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The Festivals:
Third Festival "Women Creators of the Two Seas, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea" on the theme "WOMAN AND TRADITION" |
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An event placed Under the High Auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
The event
The organization of triennial meetings of woman creators in the framework of regional festivals open to all fields of creative activities is a long-term project, unique at European and world levels altogether, which started in 1997.
The high artistic value of the festivals was given paramount recognition. Indeed, the First Festival was included in the official program marking the nomination of Thessaloniki as "Cultural Capital of Europe", the Second Festival was included among UNESCO Millennium Celebrations and the Third Festival is to be one item on the list of celebrations dedicated by Greece to UNESCO Sixtieth Anniversary.
The Festivals "Woman Creators of the Two Seas, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea" stirred great interest and anticipation among the artists and the audience, as well. This testifies of the success of our work towards the preservation of cultural diversity, towards the boosting of women's participation in cultural development.
Place and date
The Third Festival "Woman Creators of the Two Seas, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea" will be hosted in Thessaloniki, on August 28 - September 4, 2006.
The Organizers
The Third Festival will be organized by a coalition of partners, including:
›UNESCO Center for Women and Peace in the Balkan Countries, a non-governmental organization acting since 1994, in the noble spirit of the United Nations and in accordance with the programs of UNESCO,
›the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO,
›the Association of Interbalkan Women's Cooperation Societies, an international NGO, undertaking collaborative relationships with UNESCO, and granted consultative status by ECOSOC, the Council of Europe and FAO since 1998.
The objectives
›Promoting the intercultural dialogue, in a spirit of solidarity and respect for all creators in the area,
›increasing public awareness of cultural diversity in the thirty Mediterranean and Black Sea countries, of the need for increased action targeted at preserving our traditional inheritance, ›giving new impetus to the assertion of female contributions to all fields of artistic creativity, through a large debate on the position of women in cultural activities in contemporary societies,
›contributing to the active dissemination of the arising values of the culture of peace, in the spirit of UNESCO ideals and programs.
The theme
The theme selected for the Third Festival is :"Woman and Tradition" in an attempt to acquaint the public to the cultural identity of the participating countries, to their traditional art, in all its forms of expression.
Artists, critics and scientists will be invited to approach tradition, seen both as a form of expression and as an inextinguishable source of inspiration, and to evaluate its genuine artistic value, alongside with its historic and sociological substance. |
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