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" Eusko Abendaren Ereserkia " [a] ("Anthem of the Basque Race"), also known as "Euskadiko Ereserkia" ("Anthem of the Basque Country"), is the official anthem of the Basque Country in northern Spain. The lyrics were written by Basque nationalist writer Sabino Arana , and its melody is based on an old Basque tune.
José María Iparraguirre, (1820–1881) was a Spanish poet and writer in the Basque language, bertsolari and musician. [1]José Maria Iparraguirre, a bard, is known for his compositions, the most significant of which is Gernikako Arbola (literally "the Guernica tree"); [2] it quickly became the Basque anthem.
It is widely seen in the French Basque Country and forms part of the unofficial flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the French overseas community in North America that was settled by French Basque and also many Spanish Basque sailors. The Ikurriña is also the flag of the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV). A controversy exists because at first ...
The song was popularized by Iparraguirre throughout the Basque Country and the Basque diaspora in the Americas during his emigration to the continent. It was thus adopted and sung by the Basques during critical and significant historic chapters, like the end of the last Carlist War , the Gamazada , or the Spanish Civil War .
The current Basque coat of arms (Euskal autonomi erkidegoaren armarria) [1] is the official coat of arms of the Basque Country, Autonomous community of Spain. It consists of a party per cross representing the three historical territories of Álava , Gipuzkoa and Biscay , as well as a fourth, void quarter.
1880s in the Basque Country (autonomous community) ... 1880s in Spanish music (3 P) ... 1881 in Spain; 1884 in Spain; 1885 in Spain; 1886 in Spain; A.
This is a list of flags of provinces of Spain.The flags are listed per autonomous community.The list also discusses coat of arms as most flags feature them. In addition to the provinces which have no official flag (A Coruña, Zamora and the whole Valencian Community: Alicante, Castellón, Valencia), which sometimes use erroneously the capital town flag, or with the variants sometimes used by ...
Txistu ensemble in the streets of Leioa Alboka players and a tambourine man playing a tune together Txalaparta players in a festival. Basque traditional music is a product of the region's historic development and strategic geographical position on the Atlantic arch at a crossroads between mountains (Cantabrian mountain range, Pyrenees) and plains (Ebro basin), ocean and inland, European ...