13.03.2008 at Firlej - the evening’s programme featured two bands from France - Gong Gong and Sayag Jazz Machine. This episode of video podcast contains extracts from the multimedia performance by Sayag Jazz Machine.

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11.03.2008, Teatr Lalek - A’Corps dance company performed a piece entitled “Nous sommes tous…” for the general public. It was the second performance, following the one at the opening ceremony of Journées de la Francophonie the night before. The performance was offered for free, and many young people took advantage of the occasion.

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The first video podcast from this year’s Journées de la Francophonie (07.03-16.03.2008) presents the concert by Davy Sicard (08.03.2008 at Jazz Club Rura).
The singer Davy Sicard was born in the Réunion Island and is currently living in France. He sang in the mixture of Réunionnaise Creole and French, and, although the lyrics reflected his personal voice, just like the language in which they were sung, the history and the culture of the Réunion Island were also visibly present in many different ways (for example, the selection of themes and topics, words, or stories). “Journées de la Francophonie” is a celebration of the diversity of people who speak French and their culture, and the concert of Davy Sicard could not have been more appropriate as an opening act for the festival.

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07.03.2008-16.03.2008
Commemorating the establishment of the intergovernmental organization of “Francophones,” the festival “Journées de la Francophonie” organizes various cultural events, exhibitions and a series of conferences every year. For this year’s programme, please visit http://frankofonia.wroclaw.pl/ (in French and Polish).
On Friday 07.03.2008, as a part of the festival, a round-table discussion on the current cultural relationship between France and Poland – and Wrocław in particular – will be held at Alliance Francaise (Biblioteka Wojdwodska, Rynek 58 3rd Floor). The discussion will be in French and start at 18:00. Free admissions.
Click here to see our video podcast coverage of the last year’s Journées de la Francophonie

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