The Convidencia, proposed by the association “L'Air des Balkans, territory residence in Val de Gers which is due to last until February 7, began this weekend in front of a fulfilled audience. Besides, it was almost necessary to push the walls of the Masseube media library as many of them, often connoisseurs, sometimes from far away to listen to the writer Alem Surre Garcia and the concert of Cie Guillaume Lopez, whose blood of Spain has been flowing in their veins since their parents or grandparents had to endure the loss withdrawn. Same enthusiasm the next day at the family home in Barran with new round table and new concert on the same theme but with a slightly different approach and then at the Seissan media library with Alem Surre Garcia who came to present his work “La Convidencia.
In a very documented presentation, embellished by many cards, Alem Surre has set out to demonstrate the close ties that have been forged from the Maison d'Astarac in the 10th century with a large part of Spain, the Pyrenees being far from Constitute a barrier as it is often understood but rather a place of passage and exchanges. Many monuments, entire villages by name, the works of troubadours, the origin of many Occitan bishops who exercised in Spain, etc. remain the witnesses of these transpyrenean migrations which have maintained themselves over the centuries
During his concert, Guillaume Lopez was particularly attached to bringing the Occitan language and the Spanish language closer, the ANDA-Luz documentary then projected in the cinema hall showed the stages of an artistic project that made the bridge between 'Occitanie, Spain and…. Morocco. Ambitious project certainly but which invites you to reflect on cultural encounter
But this Convidencia is also songs of songs, percussion, interventions in schools, leisure centers, EHPAD and a closing concert in Seissan on February 7
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