The spirit that makes the Festival de l\u2019Imaginaire<\/b> live on!<\/p>\n
For more than 20 years<\/b>, the festival keeps promoting the discovery of the diversity<\/b> with all its forms of expression in the world. Many spirits incarnated throughout the festival: ancestors<\/b> spirits, real or mythical, which inhabits the Cape Verdean singer and poet M\u00e1rio L\u00facio<\/b> who opened the festival with an unpublished solo in France; fandango<\/i><\/b> ball party spirit from the Sotavento region, in Mexico. The spirit of marvelous<\/b> that animates Taiwan\u2019s budaixi puppets, music that the emblematic figure of the carnatic scene, T. M. Krishna, or Fargana Qasimova, virtuous ambassador of the Azerbaijani mugham shared with their public.<\/p>\n
Nature<\/b> spirits conjured during the Donghaean byeolsingut, this rare shamanic ritual practiced every three to ten years by Korean fishing communities. Dolls-spirits<\/b> of voodoo or fertility cults will take possession of the exhibition of the Festival\u2026<\/p>\n
Spirit of places<\/b>, finally. Prestigious, surprising, intimate, heritage\u2026 The places that host the festival are varied. Thanks to the diversity of its partners, the festival continues its adventure in Paris and the region<\/b>.<\/p>\n
This 23rd festival meets the journey of great masters<\/b> that la Maison des Cultures du Monde once invited and reveal young disciples<\/b> to whom they have transmitted their art. The transmission of knowledge and the teacher-pupil relationship will be in the background of the international symposium<\/b> \u201cDiversity of imaginary, traditions and performing arts\u201d as the immaterial Journ\u00e9e du patrimoine culturel, this year dedicated to music<\/b>.<\/p>\n
\u201c<\/span>I would like to pay tribute<\/b> to all those spirits who made and do the festival. And ask them to accompany us for a long time. \u201d<\/p>\n S\u00e9verine Cachat, director of the Maison des Cultures du Monde - French Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage<\/p>\n <\/p>\n