This year, Korrika has started in Paris earlier than in Euskal Herria. It is precisely last week that the project for the Basque people was held in the capital of the French state. Between 30 and 40 people also had the presence of Lorea Ibañez, from Amurrio: "It's very exciting to see people running down the streets of Paris. She doesn't realize you're in the salsa, but looking back, thinking about the cold, it's awesome. For Ibáñez, organizing the Korrika in Paris is "a hard job."

21.Korrikak, for its part, has also left many curiosities: "The streets of Paris have been the scene in recent times of numerous demonstrations. Because of the mobilization of those vests, the police didn't let us in, because the vests believed that they were going to fly our camper. We told them it gave us igual.Por end they let us pass. We sold purple vests and then ran. What had begun to joke throughout the course had become a cantinel: Gilets violets, we were screaming for the Basque -'vests purple by the Basque'-".

More than a memory

For Ibáñez, Korrika is more than a memory. In addition to the movement for the Basque Country, it also has a close connection with the Basque Country. That's why it reminds Korrika Txikiak, all the songs learned at Aresketa Ikastola, dorsales painted with eagerness, etc. "They were converted into wagering kilometers as the years were growing," he says. This is the 2002 edition, when he passed through Amurrio at night. "Then there were concerts, I remember playing Gatibu.

Running from Paris is fulfilling a dream: "Among the Parishes, the Korrika ignites the desire to learn Basque, there is joy and effort on the part of those who run," he added.

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