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We will give a performance of Tannoura as the Egyptian Historical Dance starting with the mysterious sound of a Darabukka (Arabic drum Tabla）in the sunset of Yokohama portside.
水の歴史でつながるエジプトと横浜
Water Transport History common to Egypt and Yokohama
This time, we will participate in a valuable festival celebrating the opening of Yokohama Port, and it is well known that Egypt has also prospered along with water transportation.
Egypt’s representative water transports are the Nile and Suez Canals. The Nile is vertical, the Suez Canal is horizontal, and the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea are in harmony.
Despite the arid region surrounded by Saudi Arabia and the Sahara Desert, it is blessed with water and produces abundant crops.
As a result, the settlements prospered along the Nile and damaged their ethnic cultures. Its history can now be seen in the diversity of Egyptian classical folk dance / music, architecture / culture.
Yokohama has also built a diverse culture centered around Yokohama Port.
From the port of Yokohama, which is connected to the world, imported goods convey the culture of the world, and the Western architecture and stained glass that remains at the Yokohama Three Towers and the former Yokohama Bank head office are presenting its splendor to the present day.
In addition, there is the old Tokaido inland, which conveys Edo culture from Shinagawa-juku and Kansai culture from Kyoto-juku, and is also rich in Japanese culture.
The three post stations in Yokohama, Kanagawa-juku, Hodogaya-juku, and Totsuka-juku, can be seen in the Ukiyo-e “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido" by Hiroshige Utagawa.
Along the old Tokaido, there are historic shrines and Buddhist temples, and the cityscape, which still continues the history and culture of Japan to the present day.
The former Yokohama stop, which currently existed at Yokohama Port, rapidly connected the Western culture carried from ships and the Japanese culture nurtured inland by railroad.
Rich blessings born from diversity, and the development
In ancient Egypt and the present Arab Republic of Egypt, ancient ruins and modern cityscapes, kingdom architecture and civilian lifestyles, inland culture and shipping culture, European countries and Arabian states, religions …
Diversity can be seen in various parts. Even in Yokohama, we have accepted various cultures and lifestyles with the port of Yokohama as the door.
It can be seen from history that acceptance of diversity has created new education, arts and culture, science and industry.
Various artists appear at Yokohama Port Festival 2021 Gateway Stage
The stage is perfect for Yokohama Port, where new art culture meets the art culture of your own country.
It is a place where various artists from various fields can fully express their sensibilities and become interested in the expressions of other artists.
From here in Yokohama, I believe that a culture that accepts and enjoys diversity will grow and become an international arts and culture city that will be disseminated to the world. We also support GAFE.
We have attended to hear research presentation hold by JICA Egypt office and Higashi-Nihon University.
The previous presentation of this team was hold at 2019.Oct. So it has been more than one year before. However the project executives, especially professor. Yoshimura Sakuji, are very active, which made us reliefed.
Grand open of Great Egyptian Museum (GEM) postponed from 2020 by this Covid crisis, which is very sorry fact, however this postpone and progress of Online live by this crisis are bringing us the further information from Cairo, Egypt.
In the presentation, The latest consideration and progress condition of restriction about The ship of the sun, which is the main research topic of Higashi-Nihon University.
And also hold the lecture about the role of museum, for the grand open of GEM.
「公平に歴史を世界につたえ、遺産を後世に引き継ぐ」博物館へ
Museum is to tell the history fairy over the world and hand over the world heritage to the next generation
Museums have always provided us with education, advanced research and fun.
The role of the museum is now more clearly defined by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), to which Andrey Plaksin, who is also very strong in GAFE’s activities, belongs.
The museum is a non-profit organization that objectively and critically preserves the truth of history and tangible and intangible world heritage sites, and is fair to the world.
In other words, the museum is not just an institution that preserves and exhibits cultural heritage, but also it is something that makes the world look back on the path they have passed.
And it convey to the world about their greatness and sometimes make the world reflect on their condut.
That is exactly what we are doing to give the next generation the ability to pass on World Heritage to the next generation.
Andrey Plaksin 氏のオフィシャルサイトはこちら。https://www.nefertaritomb.com/ エジプトの世界遺産の中でも最も美しいとされるネフェルタリ王妃墓のVR復元を研究されており、GAFEの活動に賛同し、その動画の一部を無償提供いただいています。 Mr. Andrey Plaksin 's official website here. https://www.nefertaritomb.com/ who is studying to rebuilding Nefertari tomb on VR tech and provides us his contents voluntarily ,which tomb is called as the most beautiful world heritage in Egypt.
文化・芸術をもって互いのことを知る尊さ、互いへの興味を失う危うさ
Importance of knowing each other by Culture and Art, Danger of loss interest
Before the outbreak of this infectious disease, we were enthusiastic about globalization since the Age of Discovery.
We was enthusiastic also about business solutions aimed at sustainable growth and the exchange of culture and art that supports them.
We can’t say everything came from this infectious disease.
However much of the news we’ve heard these days is about the cancellation of international events and the high number of infectious diseases in any country or region.
Even children have come to have some images of large and small cases of infection in domestic and overseas regions.
It’s time to realize the importance of objectively grasping the necessary facts that the museum conveys, and once again confirm the danger of an image that has lost objectivity walking alone.
As I mentioned in the previous article, we are the only ones who live in the present to create the future based on the common treasure of the world such as art and culture.
The next future we want to connect is “A future that argues in the world which country is more dangerous?" “A future that shares what kind of beautiful things in which country in the world?"
GAFE’s activities will never give up the activities to provide the latter one.
※研究発表「大エジプト博物感と東日本国際大学の軌跡」のアーカイブ配信はこちら
Here is Archive movie of Research presentation [Trajectory of Great Egyptian Museum and Higashi-Nihon International university’s project] .
GAFE will show Egyptian Historical Folklore Dance redistricted UNESCO heritage !
UNESCO is famous as organization to save world heritages. However there is the division which saving dance cultures as world intangible heritage in UNESCO, which is not well-known so much.
We will invite a international dancer Mr. Mohamed Ghareb, who is an Egyptian historical dance evangelist, from UNESCO International Dance Council.
He will show and introduce Egyptian historical folklore dance as a world intangible heritage.
International Egyptian Historical Folklore Dancer. Mohamed Ghareb
2nd program at 6pm, being performed for professional dance lovers
We will provide International grade performance in Yokohama, where is also international. We will be honor, if we contribute to inspire professional dance lovers in Yokohama city.
2021/5/10now, our performance is planning on the Opening Ceremony started at 4:00pm 22.July.
Cairo as the mysterious city in the ancient heritage will be appeared by Rhythm of Arabic drum “Tabla" and Egyptian Heritage Folklore Dance “Tannoura" ,which is Sufi whirling dance.
GAFEは世界の文化を守っていく大切さを伝えたい。
GAFE want to keep telling importance of saving the world culture.
