International Day of the Basque Language In brief Date - 2 December 2023 Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Format - Food, activities, debate and discussion About the event An exciting day full of cultural activities concerning all things Basque. There will be music and dancing, as well as food and language-based activites. You can find the full programme below. A song booklet will be provided with all songs featured across the day and their English translations. Lunch, including Basque-style pintxos and drinks, will be provided by Indaba restaurant and the Scottish Basque community. No knowledge of Basque is required! This event is sponsored by the Basque Etxepare Institutua. Programme Time Event 11:30am Welcome tea and coffee, biscuits and inaugural aurreskua dance 12 noon Word games – group quiz and most beautiful Basque word competition 1pm Basque folk dance mini-workshop 2pm Pintxos lunch 3pm Concert with Borja Mendiluce and The Euskalduners 3:30pm Basque folk music and dance 4pm Ending teas and coffees How to attend This event is free to attend and open to all. Registration is not required - just come along. Are you interested in studying Basque? Basque is spoken by over a million people worldwide, mainly on both sides of the western Pyrenees in Spain and France. It is a modern language, and is used in a very wide range of social and cultural contexts, styles, and registers. We offer a Level 8, 20-credit course on the Basque Language for Beginners, available to all students at the University of Edinburgh. It aims to develop good oral, listening, reading, and writing skills in the language, as well as providing some examples of Basque culture and society as contexts for the language. Find out more about studying with us Dec 02 2023 11.30 - 16.00 International Day of the Basque Language An all-day, in-person celebration of the language and culture of Basque, featuring dance, music, and language-related games. This event is sponsored by the Basque Etxepare Institutua. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue
International Day of the Basque Language In brief Date - 2 December 2023 Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square Format - Food, activities, debate and discussion About the event An exciting day full of cultural activities concerning all things Basque. There will be music and dancing, as well as food and language-based activites. You can find the full programme below. A song booklet will be provided with all songs featured across the day and their English translations. Lunch, including Basque-style pintxos and drinks, will be provided by Indaba restaurant and the Scottish Basque community. No knowledge of Basque is required! This event is sponsored by the Basque Etxepare Institutua. Programme Time Event 11:30am Welcome tea and coffee, biscuits and inaugural aurreskua dance 12 noon Word games – group quiz and most beautiful Basque word competition 1pm Basque folk dance mini-workshop 2pm Pintxos lunch 3pm Concert with Borja Mendiluce and The Euskalduners 3:30pm Basque folk music and dance 4pm Ending teas and coffees How to attend This event is free to attend and open to all. Registration is not required - just come along. Are you interested in studying Basque? Basque is spoken by over a million people worldwide, mainly on both sides of the western Pyrenees in Spain and France. It is a modern language, and is used in a very wide range of social and cultural contexts, styles, and registers. We offer a Level 8, 20-credit course on the Basque Language for Beginners, available to all students at the University of Edinburgh. It aims to develop good oral, listening, reading, and writing skills in the language, as well as providing some examples of Basque culture and society as contexts for the language. Find out more about studying with us Dec 02 2023 11.30 - 16.00 International Day of the Basque Language An all-day, in-person celebration of the language and culture of Basque, featuring dance, music, and language-related games. This event is sponsored by the Basque Etxepare Institutua. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue
Dec 02 2023 11.30 - 16.00 International Day of the Basque Language An all-day, in-person celebration of the language and culture of Basque, featuring dance, music, and language-related games. This event is sponsored by the Basque Etxepare Institutua.
