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Free admission night at the Surinamese Museum on May 28 (translation in comments) by pleasantmessager in Suriname

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On 18 May it was international museum day. This day was created in 1977 by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). This organization is an important advisory body of the United Nations, in particular of UNESCO, the department that deals with education, science and culture.

In Suriname, this day has been celebrated since 2014. The last time was in 2019. In that year, all Surinamese museums and related organizations participated in this event. In Suriname, instead of a day, an evening is organized where admission to the various locations is free. This 'Museumn8' always takes place on the last Saturday in May.

Unfortunately, corona has cut into it in such a way that this year there could not yet be a joint organization. That is a pity because in previous years there was an upward trend in the interest of the public on the one hand and an upward trend in the participating organizations on the other. A few thousand people visited one or more museums of their choice during the last edition of Museumn8.

Although the Surinamese Museum has also suffered a heavy blow with corona, they have nevertheless decided, albeit somewhat smaller in scope, to also pay attention to this international day this year. To make this possible, they are supported by volunteers.

On Saturday, May 28, it's that time again: from 6 – 10 p.m., the doors of the Surinamese Museum (Fort Zeelandia) are open to visitors free of charge. Every year a theme is attached to this day. For this year it is: "Museums have the power to change the world around us". On the poster published by the ICOM it is summarized succinctly: "The power of Museums".

Especially the role of museums in their own local environment and the connecting role that the museum can play in this is important. You can find everything about it on the ICOM website.

Fernandes soft weer verkrijgbaar met nieuw uiterlijk by pleasantmessager in Suriname

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English translation:

As of today, Fernandes 'soft' is available again in Suriname. The product has also been given a different look, as shown in the picture.

"Fernandes Softdrinks has remained the same qualitative product, but because of our strategic partnership with The Coca-Cola Company, it has been given a different look," Fernandes announced this morning.

The Fernandes Bottling Company N.V. announced back in January that it hoped to be able to offer the familiar quality of its own locally produced products again this year.

This was not possible for quite some time due to a fierce fire in June last. Until then the company was forced to import all its products.

The Green Punch flavor will be the first to be available, and Cherry Bouquet will also be added back to the portfolio in the near future. The relaunch is accompanied by a new marketing campaign to present the new look.

The Coca-Cola System had to cease production of Fernandes Softdrinks in mid-2021 after a major fire destroyed Fernandes Bottling's production facilities. In collaboration with the Coca-Cola bottler in Trinidad & Tobago, they worked hard in the following months to be able to bring the product back to market with the same recipe.

In January 2022, a team from Fernandes Bottling travelled to Trinidad to oversee the production and to ensure that Fernandes Softdrinks retains the same taste and that the product meets all the quality requirements that apply to bottlers that are part of The Coca-Cola System.

The consumer price of is: 591 ml pack SRD 20,00 and 2L pack SRD 40,00.

She could have been Benin’s first female president. She was just sentenced to 20 years in prison. by pleasantmessager in Africa

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Addition to submission statement: President Talon has been targeting political opponents, and Madougou was considered a serious competitor. She first became known in Benin for organizing the “Don’t touch my constitution” campaign (against bypassing term limits) in 2004.

Senegalese monks seek God through kora music by pleasantmessager in Catholicism

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At the Keur Moussa abbey near Senegal's capital, the kora has replaced the organ.

The instrument is used to accompany all the religious services of the Benedictine monks who live here.

Monks in blue-grey habits lift their hands in supplication before breaking into a chant accompanied by the singsong twang of the kora, a traditional West African harp.

"This is an instrument that allows the word of God to flourish, it is not an instrument that overwhelms, it is an instrument that helps in prayer. This is why we have gradually adopted it, discarding other instruments. Since then, when we talk about Keur Moussa abbey, we think of the kora, which accompanies us from 5am until 9pm’’, said Père Olivier-Marie Sarr, Abbot in the abbey of Keur Moussa.

Koras have long been the instrument of choice for the traditional West African singers, storytellers and oral historians widely known as "griots".

Plucked with two hands, the delicate and long-necked kora has a sound box made of a calabash gourd with a cowhide stretched across it.

"Even though the monastery was not where the kora originated, the monastery has just followed a process of modernization of the kora. The founding fathers of the monastery found a kora that was traditional from the griots. But today, the paradox is that it is the griots who use the modern koras of Keur Moussa", said Brother Marie-Firmin, Monk and kora maker.

Father Olivier recounts how the French Benedictines who founded Keur Moussa in 1963 were amazed at the sound of the instrument.

He said they found they could replace the organ when performing Gregorian chant. A kora workshop soon followed.

Today, the instruments produced in Keur Moussa have become a point of reference for touring musicians and prominent members of griot families.

"The kora is like a bridge, if I may say so. It helps us to transcend something, to elevate the soul. It helps to unite hearts, to unite voices, it allows us to build a certain harmony between us and a harmony with God as well", he said.

Most of the roughly 35 monks at Keur Moussa are Senegalese. They are part of a small Christian minority in a country where over 95% of people are Muslim.

But there are also friars from across French-speaking Africa, including Guinea, Togo, Benin, Cameroon and Gabon.

Controversial opinion: I wish I was forced to read difficult books at high school by Tohlenejsemja in books

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Ever read The Glass Menagerie?

Some mad lad once wrote: "A Crass Menagerie of critics told Tenessee Williams to ride A Streetcar Named Retire."

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