|
|
Mountshannon Arts Festival 2020
Féile Ealaíon Bhaile Uí Bheoláin 2020
Identity
Féiniúlacht
“We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.” Chuck Palahniuk
|
|
Culture Night Friday 18th September
Mountshannon Miscellany
8pm Live Stream
Available to watch on https://www.facebook.com/mountshannonartsfestival/
or
http://claretv.ie/
or
http://claretv.ie/
Music and spoken word from the heart of Mountshannon
The theme we chose for this year is ‘Identity’, and our Culture Night event this year explores that theme in words and music.
Two of the artists taking part, have personal experience of Irelands inhumane Direct Provision system, and contributed to the wonderful ‘ Correspondences’ book, edited by Jessica Traynor and Stephen Rea.
Direct Provision is an appalling system that needs urgent change.
In her piece in "Correspondences", Emilie Pine compares Direct Provision with the Magdelene Laundries, and asks how it is possible, that we continue to make the same mistakes, and continue to allow our government to commit such shocking abuse to our fellow men, women and children, in our name.
We call on the government to take immediate steps to change the system and show the world the true compassion of the Irish people.
We need to promote greater tolerance and understanding among the peoples of the world. Nothing can be more dangerous to our efforts to build peace and development than a world divided along religious, ethnic or cultural lines. In each nation, and among all nations, we must work to promote unity based on our shared humanity. – Kofi Annan
The theme we chose for this year is ‘Identity’, and our Culture Night event this year explores that theme in words and music.
Two of the artists taking part, have personal experience of Irelands inhumane Direct Provision system, and contributed to the wonderful ‘ Correspondences’ book, edited by Jessica Traynor and Stephen Rea.
Direct Provision is an appalling system that needs urgent change.
In her piece in "Correspondences", Emilie Pine compares Direct Provision with the Magdelene Laundries, and asks how it is possible, that we continue to make the same mistakes, and continue to allow our government to commit such shocking abuse to our fellow men, women and children, in our name.
We call on the government to take immediate steps to change the system and show the world the true compassion of the Irish people.
We need to promote greater tolerance and understanding among the peoples of the world. Nothing can be more dangerous to our efforts to build peace and development than a world divided along religious, ethnic or cultural lines. In each nation, and among all nations, we must work to promote unity based on our shared humanity. – Kofi Annan
More information in UpComing Events
