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Basque Cultural Day Saturday, November 5th, 2011 |
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The Day of Navarre |
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This year's Basque
Cultural Day will follow the theme of the popular annual event in
Baigorri - Nafarroaren Eguna - The Day of Navarre, which endeavors to
strengthen the ties between both Navarrese territories and to affirm
their common Basque identity. The program will feature distinguished
speakers from the Center for Basque Studies and a short film
presentation, a dance performance by the Zazpiak Bat Dancers and a
concert by the popular avant-garde techno accordion band GOSE.
Admission to the program is free of charge with the exception of the evening dinner. |
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Photos from Presentations:
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Tania Arriaga Azkarrate |
"Navarre: History of Battles, Wine and Roses" Ms. Arriaga, a Ph.D. student at the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, will give a presentation of the history of the Kingdom of Navarre. 1:00pm |
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The event kicked off with a presentation on the history of the Kingdome of Navarre by Ph.D. Center for Basque Studies student, Tania Arriaga Azkarate, who is a native of Irunea, the capital of Navarre. Ms. Arriaga’s presentation was very unconventional and the audience was very receptive. Ms. Arriaga began her presentation by handing out the lyrics of a song, “Altabizkarko Kantua,” which is a song about the legend of Roland, who was killed by the Basques in Navarre while defending the rear of Charlemagne’s army. Ms. Arriaga traced the history of the kingdom of Navarre using web pages on the internet to illustrate her timeline, paying special attention to the period of 1512-1522, when an independent Basque Kingdom of Navarre was conquered violently by Ferdinand of Aragon.
Dynasties of the kings and queens of Nafarroa |
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Lisa Corcostegui |
"How Cultivating Your Family Tree Can Help You See the Forest: Connecting through Community Genealogy"
Dr. Lisa Corcostegui will discuss tracing family history with an emphasis on genealogy in the Basque Country.
2:00pm |
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Dr. Lisa Corcostegui, of Reno, Nevada, gave a presentation on genealogy from a Basque immigration point of view. She began by explaining the relationship between surnames and the names of the houses that a family immigrated from and common sources for family histories such has death records, which could also shed light on the relationships between households. Lisa also explained that tombs were tied to households and not necessarily a family and that the female head of the household was responsible for taking care of the tomb. Although most tombs today are located outside of the church, Lisa showed a short video of tombs that are still located inside the church in the village of Amezketa, Gipuzkoa and have Argizaiola (funerary candles) placed on the wooden sepulture. Lisa showed and demonstrated several websites that can be used to research family records in the Basque country. Unfortunately for descendants of Basque immigrants from Navarre, most records have not been digitized as they have been in the other Basque Provinces, but records from Navarre are available in the form of micro film at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
E-Archives of
Pyrenees Atlantiques |
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Daniel Montero - Publications Coordinator - CBS
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Short Film "Maurizio eta Felix ezin atzendu"
This short film by Jaime Viguria Huarte of Elizondo, Navarre, is a tribute to the legendary txistulari (Basque flute player) Maurizio Elizalde and his faithful drummer Felix Iriarte, who were natives of Arizkun, Navarre, and who played all over the Basque Country. 15 min in Basque with English subtitles.
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3:20pm |
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| A short film presentation followed, which was a tribute to the late Maurizio Elizalde and Felix Iriarte, who were musicians in the Baztan valley of Navarre. Maurizio Elizalde played an important role in the preservation and promotion of Basque folk music and dancing traditions in Navarre. In 1943, this famous txistulari and dance teacher documented over 100 songs from Baztan that he learned from his father, a task that took over 6 months to complete. This collection includes multildantzas, zortzikos, sagar dantzas, porrusaldas and much more. These have been officially archived and as a result, many songs and dances have survived thanks to his tenacity. | |
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Zoe Bray |
"Painting Navarre Today"
Dr. Zoe Bray, Assistant Professor at
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Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada at Reno, will
introduce some painters who are today working in Navarre (including Ms.
