3/23/2023 0 Comments Plural of fez![]() ![]() The performance evoked an appeal to a collective imagination, a call to recreate and regain the spiritual inspiration behind those centuries. ![]() The theme of Al-Andalus, Faouzi Skali highlighted, was the common thread, the fil conducteur, of the opening spectacle Friday night. An important legacy is the tradition of Fes, which in its very foundation was to be a place dedicated to peace and spirituality, the two linked through culture. The idealized memory of the Andalusian centuries is at the core of this festival because diverse cultures not only met there and lived in tolerant peace, but interacted and created ideas and art that have endured across the ages. Our hosts linked the forum’s theme of diversity not only to the joys and beauty of diverse experiences and people, but to its vital role in society and for the planet. ![]() It began with formal welcomes that touched on the history and hopes for this unique forum. The opening morning on June 8 was remarkable for its wide array of people and ideas. The voice of the poet echoed again at different moments throughout the morning, reminding us of the power of artistic genius to take us beyond ourselves, too often trapped in our cultural and religious silos and day-to-day worlds, so that we are allowed and encouraged to explore new horizons. It evoked the desires and hopes that mark and define the Fes Festival and Forum: to connect across worlds and to explore the mystical boundaries of reason and faith, of emotion and experience. This phrase from a poem by Aimé Césaire opened the 2013 Fes Forum. “ Une soif insatiable,” an insatiable thirst. ![]()
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