AUTHORS

INTRODUCTION

I. SOCIOCULTURAL REALITY AND PRESENT-DAY BERTSOLARITZA

II. ACHIEVING A BALANCE AMONGST THE CHALLENGES FACING BERTSOLARITZA: KEYS TO THE CREATIVITY OF THE TRADITION

1. Some revealing features

2. What does the bertsolari sing?

3. Achieving a balance amongst the challenges. What are roots for?

3.1. Appreciation of what is of value in one's own tradition

3.2. Choosing to survive through adaptation

3.3. Daring to evolve

4. Three keys for development

III. THE PROCESS OF CREATING IMPROVISED BERTSOS

IV. PROPOSALS FOR A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

V. GLOSSARY

3 Achieving a balance amongst the challenges. What are roots for?

The wide-ranging group of people which is the driving force behind bertsolaritza has had, in the last two decades some intuitively derived guidelines which have served to steer bertsolaritza amongst the challenges presented by the modern age. Intuitive guidelines which have been able to give bertsolaritza a dynamic balance to develop within modern culture without leaving behind any of its fundamental nature. These can be summarised in the following way.