The Poesía Kaiak festival, organized by the Lezo City Council and Balea Zuria, will celebrate its sixth edition with two events on November 19th and 21st. The festival aims to bring poetry closer to the public and promote a diverse cultural offering in Lezo, as explained by Aitzol Saizar, Councilor for Culture of the Lezo City Council.
The first event will take place on November 19th, at 7:00 PM, in the Kultura Aretoa. There, Oihane Zuberoa Garmendia will offer the poetic talk 'Why and for what purpose to read Rilke?'.
The second session, however, will be held on November 21st, at 7:00 PM, in the Gezala auditorium. The Catalan poet Raquel Santanera Vila, the Biscayan poet Elena Sánchez, and the poet from Bortziriak Iban Garro Alzuri will participate in this poetry recital. Each will recite in their own language, and the poems will be distributed in translation among the attendees. Tenor Jon Imanol Etxabe and violinist Jon Makuso Arrizabalaga will accompany the session with music.
Ainhoa Salaberria, cultural technician, recalled that both events are free and open to all citizens. For his part, Juan Ramon Makuso highlighted the transformative power of poetry and culture, and expressed his desire to attract Lezo residents to the festival: 'we need culture to stir our brains, and poetry, especially, can be revolutionary'.
