In Madrid
On 30 January, in San Mamés, it was once again shown that in Euskal Herria we are a step further in favour of women’s equality than in other places. On one night of a real dog, 48,000 people had accumulated on the stands of the Cathedral to witness the mourning between two football teams made up of girls. Never seen, across Europe and almost in the world. Basque football fans placed the female sport and the name of this town at the top. The admiration of the majority of the Madrid press. Although, well, it wasn't that hard, the echo of the San Mamés feat even reached the pages of the New York Times or the Washington Post.No there was
nothing to worry about.
Iban Zaldua surprised me more. He had just returned from Madrid, where he presented his last book, As if everything had happened, a collection that he has taken out in Spanish with his narratives. Surprised by the influx to the act of presentation and the curiosity aroused by his work. To such an extent, I had to reassure myself: “You know where this miserable lies. Well, his friends in that fucking city have worked for him!”
The award of the Cook Prize of the Year to Eneko Atxa at the Madrid Fusion fair, at last, had to ignite the alarm, but it did not turn it on me. Even in the lead-years, the most famous cooks received red carpets from the state capital, which made them enjoy the comfort and gratitude when they were invited to television, the lounge and the silk festival. Suddenly, the head was the award received by the owner of the house Azurmendi.
We will have to resign ourselves. Confronting reality. No matter how terrible it was. In Madrid we are in fashion. They want us. And I don't know if we're prepared for so much love.
The truth is that, at the time they were rewarding the Zornotzarra saleswoman, Maialen Lujanbio – our Maialen – sang elsewhere in the capital of the Kingdom. Champion of Euskal Herria – twice champion – in the Cineteca de Madrid, in Bertso, in the program El seventh vice de Radio 3. A beautiful crowd who apparently had the opportunity to see before the Hernaniarra the documentary Bertsolari of Asier Altuna. The same audience put Lujanbio on the subjects and explained the essence of the verses that had been thrown at him. According to the Spanish broadcaster, the total success of the interview has been satisfactory.
My hair was raised. The first thing could be a fluke. The second is the eccentricity of luck. The third is the astral conjunction. The room...?
We will have to resign ourselves. Confronting reality. No matter how terrible it was. In Madrid we are in fashion. They want us. And I don't know if we're prepared for so much love.
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