BASQUE DAY

The language of the Basque Country, Basque, has survived to several European movements. On the one hand, the first that it survived to was the arrival of Indo-Europeans to Europe: they nearly changed all the languages that were in Europe but Basque. On the other hand, the second movement Basque survived to, was the Latin’s arrival to Europe; new languages came up eliminating the older ones, but Basque didn´t disappear. It is one of the oldest languages of Europe. It doesn´t have any relation with other languages or family; that´s why it is not considered an official language in Europe. Linguistics haven´t managed to find out where Basque comes from; they believe that it was born in France and with time it spread around the north of Spain, until it arrived to the Basque Country.

The objetive of the celebration of the ´Basque day´ is to widespread the language (Euskera), as that is the key for its survival. Basque day was oficially celebrated for the first time in 1949.
Francisco Javier, who died 3th December, was a Jesuita´s Saint together with San Ignacio de Loyola. He was a Saint who travelled to many countries and knew lots of languages. However, his maternal language was basque; his last words were told in basque. As Saint Fracisco Javier representated the language, the day of his death was chosen to celebrate ´Basque Day´.

                                                     Saint Francisco Javier

This day is also celebrated in our school. Some teachers have organized lots of activities. 

The children from pre-school will make drawings to create sheets (with the help of a machine) and they will also do some manual works.

Children from primary are also going to have two activities. On the one hand, they are going to do ''herrikirolak'', which are typical Basque country's sports, like tug or sack-races. On the other hand, a DJ will come and play music in Spanish, English and Basque. 

Finally, for secondary there are planned two activities: firstly, a gymkhana and secondly, do graffiti.

A retired footballer, from the team Athletic, will also come to give us a talk.

Here you are a song in basque, HOPE YOU LIKE IT!!!!