Avustaja

Día de los Muertos and other festivals of death

The Day of the Dead, All Hallows' Eve and other such festivals are celebrated in various ways in different parts of the world. The Ferris Wheel event at the Varissuo library will give an insight into the festival traditions of the Mexican Día de los Muertos, the Day of the dead, and other festivals of death.

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Youth on the Move

Youth on the Move is a series of films dealing with immigranthood and growing up in a global world. The touching series includes awarded films from around the world. The films are shown on Sundays at 3 p.m. in the Studio of the Main Library.

25.9. Persepolis (96 min)

The awarded animated film Persepolis is based on the autobiographical comic albums by Marjane Satrapi. The film is a serious but humoristic description of Iran, of the effects of its religious revolution on the everyday life of a young woman, and of growing up as an immigrant teenage girl in a foreign country.

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Art bikes at the Turku Fair and Conference Center

The Art bicycles with the designs of support artists will be auctioned for charity and the money will be donated to children's homes in Turku. 

The bike artists are Saara Ekström, Jukka Hyytiäinen, Benjamin Orlow, Ann Sundholm, Mika Natri, Heini Aho, Sebastian Ziegler and IC-98. Helkama Oy and Pyöräpalvelu Berggren have donated the bikes.

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Traveling with music: Fado

Dramatic Fado from the heart of Portugal

Fado has gained the position of national music in Portugal. Dating back to the 1820's, it probably has its roots in the music of the African slaves that were shipped in from Brazil. The Portuguese made their own version of the music: song  accompanied with a guitar. The genre spread and became popular via taverns, brothels and street performers. Fado became a part of the daily life, its melancholic tunes echoing throughout the alleys and kitchens of Lisbon.

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