R Magazine, Ex-TeenArt_Issue 1_Authenticity Ap. 2014 | Page 43

ndela,
ciel et ses trésors
Over a period of 9 days, the Festival holds about ten shows per
day, with kiosks where you can
taste local food, vernissages
and art exhibits, fashion shows
featuring traditional garb,
meetings and discussions with
specialists in African deities,
meetings with the “crowned
heads”, keepers of the millennial tradition, live music with
national and international artists.
However, the festival is not only a place to have
fun; it is also a social activity which allowed 41
temples of 41 deities of Glidji to be restored,
Glidji Place to be renovated and its tribunes to
be repaired, footballs to be donated to schools,
washrooms to be built, a sports center to be
built in Aného with a giant podium and a pearl
academy to be planned.
To quote Yves Têtê Wilson-Bahun, the Festival’s
president and director: “The first connection
remains the sharing of black culture... the appreciation of African cultural heritage and the
defense of the immaterial heritage of Africa”.
You are invited to attend the next installment
of the Festival on the 15th of December, and
those to follow, in order to be able to catch a
glimpse of this nearly forgotten world through
a journey filled with enchantment, rhythm, respect and friendship, that allows the light of
Togo and all of Africa radiate throughout the
world.

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