Balkan Trafik celebrates its 5th birthday in style - Bozar.be

- Jacques Borzykowski, Le Monde en SceneFilmmaker Jacques Borzykowski followed the activities backstage in « Le Monde en Scene »over the course of six months. Musical encounters of artists, dancers, musicians from allcorners of the world crossing their paths in Brussels. A beautiful portrait of the new culturaldiversity that emerges out of these encounters. Le Monde en Scène- Entre deux Terres - a short by 7 young Albanians from Huy, supervised by Myriam Lambotte,video maker.7 young people from the second generation of Albanians in Huy tell their stories and sharetheir view on life inside and outside the community that is close to their hearts. The result is afictional film recorded in real situations such as the local hospital, the health centre, caféL’expression… with actors and extras selected from their group of friends and via Facebook.Expo DjangoAs the child of gypsies, born in Belgium, Django Reinhardt embodied the nomadic existence of theManouche, Roma, and gypsies in general. His musical talent and typical manouche jazz inspiredmusicians including Toots Thielemans, René Thomas, Philip Catherine, Fapy Laferton, Koen DeCauter and many others.This Django exhibition shows both his musical career and the nomadic life of peoples from Central,Eastern and Southern Europe: their ways of life, culture, faith and the social-economic difficulties theyare faced with in our sedentary society. Paintings by Lucien Maringer (1903-1981) and photos fromthe collection of Christian Berthold, Nicolas Clément and Georges Vercheval, give a tender andtouching picture of the life of the travellers. A short film about the life of Django Reinhardt illustratesonce more how his music was influenced by the various cultures he came into contact with through thegypsy life.Balkan BazaarHamams, mosques, caravanserais, and rows of market stalls: the old bazaars remain the living heartof many towns in the Balkans. In Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Skopje and Bitola (Macedonia), aswell as in Komotini (Greece), they have survived the test of time, wars and the waves of“modernisaton” that have so often destroyed old city centres. The Balkan Bazaar, a meeting place atthe very heart of the festival, evokes all the bustle and atmosphere of these districts. The decor, themarket stalls with their many prizes to be won, the varied musical and theatrical events, as well as thefortune teller and host of colourful characters will all be paying homage to the Balkan carsija !Participating organisations:Le Courrier des Balkans: ‘Le Courrier des Balkans’ publishes and disseminates, via the Internet,articles and analyses from the democratic press in the Balkans. Le Courrier has a number of books tobe won (Bazaar des Balkans, the Firma sketchbook, etc. ) while you can also discover the manypublications produced by its experts. www.balkans.courriers.infoService Volontaire International: The SVI, a youth association, organises more than 2,500 voluntaryprojects in 70 countries and is open to all. In addition to discovering their many projects you could alsowin a very special trip to one of its many site camps in the Balkans. An original and useful way todiscover the region. www.servicevolontaire.org22