Exposed near the Statue of Liberty history of Basque emigration

Saturday, 6 February, 12:30 p.m. New York, Feb. 6 (EFE) .- The history of the Basques in the early twentieth century, emigrated to the U.S., star in a show organized today at Ellis Island, the small island together the Statue of Liberty, which for decades served as the office to those who sought new opportunities in this country. "This exhibition aims to highlight the value of the contribution that all these people have made to American society," he told EFE Secretary General External Action of the Basque Government, Guillermo Echenique, who has traveled to New York to inaugurate the exhibition. The exhibition "Hidden in Plain Sight: the Basques" ( "Hidden in Plain Sight: The Basques") can be visited until the 9th May to make known the language, customs and values of the Basques, and what were the causes that induce them to emigrate to this country. Echenique As explained, this is the first time that an autonomous community in the museum exposes Ellis Island. Enabled in 1892, this island became the main control center for U.S. federal immigration and remained operational until 1954, a period in which process the entry into this country over twelve million immigrants who came to U.S. shores by boat. Since 1954, its main building, where it now presents the exhibition on Basque migration, remained abandoned for over thirty years until it was refurbished and opened as a museum in September 1990. Today , 40 percent of Americans can trace their ancestry through the documentation to save this museum. The show opened today is "a unique opportunity to show the world who we really are the Basques: industrious, tireless , tolerant and open to the world, "said Echenique. Sponsored by the Basque Government and the Basque Museum and Cultural Center of Boise (Idaho), the sample will be opened by Lucy Garate, Basque immigrant who arrived at Ellis Island in 1920 and currently lives in New York. At present, it is country you live more than 50,000 Basques. There is also provision for action by the San Sebastian Amaya Arberas soloist, choir Biotzetik and Oinkari group of dancers, the latter two from Idaho. The president of the Basque Museum and Cultural Center of Boise, Patricia Lachiondo also attend the inauguration of an exhibition expected to visit some 300,000 people and is distributed in six rooms where it is distributed all types of material, from old photographs to video recordings. Thus, it may contain pieces of Basque art and items that these travelers brought with them when they decided to leave Euskadi, between 1892 and 1954, to start a new life in America. The exhibition is supplemented with narrative texts on various subjects of Basque culture and history, an interactive section for children, sound files Euskera allowing you to listen to those unfamiliar with him and audiovisual materials on sports and Basque dances. In another of the rooms contain also images of villages, coastal, mountain landscapes, industries and churches in the Basque country, in show what the world was that these immigrants left behind. You can also view a video of the bombing of Guernica on 27 April 1937, photos of the famous oak of the town-the greatest symbol of the Basque people, and a reproduction of the famous work of painter Pablo Picasso Malaga (1881-1973) of the same name. Many of the photographs are pensions, pediments, Basque hotels and restaurants in the United States authorized to give an idea of the influence of this culture reflected in names of places and businesses from Florida to Oregon. The last room of the exhibition presents photographs of contemporary Basque Country as the Guggenheim Museum, Mundaka Surf and Chillida. This arrangement is displayed on Ellis Island until next May to move to Boise (Idaho's capital) during the conclusion of Jaialdi summer, the large Basque festival, held every five years and that on this occasion will take place between 28 July and 1 August. Average (Not Rated)