Bray). By Navarre, Ms. Bray will include the province of Baxe Nafarroa,
located on the French side of the Franco-Spanish frontier. She will
focus specifically on the area close to the Franco Spanish frontier,
notably the valley of Baztan, on the Spanish side, and the valleys of
Baigorri and Garazi, on the French side.
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Dr. Zoe Bray, the Center for Basque Studies' newest faculty member, gave a presentation on contemporary painters in Navarre today. In the Baztan valley of Navarre, Ms. Bray reviewed the work of artists Joxe-Mari Apezetxea, Ana Mari Marin, Tomás Sobrino, Xabier Soubelet & Begoña Durruty. In Lower Navarre, Ms. Bray reviewed the work of her mother, Josette Dacosta, Itzal Aktiboa, Zaloa Ipina, Anne-Laure Garicoix, along with her own work, which was most recently featured in showings in Garazi and Biarritz. Portions of the following videos were shown during Zoe's presentation:
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Zazpiak Bat Dancers & Lisa Corcostegui "Basque Dances of Navarre"
The Zazpiak Bat Dancers, who are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, will perform dances from the province of Navarre and Dr. Lisa Corcostegui will give a explanation of each one.
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First row (left to right) Montserrat San Mames, Rebecca Childree, Nicole Ourtiague, Chloe Duhalde, Mikaela Ribi, Joelle Ourtiague, Christina Etcheverry, Elise Etcheverry. Back row (left to right): Cedric Duhalde, Jesse Kvarna, Andrew Goyhenetche, Matt Fosse, J.J. Indaburu, Daniel Camou. To complete the presentations, the San Francisco Zazpiak Bat Dancers performed several dances from Navarre and each one was preceded by a detailed historical explanation by Lisa Corcostegui.
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Before GOSE started their show, Johnny Curutchet offered his sentiments on Navarre in the form of bertsoak (improvisational verses):
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Nafarroari Maitasunez
Nabarra zutaz ez dakit nola, erran senditzen dutana Iparra eta hego aldian, artean zira emana Muga bat erdian baduzu eta, horrek emaiten daut pena Hargatik zira, nafarroa zu, guretzat bigarren ama
Hainbertze urtez ikusi duzu, nabarra zuk ainitz neke Partekatua, izan zinela, orai badu, zonbait mende Bainan zure, seme alabak, gu elgarrekin baigaude Iparra ala, hego aldian, berdin zaitugu bai maite
Nahiz ez naizen, nabarra zutan, etorria ni mundura Bainan zuk eman dautazu sua, nunbait ene zainetara Xoria ere itzultzen baita, koxkortu zen kafiara Ni ere berdin, itzuliko naiz, nabarra zure aldera
Ainitz napartar, juan dirare, aspaldi mundu huntarik Nafarroa zu, zatikatia, zauritua ikusirik Galde hau badoa, gaurkoan hemen, gu guzien bihotzetik Nafarroa eta, euskadi biak, bat izan diten bakarrik
To Navarre with
love
Translated by Mayte Ocafrain |
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The BEO is proud to present an Evening Concert with
9:30pm
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Click here to see photos & videos of GOSE's US Concerts
The day was capped off by a concert by the avant-garde techno-accordion band GOSE, who are from Arrasate, Gipuzkoa and lead singer Ines Osinaga made their home clear to the audience after their opening number, Larala, “We are GOSE and we are not from Spain, we are from the Basque Country!” GOSE then went into the rest of their set, which was an immediate hit with the many in the audience as many got up from their tables and danced the night away to the energetic rhythms of GOSE’s music. Along with some their classic songs such as Amets Gorria, Rimmel, Surik Bai, Error 404, Hey Boy, GOSE also debuted their latest song for the first time live, Naizena Izateko, which was released this past December (2011). Their cover of Mikel Laboa’s Baga Biga Higa was a crowd favorite as was their classic song GOSE, in which Ines Osinaga performed the song on the moving from table to table.
This tour was sponsored by the Basque Government
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