The great festival of tolerance plays a year his appointment with the city of Murcia, whose streets, corners and squares become in this tenth edition, open environments to the arts in the world to talk about peace and respect among peoples.
Artists and groups from five continents, countries like Israel, Mongolia, Tunisia, China, Vietnam, Japan, Iraq, Spain, France, Madagascar, Morocco, Czech Republic, Cuba, Brazil, Jamaica, Portugal, Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia, India, Turkey, New Zealand and Korea will flood a year with his art the city at this happy meeting of cultures.
This tenth edition will be opened by Los Vivancos, who will present their explosive new show that combines flamenco, modern dance, hip-hop, gymnastics, martial arts and live music played by themselves.
Will total eleven days of intense cultural activity that will ring in the sacred texts, prayers and Israeli songs, Sephardic and Berber music, flamenco, blues and gospel, bossa nova, fado, the contemporary klezmer or fanfare.
A fascinating journey through the world where you can enjoy exotic instruments and unknown in our culture as the guzheng, pipe, kemeche, or marovany KATS.
A festival of 21 concerts in 24 hours
The Feast of the Three Cultures-Friday 22 to Saturday 23 - will offer a marathon of 24 hours with 21 concerts.
The closure of the tenth edition of the festival that night come from Korea, with percussion and rhythms of Dulsori, one of the leading groups in the eastern landscape of world music in the Plaza de Belluga.
Murcia Three Cultures Festival is more than music and dance.
There are also programmed a film series, a college course, conferences, exhibitions and theatrical performances that enrich the programming of this event which seeks to bring together the peoples.
10-year history
The cultural enrichment that diversity means that flag is the symbol from its inception, the International Festival Murcia Tres Culturas.
And under this emblem, thousands of people from diverse backgrounds and nationalities each year enjoy the cultural exchange between peoples.
Some peoples, Jewish, Muslim and Christian, who for more than 800 years gave an example of coexistence in peace and harmony throughout the Mediterranean, especially in land Murcia, now found in this space for festival speak of solidarity, dialogue, miscegenation, peace and respect.
The Festival came ten years ago with the goal of creating a meeting point for civilizations and recommend a call to tolerance through different art forms.
The music, dance and theater, along with exhibitions, lectures and film, have a rich programming that aims to strengthen ties between cultures.
Murcia is converted each year on the big stage of this cultural cross promoted by the city of Murcia.
The figures reported in previous issues speak for themselves: almost 70 countries participating, 400,000 spectators, an average of 31 performances a year.
Murcia Three Cultures is held outdoors, in public spaces in their heritage and tradition are deeply tied to the history of the city and the essence of the festival.
The Festival will this year occupy much of the city, using spaces as the Plaza Belluga, the University Senate, the Auditorium and Congress Center, Plaza Apostles, Plaza de la Cruz, the Wall Veronicas, Plaza of the Apostles, School of Dramatic Art, Artillery Barracks, Puertas de Castilla, Calle Basabé, Plaza de Europa, Plaza de Toros, City Museum, Space Molinos del Rio Stables, Plaza de las Flores, Plaza Santa Eulalia, Floridablanca Garden Wall of the Rincon de Pepe, Plaza Romea and the back door, which will add new areas as the basement of the Plaza de Toros, Murcia Park, Pergola de San Basilio and the churches of San Nicolás, San Lorenzo, Santa Eulalia, Santa Catalina and San Pedro.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia