 From 1936 onwards, the year of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, it was no longer celebrated in a single location but instead in various localities on a smaller scale and under clandestine conditions as under Franco, Aberri Eguna was forbidden from 1937 to 1975.It was only freely celebrated in the Northern Basque Country under the auspices of the Basque Government in Exile.The Aberri Eguna is not an official holiday and main events continue to be organized by Basque nationalist parties.