The Association of the friends of Bertsolaritza Territories Araba Annual projects

Annual projects

Transmission of bertsolaritza:

• Compulsory education sector: working with bertsolaritza in 21 school centres. 40 groups of students participate in this project
• Working with bertsolaritza in 8 schools for bertsolaris with young people between 10 and 18. Some 120 students
• Meetings, seminaries and other initiatives for children and adolescents.

Promotion of bertsolaritza:

• Encourage policies for promoting autonomous and innovative bertsolaritza so that this oral art form continues to have its own identity in Araba
• Organise the Bertsolaris Championship of Araba, the championship for groups and contests for young people.

Research:

• Continue working jointly with the Xenpelar Documentation Centre in the task of interchanging information and the gathering of material
• Publish a book on the 30 years of history of bertsolaritza in Araba and which outlines the main lines of work for the future, encouraging an analysis of the situation.

Araba: History Organisation