Basque folk tale
Predikagu batian (From a Pulpit). [Resurrección María de Azkue: Euskalerriaren Yakintza, II, no. 129]. Writers: Arnaud d'Oyhénart, author of *Notitia utriusque Vasconiae*, Jean de Sponde, Jacques de Béla.
Mauléon Literary Competition of 1880.
Held from 3 to 6 July this year, on the initiative and under the auspices of Antoine d'Abbadie. The results were as follows: the ‘Gold Ounce’ and the ‘Makila’ were awarded to the Biscayan poet Felipe de Arrese Beitia of Otxandiano for his poem Bizi da Ama Euskera (‘The Basque Mother Lives’). ‘Second prize’ awarded to Joanes Oxalde, from Bidarrai (Lapurdi), for the composition entitled Beranteko urrikiak (‘Late Regrets’). Honourable mentions were also awarded to Agustin Etcheverry, from Sara: title: Arotzaren khantuarentzat (“For the Carpenter’s Song”); Ramón Artola, from San Sebastián: title: Belea eta azeria (“The Raven and the Fox”); Darroupe, from Urruña: title: Ameriketako berri (“News from America”). There were also pelota matches, foot races, Basque dances, maypoles, Basque music and illuminations.
1890 Mauléon Competition
It was organised by D’Abbadie. Entries were sent to Bayonne. Felipe Casal was awarded a prize for his poem Gure Euskara maita dezagun (“Let us love our Basque language”) and Piarres Ibarrart for Bildots aitamez gabetua (“The lamb orphaned of father and mother”). Also submitted were works by José Artola and J. Ignacio. Althabizkarko khantoria (“The Song of Althabizkar”) [12 stanzas]. (Published without attribution in Mauleko jeyak [undated]. There is a similar composition from the 1879 Elizondo festivities by R. Artola.
1896 Competition
It was organised by D'Abbadie and held on 27 August with prizes of 100 francs and a ‘makila’, plus a further 140 francs to be distributed the two best poems after the first prize. They were splendid Basque festivities: pelota matches, bertsolaris and various traditional entertainments. Abbadie himself set the theme for the bertsolaris on this occasion. The theme of the poetry contest was Madalen de Larralde, the wife of Sara, a victim of the Revolution. The same theme had been set on two previous occasions without satisfactory results. This time there were three prize-winners in the following order: 1. Madalen Larralde saratarra hamabortz urthetan hila, 1794-an, (“Magdalena Larralde of Sara, who died at the age of fifteen, in 1794”), by Diharassarry, parish priest of Orzaize (Ossès). 2. Euskaldun martire, Sara-tar neskatilla Larralde-ko Madalena-ri, (“To the girl from Sara, Magdalena de Larralde, Basque martyr”), by Felipe Arrese Beitia. 3. Larralde-ko Madalenari oroitz bat (“A tribute to Magdalena de Larralde”), by Francisco López Alén.
Basque festival in Mauléon in 1931
It was held to mark the gathering of the Eskualzaleen Biltzarra. Among others, Dassance, Etchepare, Decrept, Claverie, Amestoy, Alzuyeta, Huty, Ibarnégaray, Heugas, de Souhy and Diriart were in attendance. The bertsolaris Matxin, Larralde, Ligueix and Etchahun performed. Also present were the writers and literary figures ‘Oxobi’, Ithumalde, León and ‘Zerbitzari’. Eizaguirre, Mendizabal, Jauregui and Ormaetxe travelled from Gipuzkoa. The festivities began at the church, after which the organisers gathered to visit the houses, speaking Basque.