Orreaga Ibarra

I-073b

  • Record: I-073b
  • Piece: A10
  • Time: 00:20:10 - 00:23:38
  • Themes: Basque language:
  • Summary: The young people say everything in Spanish and in Latasa even more so.Her two daughters did not know Spanish when they started school and they were taken for idiots. Her father never knew Spanish.Her teacher was told that nobody knew Spanish in the village. When he arrived he said that he did not want to hear a word in Basque. That was when Spanish started to come into the village. Don Gregorio, the priest, has always said mass in Spanish. In Goldaratz and Etxaleku the mass was said in Basque.