Gernikako Arbola (anthem)
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"Gernikako Arbola" is the title of a song in bertso form presented both in Madrid and by the shrine of Saint Anthony at Urkiola by the Basque bard José María Iparraguirre, celebrating the Tree of Gern
The Tree of Gernika
Bertsolaritza
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Bertsolaritza Basque pronunciation: or bertsolarism is the art of singing improvised songs in Basque according to various melodies and rhyming patterns. Bertsos can be composed at a variety of occasio
Gernikako Arbola (anthem)
…Gernikako Arbola" is the title of a song in bertso form presented both in Madrid (1853) and by the shrine of Saint Anthony at Urkiola (1854) by the Basque bard José María Iparraguirre, celebrating the…
The bertsolari Mattin Treku composing a bertso in Sare in 1960
A title page of Bertsolariya, a bertso paper that appeared between 1931 and 1932
Bertsolaris Larralde and Hiriart performing in Sara, Labourd (1936)
Popular bertsolaris of the mid-1970s