closing of the event will be celebrated at the latter with a concert by DJs that will program Basque music. 

[Poster for 2013 Basque Days in Poznan, in Polish.  Creator is Antonina Babczyszyn]

An online contest

Besides all these activities, the organization has also created an online contest, through its Facebook page.  “We organized it in collaboration with the Supermemo publishing house.  Next week, we will put a question on our fan page, having to do with Euskal Herria.  Everyone who correctly responds will win a language course from Supermemo,” Amaia explained.