Programme
Programme of the Language Fair
The Language Fair will take place on the 19th of October at FÁBRICA DE CULTURA (old textile factory) in Minde (Portugal). 11 communities from all over Europe will participate in the Language Fair with 30-minute cultural performances in their native languages and exhibition stands.
FREE ENTRANCE!
10:30 | Official opening of the Language Fair |
11:30 | Film screenings (until 14:00) |
12:00 | Minderico (Portugal) Theater performance by students of Escola E.B.2/3 Minde |
14:00 | Ladin (Dolomites, North Italy) “The Ladin ethnical project” (music performance) |
14:40 | Fala (Extremadura, Spain) “Vamus a collel algodón… pero antis vamus a cazal lagartus” (theater performance) by Grupu de Teatru U Lagartu Cómicu of Asociación cultural U Lagartu Verdi |
15:20 | Breton (Brittany, France) Poetry reading by Lan TangiWelsh (Wales, UK) Folk songs by Lleuwen Steffan |
16:00 | Ladino (Bosnia) “Saved by Language” (documentary film directed and produced by Susanna Zaraysky, Bryan Kirschen and Elad Wexler) |
16:40 | Istro-Romanian (Croatia) “Starinska Knta” (a capella old-style singing) – music played on “cindra” (traditional stringed instrument)by folklore group “Zheyanski kntaduri” from Žejane; Music played on “sopile” (ancient traditional woodwind instrument) by folklore society “Ivan Fonović Zlatela” from Kršan |
17:20 | Aromanian (Romania) Traditional Aromanian songs by Florentina Costea |
18:00 | Friulian (Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italy) JNK – Oltri la ultime frontiere / JNK – Beyond the last frontier Music, minorities and more By Agjenzie Regjonâl pe Lenghe Furlane |
18:40 | Ligurian (Liguria, Italy) Traditional songs with a touch of modernity Poetry reading |
19:20 | Minderico (Portugal) “O ilhéu da borboleta” (performance directed by Maria Gameiro, Pedro Fernandes and Tiago Rodrigues) |
20:00 | Closing Performance of Charales Chorus: Yo m’enamori by Paul Ben-Haim (Ladino) Al pasar por Casablanca arranged by Moshe Zorman (Ladino) Menízias da nossa terruja (Minderico) [from Mantas da nossa terra by José da Silva] |
Exhibition Stands
Laz (Turkey)
Minderico (Minde)
Ligurian (Italy)
Istro-Romanian (Croatia)
During the Language Fair there will also be an exhibition about minority / endangered languages in Europe created by the students of Escola E.B. 2/3 Minde.
The programme of the Endangered Languages Music Festival is available here; the programme of the conference can be consulted here.