“La besada de la terra”, by Joan Manresa

Next Friday, July 7 at 10 p.m., the gardens of the Casa Museu Llorenç Villalonga, in Binissalem, will be the scene of the show "La besada de la terra" (The kiss of the land), Arab music and poetry presented and recited by Joan Manresa. The programme, premiered on May 8, 1999 at the Felanitx Cultural Centre, Joan Manresa'a home town, includes a selection of works by different Arabic authors from the east of al-Andalus as far as Iraq. These are works that have been translated or adapted by different Catalan authors or the very reciter.

Joan Manresa knows the Maghribian people and culture well, via his trips to Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Egypt... His experiences in these lands have inspired books, conferences, photographic exhibitions and articles, in

According to Manresa himself, "Now, when we must live peacefully with people who have crossed frontiers, it would not be bad to know a little of the music and poetry that has seen them grow. "La besada de la terra" (Arab music and poetry) is only a window, perhaps afterwards it would be good to see the whole panorama....."

Photo: Joan Manresa taken by Joan Ramon Bonet. Image that illustrates the biographic note of the author of the book "Runes i la gent. Viatge per Jordània, Síria i Líban", Editorial Moll, 1997."

Date of publication: 30/06/2000

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