En décembre 2011, la deuxième édition montréalaise du Festival Nomade rassemble sous une khaïma déployée en pleine ville des universitaires et des artistes autour de thèmes nomades : panels de réflexion, bazars, soirées de musique, danse, contes et parole, improvisation musicale... Comme à chacune de ses éditions, le Festival perpétue avec bonheur la tradition d'hospitalité des nomades : chaque soir, les participants et le public sont invités à un grand repas collectif qui met en valeur les spécialités mauritaniennes. ------------------- ENGLISH: In December 2011, the 2nd edition of the Montreal Nomad Festival gathered its tribe in a nomad tent village in the middle of the Mile End. A week's celebration of nomad culture included panel discussions, bazaar, concerts, dance, storytelling, spoken word, film screenings and jam sessions. Like all previous Nomad Festivals, the 2011 edition emphasized the nomad tradition of hospitality. Every night, the festival participants were invited to take part in a shared meal, offering a chance to discover Mauritanian and West African specialities.
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For the intrepid traveler, West and Central Africa presents exciting new places to explore. Chick out a plethora of festivals and colorful celebrations or hire an eco-guide to see a menagerie of wildlife throughtout rich region.
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Malouma est griotte (chanteuse traditionnelle) en Mauritanie. Mais Malouma, c'est un tempérament. Faisant voler la tradition en éclat, elle chante à travers le monde une musique métissée de pop jazz. Portrait d'une chanteuse voilée et militante hors norme. En voir plus sur : www.vodeo.tv
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Le festival Pirineos Sur a consacré son édition 2004 au Sahel. Si ce film laisse une large place aux performances des musiciens, il les fait également s'exprimer sur des thèmes très variés. L'occasion d'entendre de grands artistes africains. En voir plus sur : www.vodeo.tv
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Un tour por Bolivia. Bolivia is divided into nine departments (departamentos); capitals in parentheses: Beni (Trinidad) Chuquisaca (Sucre) Cochabamba (Cochabamba) La Paz (La Paz) Oruro (Oruro) Pando (Cobija) Potosí (Potosí) Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) Tarija (Tarija) Geography of Bolivia At 1098580 km² (424135 mi²), Bolivia is the world's 28th-largest country (after Ethiopia). It is comparable in size to Mauritania, and it has about 1.5 times the area of the US state of Texas. [10] Bolivia has been a landlocked nation since 1879, when it lost its coastal department of Litoral to Chile in the War of the Pacific. However, it does have access to the Atlantic via the Paraguay river. An enormous diversity of ecological zones are represented within Bolivia's territory. The western highlands of the country are situated in the Andes mountains and include the Bolivian Altiplano. The eastern lowlands include large sections of Amazonian rainforests and Chaco. The highest peak is Nevado Sajama at 6542 metres (21463 ft) located in the department of Oruro. Lake Titicaca is located on the border between Bolivia and Peru. The Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, lies in the southwest corner of the country, in the department of Potosí. Major cities are La Paz, El Alto, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and Cochabamba. Bolivia's ethnic distribution is estimated to be 30% Quechua-speaking and 25% Aymara-speaking Amerindians. The largest of the approximately three-dozen native ...
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As soon as they met, they knew each other. Daby Toure: a thirty-something musician raised in Mauritania, West Africa, currently a leading light on the Paris, France scene. Skip McDonald: an old school African American bluesman from Dayton, Ohio, long time resident of London, England. And having met and jammed one summer's night at Real World they kept on meeting and jamming at festivals around the world. This clip is from THE JAZZ CAFE 18th March 2009
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Un tour por Bolivia. An enormous diversity of ecological zones are represented within Bolivia's territory. The western highlands of the country are situated in the Andes mountains and include the Bolivian Altiplano. The eastern lowlands include large sections of Amazonian rainforests and Chaco. The highest peak is Nevado Sajama at 6542 metres (21463 ft) located in the department of Oruro. Lake Titicaca is located on the border between Bolivia and Peru. The Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, lies in the southwest corner of the country, in the department of Potosí. Major cities are La Paz, El Alto, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and Cochabamba. Bolivia's ethnic distribution is estimated to be 30% Quechua-speaking and 25% Aymara-speaking Amerindians. The largest of the approximately three-dozen native groups are the Quechuas (2.5 million), Aymaras (2 million), then Chiquitano (180000), and Guaraní (125000). So the full Amerindian population is at 55% and the remaining 30% is Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) and around 15% are Whites. Bolivian culture has been heavily influenced by the Quechua, the Aymara, as well as by the popular cultures of Latin America as a whole. The best known of the various festivals found in the country is the "Carnaval de Oruro", which was among the first 19 "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity," as proclaimed by the UNESCO in May of 2001. Entertainment includes football (soccer), which is the national sport, as ...
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Having met and jammed one summer's night at Real World Daby Touré and Skip McDonald kept on meeting and jamming at festivals around the globe. "We're two children of Africa who have both ended up somewhere else," says McDonald, the son of an African-American blues guitarist who used to lull his son to sleep with bedtime songs instead of stories. Society of Sound offers two hand-picked albums a month to download in stunning high-quality lossless audio. Curated by Peter Gabriel and Real World Studios and by the London Symphony Orchestra. Try it for free at www.bowers-wilkins.com
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