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News about the Basque language, culture and contemporary creation.
Euskara. Kultura. Mundura.
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Monika Madinabeitia, new director for the Promotion of the Basque Language at Etxepare Euskal Institutua
The Etxepare Basque Institute has appointed Monika Madinabeitia as head of the Basque Language Promotion and Dissemination Department. Madinabeitia will take over from Garbiñe Iztueta, who has held the post since March 2017
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Vote now for People’s Choice MIN Awards
This year marks the 15th MIN Independent Music Awards and the public can now cast their vote until 22 March.
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Garbiñe Iztueta: “The most exciting challenge is to embark on new avenues”
Iztueta has been director of Dissemination and Promotion of Basque at the Etxepare Basque Institute for the last six years and will now embark on a new career path at the University of the Basque Country.
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Basque. Playlist. #1 - Neomak
Neomak brings together seven female voices, featuring melodies filled with witchcraft, tambourines, and dance.
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IRATI: Basque mythology, history and Euskara
´Irati´ is a historical adventure-fantasy movie that blends Basque legends, history and language. It is a story about the clash of religion between Christian and Muslim warriors, while at the same time, fusing Basque popular imaginary and mythology.
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Arantzazu Aizpurua: “My intention is to mix Basque culture with Basque language classes, focusing more on the language”
Arantzazu Aizpurua Arconada is the lecturer for the new lectureship programme at the University of Zurich. We caught up with her to find out her views on the programme and her expectations for the course she will be teaching at the University of Zurich.
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Etxepare Basque Institute to award the internationalization of Basque music at the Musika Bulegoa Awards
The aim of the collaboration between Musika Bulegoa and Etxepare Euskal Institutua is to expand the reach of Basque music.
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Etxepare Basque Institute to name the Best Album in Basque at the MIN Awards
Registration is now open for the various categories of the MIN Awards. Every year, the Etxepare Basque Institute announces the winner of the Best Album in Basque. Candidates may apply from 8 to 24 February.
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“The aim of Share Concept is to bring something and to learn some other thing”
Juan Aizpitarte and Ixone Ormaetxe have finished their creative residency programmes in Senegal as part of the Share Concept, a network that promotes artistic exchange projects in different African countries.