Back to Venosa the Festival of the Five Continents with the fourteenth edition

Scheduled international performances of contemporary circus and the novelty of the show cooking in the square

VEIN (PZ) - It will take place Sunday in Venosa 14 ottobre 2018 the fourteenth edition of the Five Continents Festival, the festival of performances and art created by the cultural association "The Art Circus" and organized in collaboration with the Culture Department of the City of Venosa. The event is one of the events recognized as worthy to return the assets of intangibles of Basilicata Region and aims to promote awareness of traditions and cultures from around the world, mescolandole con la storia locale rappresentata dai monumenti.

New in this edition of the festival will show cooking, scheduled at 16.30 Piazza Orazio, which will precede the traditional shows with international artists and companies. Called "I'll tell you my first - Four Mayors in the Kitchen", will feature the mayors of Carapelle (FG), Colobraro (MT), Montemarano (AV) and Venosa (PZ), which they will have to engage in the preparation of a first representative dish of the tradition of their common. Each of the mayors will have at his side a housewife, choice for the knowledge of the culinary specialties and typical products of his country. A special jury, composed of representatives dell'I.I.S. “G. Gasparrini "Melfi and Slow Food - Conduct of the Vulture, will decide the winner of the match plate.

Alle 18.00 will kick off the shows of the festival. To animate Piazza Orazio there will be the band Orecchiette Swing, which will offer an all Italian repertoire of swing songs, Fifth Italian duo Martina, who will perform an acrobatic performance gradually, verticality and aerial fabrics, Willy Rillo the ritrArtista, caricaturist who will create live in 1-3 minute portraits in a realistic style, comedian and comic, Kenya and the African Jungle Jeegs Acrobats, that will surprise the audience with a dance number acrobatic African. Spectacular closing at 21.00 in Largo Vescovado, with the dance show, percussion and fire Rulas Quetzal, directly from Mexico.

Since its inception in 2005, the Festival of the Five Continents was conceived as a meeting place and contamination between different cultures and peoples, in which the comparison is stimulated, enhanced diversity, encouraged dialogue, promoted knowledge, promoted multiculturalism. Moving the event from the classic summer environment that autumn is configured as a stimulus to promote off-season tourism in Basilicata, be encouraged through the realization of events that can serve as attractors in usually less busy periods. The Festival will for the occasion to coincide with the second of the two "days FAI Autumn", FAI organized by volunteers of the Vulture-Alto Bradano (Delegation of Power), during which it will be offered a route to the discovery of evidence related to water within the old town of Venosa, and "Sunday in the Village" promoted by de The most beautiful villages in Italy, initiatives that will attract many tourists in the city.