by Anne-Marie | Sep 18, 2020 | Entertainment |
It’s rare to find Basque movies with English subtitles, so I wanted to share with you what movies from the Basque Country are available for streaming in the United States.
I spent a day watching movies in Euskera, the Basque language, and here is my honest review of them.
In this video, I talk about Handia / The Giant, Errementari / The Blacksmith and the Devil, and Loreak / Flowers. The first two are currently on Netflix US and the last is on Amazon Prime Video.
by Anne-Marie | Sep 11, 2020 | Culture |
The Chino Basque Club hosted the first-ever Virtual Basque Picnic. In the face of this global pandemic, many of the annual Basque gatherings, both here in the United States, and in Euskal Herria, were cancelled or scaled-back for COVID19 safety reasons. These picnics and bestas have been the cornerstone of Basque cultural life for generations— so they’ve been sorely missed by many this year.
But the Chino Basque Club saw an opportunity where others did not: Why couldn’t a Basque picnic be a virtual one?
And, it turns out, there’s absolutely ZERO reason why a Basque picnic cannot be held online!
by Anne-Marie | Sep 10, 2020 | Culture |
Aita shared his piperade recipe last week, and now he wants to show you his vegetable garden in Sonoma, California.
After the positive response to our family cooking video, my parents made their own video without me! Aita was very happy to show off his late summer garden and tell you about the crops he grows to make his piperade.
Aita explains the garden to you in English and Euskara, and Mom, our interviewer, even threw in a little French. Hope you enjoy this virtual garden tour! And be sure to show him some love in the comments.
by Anne-Marie | Sep 3, 2020 | Food |
You guys have been asking for Aita’s piperade recipe for years, and he finally shared it with us!
My parents invited me to join them for their piperade cooking session this week, and they allowed me to get it all on camera. Aita grows his own organic peppers and tomatoes, so every year around this time they have more than they can handle. Aita cooks large batches of piperade and then Mom cans them for the family to eat year-round.
by Anne-Marie | Aug 27, 2020 | Euskara |
Today on the YouTube channel, I’m sharing some research I’ve done on the different ways of promoting minority language. In my searches, I’ve come across several articles from Irish sources comparing the ways the Irish language is promoted in Ireland with how the Basque language is promoted in the Basque Country. This comparison provides an interesting case, because daily use of Irish is decreasing while the daily use of Basque is increasing.
