An Advent calendar surprise prompts the mayor of Caen to apologize

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To see the crowd converge towards the esplanade of the Town Hall from Caen (Calvados), this Sunday, December 15, 2024, shortly before 6 p.m., it seems that the daily call from the Amazing Advent calendar finds a certain resonance with the inhabitants.

Since December 1st, every day, a surprise is offered to the public, the windows serving as boxes: music, theater, fanfare, acrobatics… And box no. 15 revealed this Sunday was not not appreciated by everyone.

A slam that evokes a Christmas in Gaza

Starting with the mayor of the City, Aristide Olivier. The day after the performance, he made a point of releasing a press release on his social networks, saying regret a performance who “transformed this 15th window into a political forum. »

The two artists present delivered a moment of poetry evoking Middle Eastern countries. On the microphone, the slam of Yo du Milieu, well known in Caen, was able to surprise more than one, with its evocation of conflict in the Middle Eastto accordion tunes.

“At the heart of this project is a simple idea: offer spectators a magical moment sharing with family or friends, around a surprise lasting a few minutes”, recalls the mayor of Caen in his press release, before continuing:

Last night, poetry was to be in the spotlight, and we had chosen a Caen artist recognized in this field with, for the sole purpose of producing a family show in the spirit of the end-of-year celebrations. . Unfortunately, this one did not prove worthy of our trust.

The Caen city councilor believes that “ it was neither the place nor the timebecause the public had not come to listen to a particularly divisive activist intervention. » In his message, he apologize the most sincere to the public.

An applauded performance

On site, no protest or booing However, the short performance was not disturbed. The two artists were even applauded by the residents present at the foot of the town hall, even if some spectators had left the scene a few minutes earlier.

In the current international context, marked in particular by a terrible conflict in the Middle East for more than a year, the text of Yo du milieu surprised many people present during this end-of-year holiday period. The artists intended to convey a message of peace and freedom.

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