OUR LANGUAGE’s, BASQUE, INTERNATIONAL DAY

On Dec. 3rd, as we do every year, we celebrated Basque Language’s International Day. Basque is the language that has been spoken in the Basque Country for thousands of years.

All the school community took part in the several events carried out throughout the morning, such as concerts, dances, magic tricks shows, film seeing, … Most of the performances took place in the auditorium.

Performances by Secondary School and College students were presented by a teacher who teaches Technology. He introduced enthusiastically both the events to come and the participants and everybody got really happy and cheerful with him.

In the photos we can see some of the girls who danced to the rhythm of a gripping background tune. They did it absolutely well.

Then it was the turn for some singers and guitarists. They played and sang a very popular  Basque song called “Amets bat” which in English means “One dream”. It was great to see how the audience were enjoying themselves and took part by singing the chorus of the song.

“ Amets bat izan nun                 ‘I had a dream

 eztizko amets bat                       a honey dream

 zure besotan babesturik             I was in your arms

 maitasuna eskeiniz. “                  giving you love’

Later on, some boys of grade 7 came in front of the audience and made us have a lot of fun with their magic tricks. They showed their ability with cards and we all got completely amused with them.

After midday, 17-year-old students made everyone went crazy with their electric guitars and song. They played well-known songs and sometimes they asked us to claps hands to join them. They also played modern songs and they made us shiver with their rhythm.

At the end we asked for more, but it was already time to leave as some students needed to catch the bus to go back home. We spent an amusing school morning together.

We want to thank those who helped set everything needed such as micros, amplifiers, desks, chairs, …

In the evening some other events (lectures, talks, official speeches, …) and performances were carried out in town.