Saturday, December 02, 2006

Learn About Korrika

This note was published today at EITb:

What is Korrika?

Organised by the Coordinator of Literacy and Basque promotion (AEK), the Korrika is a race throughout the Basque Country to support the Basque language.

Imagine a non-stop relay race throughout all the Basque Country to support the Basque language, hundreds of thousands of runners and several cultural events and celebrations in the whole Basque country as the race takes place. That is the korrika.

The objective of this race is to raise awareness of the Basque language and collect funds to carry out this work on a daily basis in the study centre of the coordinator.

The first race took place in 1980 from Oñati (Gipuzkoa) to Bilbao (Bizkaia). Since then, there have been 13 korrikas held over 24 years. This year the race will last 10 days and will cover 2150 km throughout Euskal Herria in which 600,000 people will participate, as in previous editions. During the race the runners carry a baton containing a message which will not be made public until the last day of the race.

Who organises the Korrika?

AEK, Coordinator of Literacy and Basque promotion is in charge of organising this event, with the objective of promoting the Basque language and recovering the language. To do this, the coordinator works in the field of adult literacy in the Basque language: research, creation of didactic materials, courses for teaching staff, organisation of cultural events and creation of awareness campaigns in favour of the Basque language.


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