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De la cuisine d’un monastèreS’échappe un murmure d’agonieDes âmes aux confins du désertAyant troqué l’autonomiePour la paix d’une cité facticeSous les pavés la crypte ennemieClaustre les gentils et leurs fils Ô octobre cathare octobre de scrupulesMélodie des bâtards de ce vieux crépusculeEn capuche sont tes ombresDans tes landes aux bures sombres Sur la crête du … Continue reading Octobre cathare, Novembre profane
The Διονύσια τὰ ἀστικά ‘Urban Dionysia’, are the last Dionysian celebrations of the Hellenic lunar calendar. They close the yearly events in boreal spring - austral fall - with other rituals, dances and performances. Each day of Dionysia, I introduce in a few words, a piece of performance art from anyone in the world, at … Continue reading Kor, House of Wind – 3rd Day of Urban Dionysia
Dorine, Mariane’s personal maid, is not fooled by the fake devotion and piety of Tartuffe, while Mariane’s father is duped by the hypocrite and unable to see through his lies. In the second scene of the third act, you will find one of the most famous lines in Molière’s play Tartuffe, that most French people … Continue reading Tartuffe – 4th Day of the Lenaia 2022
一 Father, what does Death look like?一 That, my child, no one has ever seen.一 Tell me, does It sometimes sleep?一 That, my child, no one has ever known.一 How about you, does Death scare you?一 Certainly a bit, but as you see, I’m still alive.一 Tell me, are there some people who worship It?一 … Continue reading Gaë Bolg – Totentanz [Translation]
The Διονύσια τὰ ἀστικά ‘Urban Dionysia’, are the last Dionysian celebrations of the Hellenic lunar calendar. They close the yearly events in boreal spring - austral fall - with other rituals, dances and performances. Each day of the Dionysia, I introduce, with only one sentence, a piece of performance art from anyone in the world, … Continue reading Beauty and the Beast – 6th Day of Urban Dionysia
When Inez, Estelle and Garcin arrive in hell, they are perplexed by the fact that it doesn’t look like what people say. No fire, no devils, no torture. They have just been locked up together, in an ordinary living-room, where apparently, they will have to stay forever. No monsters are here to boil them or … Continue reading No Exit – 1st Day of Lenaia 2021
NOTE: The following post is not an opinion but a didactic post for students, previously published on Lamptēr Glossōn and republished here. Numa PompiliusCour CarréeLe Louvre, Paris It is the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar but it has not always been this way. The month of January was added to the Roman calendar … Continue reading Where does January come from?
Quand ce cerveau se déchirera encore et que les tremblements et les spasmes ressurgiront, quand ils envahiront mon corps et mon cou, quand ils viendront me rappeler que je suis de la boue et que ma chair putréfiée ira à nouveau nourrir la vigne pour que le cycle recommence, quand les vers recommenceront à entrer … Continue reading Janus
In the local French Creole language, it is called 「Fèt kaf」, the ‘black people festival’. The reason behind this obviously rough title, is that on the 20th of December of 1848, an announcement that came from mainland France to French colony Réunion Island – anciently known as île Bourbon – was eventually enforced by the … Continue reading 20 December 1848: the abolition announcement
NOTE: The following post is not an opinion but a didactic post for students, previously published on Lamptēr Glossōn and republished here. Malls and public places are covered with garlands and decorated trees. Maybe at home, in your own place, your living-room has been prepared now for the celebrations of December. And apart from the … Continue reading Christmas · Saturnalia · Noël · Navidad
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