Testimonies, mural and bertso saioa, to learn about the work of women in textile factories and their relationship with the verse

Event "The Thread of Women" in Villabona, June 7

Women workers in textile factories and Bertsolaris have been stitched by the Emakumeen haria initiative. It will take place on June 7 in Villabona. The visitor will know that the current house Subijana, the seat of the Bertsozale Association, was a textile factory in the past; you will be able to listen to the women who worked in it; you will know on the facade of the building the mural made by Izaro Lizarraga and Arantxa Orbegozo, with a written verse by Maialen Lujanbio; and you will enjoy a themed session of bertsos. There are threads to make a beautiful colorful curtain.

Subijana Etxearen alde bateko horman Izaro Lizarragak eta Arantxa Orbegozok egin duten irudia. Maialen Lujanbioren bertsoa dago bertan idatzita. Gaur inauguratuko da. Argazkia: bertsoa.eus.

The event is organised by the City Hall of Amasa-Villabona, in cooperation with the Bertsozale Elkartea Association. In fact, the Casa Subijana, now the home of the Bertsolarism Amateurs Association, was a textile factory between 1880 and 1960. It was attended by a large number of workers from the region, many of them women and Fanny Alonso have made a bilaneo about them in the Kotoiaren emakumeak project: She interviewed 18 working women from the Subijana textile factory, as well as the textile factories of Andoain and Bergara.

There was a thread between the fabric workshops and the verse, long before Subijana Etxea performed the residential function. The presence of working women in these workshops has been observed, including Aña Etxegarai and Joxepa Antoni Aranbarri Xenpelar, among others.

Programme of 7 June

At 17:00 the program will begin that will show the way women have sewn in the textile factory and in the bertsos. First, there will be a guided visit to the Casa Subijana, in which Fanny Alonso will make known the old textile factories and will have the presence of women who worked in it. The members of the association will then set out the project currently being developed by the Bertsozale Elkartea Association.

At 18:00 the image drawn by Izaro Lizarraga and Arantxa Orbegozo will be opened on the lateral wall of the Casa Subijana. In it is written the verse of Maialen Lujanbio.

A themed bertsos session will be held next to the Subijana house. Nerea Ibarzabal, Alaia Martin and Oihana Iguaran will participate in the song, starting with the specific themes of Amaia Agirre.