{"id":107,"date":"2015-03-23T10:03:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T10:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/?p=107"},"modified":"2015-03-23T10:03:48","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T10:03:48","slug":"fete-de-la-francophonie-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/fete-de-la-francophonie-in-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"F\u00eate de la Francophonie in Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">It was\u00a0a rainy day in Berlin, but\u00a0the rays of light could be seen through the fluffy clouds. I had hardly convinced myself to open my eyes and leave the bed knowing that I had lazy Saturday ahead! But today there was\u00a0no time for a long lasting siesta, because a vibrant uproar was\u00a0strolling everywhere in the city of Berlin!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">On the occasion of the international day of the Francophonie, the Embassy of France along with the CFB (Centre Francais de Berlin) and other representatives of the French-speaking landsand regions in Germany hosted the &#8220;<strong>F\u00eate de la Francophonie<\/strong>&#8221; on Saturday, 21st March.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">This year\u2019s event started in the afternoon opening gates to everyone who is\u00a0eager to experience a multicultural and lively day of weekend. \u00a0There was\u00a0a whole range of activities, from culinary practices to French music groups performing and singing, and from workshops with children to open debates. If you found yourself wandering Berlin streets, it was worth giving a try. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">No matter what roots you have or if your ancestors fought once against France, this event aims to demonstrate the diversity of the French-speaking community, the dynamism of its cultural ingenuity and to promote the moral principles of \u2018La Francophonie\u2019: respect for human rights, unity, gender equality and cultural diversity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8230;even if you skipped the French classes back in high school, I am sure you speak Napoleon&#8217;s language when it comes to French Cuisine &#8211;\u00a0<em>caf\u00e9 au latte, un croissant, ou tartine et confiture,\u00a0s&#8217;il vous pla\u00eet (le r\u00e9veil des petits d\u00e9jeuners).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Read more about\u00a0\u2018La Francophonie&#8217; on <a title=\"www.centre-francais.de\" href=\"http:\/\/www.centre-francais.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.centre-francais.de<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Event Schedule at a glance<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Under the theme of &#8220;Francophonie and Solidarity&#8221;, the participating countries presented various aspects of their artistic and cultural diversity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Discovery stands of French-speaking countries<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Workshops for children (Dance, Making masks, circus, music and world music)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Club RFI debate with actors of the Francophonie on &#8220;Francophones Germany: Solitary or Solidarity?&#8221; Animated by Pascal Thibault<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Concert Sister Fa<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Food booths<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8220;World Tour&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Music and dance of the Francophone world with DJ Bohnet<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Francophone Film<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Read this post and other stories on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.readandwander.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana\u2019s\u00a0personal blog<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was\u00a0a rainy day in Berlin, but\u00a0the rays of light could be seen through the fluffy clouds. I had hardly convinced myself to open my eyes and leave the bed knowing that I had lazy Saturday ahead! But today there&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":1050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,19],"tags":[86,133,183,184,263,283,284,296,298,355,729,741],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-travel","tag-berlin","tag-cfb","tag-cuisine","tag-cultural-diversity","tag-festival","tag-france","tag-francophonie","tag-garcia","tag-gender-equality","tag-human-rights","tag-unity","tag-vincent-garcia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}