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Shir Del Essalem - Text fragments "For centuries humanity has been divided between the reasons of war and the reasons of peace. No one can indicate to us which path to take. It resides in our hearts and in our minds. No one has the right to proclaim: "God is with us". The Master of the Universe has created all men free, holy, equal, that is, with equal dignity in the face of life. Each of us is responsible for his own acts, his own thoughts.The will of the Supreme Judge cannot be used a s a pretext to saddle him with our own responsibility. Spilt blood is the responsibility of whoever spilled it. The road to peace is not layed out before us, it must be built day by day, every hour, every instant. We men and women of music possess quite a seductive weapon: song. This is its limit and at the same time its power. The song of the people travels through space and time and communicates beyond the differences. The musical journey we propose here comes from a time in Spain, land of coexistence. In that time, the three monotheisms knew how to speak to each other, they listened to each other and loved to live beside one and other, interacting but not conforming, full of respect for each specific identity. To retrace an era of reciprocal acceptance with a universal language, is something necessary to our future. An ancient Indian proverb says: "If you don't know where you're going, turn and look back at where you come from." It is urgent that Europe finds the deep roots of its identity once again, the West must once more welcome its own East, its matrix. |
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