Lalbenque

The whole program in the article.

“Faces from Elsewhere”. The festival “Les Visages du Mali” began on October 3 with the opening of the Dogon art exhibition and paintings by Ako Wilson (with the Via Sahel Quercy Périgord Association) at the Hall of the town hall of Lalbenque in the presence by Benoit Rammaert, president of “Visages d’Ailleurs”, Jean-Claude Sauvier, president of the Community of municipalities of the Pays de Lalbenque-Limogne, Geneviève Dejean, vice-president of the Community of municipalities in charge of culture, Liliane Lugol , mayor of Lalbenque, and Dominique Marin, departmental councillor. Conference, workshops, entertainment, meal and concert are on the menu:

> Thursday, October 6

8:30 p.m.: Conference
Interactive evening hosted by Audrey Lasa, storyteller and choreographer, sociologist specializing in ethnology, and Karomoko Sanongo, Griot musician artist. Words of griots, tales, dance and music, transmitters of Malian culture. The speaking arts in Mali, as in other West African countries from the Mandingo culture, are closely linked to the arts of dance and find their place in musicality.
The “Djeli”, a term that defines the Griot in the Bambara language, means “Blood”. This line of storytellers, musicians, dancers, singers, holds from father to son and from mother to daughter the secrets both of the collective memory of an entire people, who have remained standing and whole despite the damage of colonization with its illegitimate divisions, and of an extremely rich culture. The Djeli is not only the guarantor of cultural memory, it also plays an essential social and societal role even today in Mali, as in the rest of Africa, heir to the very first great Mandingo Empire of Soundiata Keita, which contributed to the greatness and fame of an entire people.
Price: Free participation
Location: Jean-Jacques Chapou conference room in Lalbenque

> Friday, October 7

Storytelling, dance and music workshops for schoolchildren pby Audrey Lasa and Karakomo Sanongo

10 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Cooking workshop* Location: Cremps village hall

8 p.m.: Meal*
Location: Cremps village hall

with the Association Via Sahel Quercy Périgord

> Saturday October 8

Animations on the Lalbenque Market

Exhibition – Sale
Malian and West African crafts.
By the Association Via Sahel Quercy Périgord and Congost

Location: The Hall of the town hall of Lalbenque

11 a.m.: Musical and danced tales

Words of Calabash

By Audrey Lasa and Karakomo Sanongo

Price: Free participation
Location: Lalbenque media library

8:30 p.m.: Concert**

Adama Coulibaly

Traditional Donso n’goni, Kamélé n’goni and vocal instruments, accompanied by Makan Tounkara, Djéli n’goni Adama Coulibaly, from a family of hunter-farmers with a prestigious name, learned the “hunters’ lute” at the age of 6, the donso n’goni, a 6-string harp, emblem of the society of hunters, which performs a dual social and spiritual function.
This virtuoso, “godson” protected by Salif Keita, has a powerful and sunny voice and a great sense of rhythm. His exceptional qualities allowed him to play with the greatest in many festivals, in particular Africajarc.

Location: Church of Saint John the Baptist in Aujols

> Sunday, October 9, 4 p.m. › Cinema

Movie night with the participation of Ciné-Lot

“Timbuktu”, sometimes subtitled The Chagrin of the Birds, is a Franco-Mauritanian drama film directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, released in 2014. In April 2012, the city of Timbuktu fell into the hands of jihadists who imposed Sharia law. The Mauritanian director delivers a courageous work in a free film mixing beauty, violence, suffering and humor too. Seven Césars have distinguished Timbuktu, whose theatrical success has been resounding.
Adult price: 6 euros, children (under 18): 3 euros
Location: Lalbenque conference room

*Cooking workshop – Meal Price: Workshop only €10 Meal only €20

Workshop + meal 30 euros

Times: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. workshop 7:30 p.m. meal

Reservation required: Cahors-Vallée du Lot Tourist Office, Lalbenque – 05 65 31 50 08

** Concert

Price: 15 euros – Reduced price 12 euros Time: 8:30 p.m.

Mandatory reservation :
Registration deadline Friday, October 8, 12 p.m.

Information and reservations:

Cahors-Lot Valley Tourist Office, Lalbenque – 05 65 31 50 08