{"id":7732,"date":"2021-12-17T08:47:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T07:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/?p=7732"},"modified":"2021-12-17T08:47:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T07:47:41","slug":"4th-edition-of-the-great-20th-december-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portail-esclavage-reunion.fr\/en\/4th-edition-of-the-great-20th-december-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"4th edition of the Great 20th December Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like every year since 2018, on the very site of our historical museum. Like every year, the celebration will be solemn, cultural, festive and popular.<\/h2>\n

With the permanent features (the slave-camp, concerts in the chapel, onstage performances etc.), as well as new ones (showcased percussions, South Africa-Reunion mapping etc.), the 2021 program, offering a whole range of musicians, associations, historians etc., is an invitation to step back in time and plunge into the memory of slavery in Reunion, notably through the island\u2019s artistic, cultural and culinary traditions.<\/p>\n

In addition, since the event was born thanks to the departmental project of setting up Reunion\u2019s only cultural establishment focused on the world of the estate and the history of slavery, each year, the Great 20th December celebration is an opportunity for the Departmental Council to present the next stage of this major project.<\/p>\n

On the first floor of the former mansion, which is to house the project, will be presented a new version of the outline sketch selected by the competition jury in 2020, as well as the model of the future museum.<\/p>\n

The public will then be able to discover the content being prepared, with the ongoing creation of the Atlas of Reunion and of Slavery, the new version of the Reunion Slavery portal, now translated into Portuguese, the latest objects in the collection purchased by various cultural establishments and an artistic residency around the Maloya that has been opened.<\/p>\n

Prefiguring what will become a centre of history, memory and culture, we are continuing our long-term work of setting up partnerships of various kinds, on the local, national and international levels.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, time for festivities, time to celebrate freedom, time for the Great 20th December celebration for the whole of Reunion.<\/p>\n

Cyrille Melchior<\/strong>,
\nPresident of the Departmental Council of Reunion Island<\/p>\n

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On the programme of the event<\/h3>\n

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A MUSEUM FOR TOMORROW<\/span>
\nUN MIZ\u00c9 POU TANTO, POU TAL\u00c8R, POU DOMIN<\/span><\/h4>\n

On the first floor of the former mansion will be displayed and made accessible to the public different aspects of the museum project. These are in the process of being set up, are being constantly added to and all of them reflect the choices made in the context of this Departmental Council project.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2018Un miz\u00e9 pou tanto, pou tal\u00e8r, pou domin\u2019<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Model of the museum project<\/p>\n

After the presentation of the outline sketch selected by the jury in 2019, the model will be presented during this Great 20th December celebration. An evolving concept, it will give greater depth to dissemination of information to the general public.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Nou f\u00e9 lo plan, nou pr\u00e9par nout zarlor\u2019<\/span><\/h4>\n

Within the perspective of the richest possible presentation of the history of slavery in the future museum, the Departmental Council is giving a new impetus to its policy of enriching the related collections.
\nIn 2021 will be presented the latest acquisitions: historical books, coins and also a token coin of the Stella Matutina museum (Regional Council), as well as percussions from the Saranghi museum.<\/p>\n

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French India, Louis XV: token of the second India Company. 1723. Copper.
Coll. Vill\u00e8le Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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EXHIBITION OF THE WORK <\/span>
\n\u2018Peuple infini\u2019 (Infinite People)<\/span><\/h4>\n

Over a period of three and a half centuries, history has brought to our island groups of people from Europe, Africa, Madagascar, Asia and other Indian Ocean islands, all bringing with them deeply rooted and ancient traditions.
\nContemporary Reunionese society still aims at being a place of welcome and of encounters between millennial civilisations, associated within a single destined community.
\nThe fruit of an artistic residency organised by the Indian Ocean historical image library, the work of interpretation carried out by the artist Lionel Lauret is based on historical portraits and images illustrating the settlement of Reunion island.
\nThe Ico\u2011nomad emphasises the rich and diverse iconographic historical sources of settlement on Reunion, against a rhythmic background of music created by Rodolphe Legras and Doc Legs.
\nThis immersive display plunges the visitor into History through images, animated thanks to the use of contemporary animation processes.<\/p>\n

\"\"Projected en several movable screens<\/a><\/p>\n

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EXHIBTION<\/span>
\n\u2018Tambour battant\u2019 (Beating drum) by Jack Beng-Thi<\/span><\/h4>\n

La R\u00e9union tambour battant<\/strong>
\n\u2018The eruptions of the Piton de la Fournaise extend the territory with their flowing, then hardening, lava.
\nThe Indian Ocean erodes the lava that with its continuous rhythmic beat. The sea pummels the coral reef and the cliffs, smoothing them out, again and again, the sand and pebbles banging together.
\nThe cyclones hollow out the mountain slopes, rain lashes at the roofs of the houses, drumming on the tin sheets, at times hardly a patter then the downpour surrounds humans with its mass of water: it\u2019s the dull throbbing of a huge drum;\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Some of the musicians playing Maloya : Granmoun L\u00e9l\u00e9, Granmoun B\u00e9b\u00e9, famille Baba, le Rwa Kaf ,Firmin Viry, famille Gado, famille Ramouche, les Batis kabar\u00e9, Mamo, Simon Lagarrigue, Nathalie Natiemb\u00e9, Fran\u00e7oise Gimbert, Alain P\u00e9ters,
\nChristine Salem, Dany\u00e8l Waro, Ann O\u2019Aro, and all the others, in their yard, in their house.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The persistent roll of the drums beats out their stubborn rhythms.\u2019
\nExtract of the artist\u2019s presentation text<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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MAPPING ON THE FA\u00c7ADE OF THE MUSEUM<\/span>
\nReunion \u2013 South Africa<\/span><\/h4>\n

A five-minute presentation will be screened on one of the fa\u00e7ades of the former mansion, inspired by a mingling of images and messages extracted from historical documents from Reunion and South Africa.
\nA work created by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Brun-Picard.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

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THE SHOP<\/span>
\nFocus on the novelties!<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Journal d\u2019habitation de Madame Desbassayns – tenu en son absence par un employ\u00e9 : 1815\u20111817 (Diary of the estate of Madame Desbassayns, recorded in her absence by one of her employees: 1815-1817)\/ transcription of the manuscript by Christel de Vill\u00e8le; notes and additional documents by Alexis Miranville. Published by Les \u00e9ditions de Vill\u00e8le, 2021
\nWork distributed by the associations Cercle des Mus\u00e9ophiles (Association of Museum-lovers) and Kan Vill\u00e8le.<\/p>\n

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Vali pour une reine morte<\/em> \/ Boris Gamaleya. – Les \u00e9ditions Wallada, 2021.<\/p>\n

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SLAVERY DAY DURING HISTORY WEEK<\/span><\/h4>\n

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27TH NOVEMBER
\nOrganisation: AHIOI: Indian Ocean International Historical Association
\nPresident: Prosper \u00c8VE
\nTopic: \u2018Slavery\u2019
\nVenue: Vill\u00e8le Museum
\n\u25cf Presence of contributors – opens of the public – with external speakers
\n\u25cf Retransmission on the History and Memory of Slavery portal
\nAn intellectual event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like every year since 2018, on the very site of our historical museum. Like every year, the celebration will be solemn, cultural, festive and popular. With the permanent features (the slave-camp, concerts in the chapel, onstage performances etc.), as well as new ones (showcased percussions, South Africa-Reunion mapping etc.), the 2021 program, offering a whole … <\/p>\n

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