In any process of national and social liberation, culture has an important role. Gartxot is the story of a basque bard that keeps the stories, songs and tales of the basque people in the Middle Ages (when the kingdom of Nafarroa was still independent). Among those songs, it is the song that sings about basque victory against Frankish invaders in Orreaga. However, Catholic church do not like this and kidnap his son.
The legend of Gartxot is based in an old tale of the north of Nafarroa (south basque country). Arturo Kanpion (an important basque intellectual), adapted that legend. On 2003, the tale was made comic and on 2011 it was made the animation film for adults. Here the trailer (in basque and latin):
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