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This Tuesday will be inaugurated a double exhibition which combines the Occitan language and the war of 14/18, at the initiative of the Cercle Occitan, which unveils the program for the 16th edition of the Festenal. It will take place on November 22 and 23, Fernan room.
This is the prelude to the 16e edition of the Occitan Festival: a double exhibition which combines Occitan culture, history and humor will be inaugurated this Tuesday, at the media library (1) : “It includes an exhibition, produced by the Institute of Occitan Studies of Ariège and called “La guèrra vista per Dantoine”, which we designed with the agreement of the caricaturist’s heirs, comments Daniel Pédoussat, president of the Circle Occitan. This is the first time it has been presented and it brings together 38 drawings on life in the trenches, made by Dantoine. Originally from Carcassonne, the cartoonist took advantage of the break times to bring to life the characters and situations around him, delivering a unique portrait of the first world conflict and its actors, with often corrosive humor.
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The “clash of cultures”, on the front
The second exhibition, “Lenga(s) de guèrra: Occitan and the languages of France during the Great War”, produced by the Occitan Research and Documentation Center (Béziers) focuses on the “clash of cultures” which It occurred during the conflict, when soldiers from different regions of the country found themselves mixed up on the front line. “This exhibition shows the variety of languages and the confrontation of opinions, far from the established terms of sacred union and unanimity,” continues Daniel Pédoussat. Finally, a literary breakfast, hosted by Camille Bilhac, from the IEO, is scheduled for Saturday November 16, at the media library (10 a.m.), on the theme “Guèrra e lenga: languages and war (1914-1918) “.
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