The Association of the friends of Bertsolaritza History 2001-2005

2001-2005

Together with the maturity that experience and the passing of the years bring, the Association of the Friends of Bertsolaritza has been able to undertake several projects:

• The book, The art of bertsolaritza: the reality of and keys to Basque oral improvisation was published in 2001 in four languages
• In 2001 the National Championship was organised with its corresponding Day of the Bertso
• In the autumn of 2003 Oral Improvisation in the World Intercultural Meetings were organised
• In 2005 a date base of world improvisation was established www.argodat.com
• The LANKU service became a limited company in 2004
• The process of unification of the Association was initiated
• A new president was elected at the General Assembly in 2005.

History: 1997-2001 Organisation and positions of responsability