Encountering Zajal Poetry: Training Communities for its Inventory in Lebanon
A widespread form of poetry in Lebanon, Zajal is chanted in daily practice, different life events and large celebrations. Weddings or funerals, parties and festivals: so many opportunities for Zajal poets (called quâl) to sing or recite texts expressing bravery, pride, love, flattery, pain, joy, conflict, violence or the call for dialogue. It is a...29 June 2012 - 3 July 2012
Beirut
New step in the MedLiHer project: Moviemakers and photographers meeting in Paris
de honoring the heritage of the governorates of Damietta in Egypt, Madaba in Jordan and Lebanon Zajal poetry. Those various elements of cultural heritage are at the heart of the inventory work undertaken as part of Phase III of the project. The meeting in August aims at: developing a common vision of the film project between the coordinator/re...27 August 2012 - 29 August 2012
Paris
Preparing the inventory in the Matanzas Province, Cuba
anzas, which is considered to be a reference for ''repentismo'' (art of improvising poetry) in Cuba and who gave its free, prior and informed consent to inventory its ''Cucalambé'' homes. These are family houses in which their members foster indigenous traditions which identify the ''criollismo&apo...12 November 2012 - 20 November 2012
Matanzas