Convergence of Cultures’ Newsletter_Sept2011 (en)

Let us know something about your culture. Buhe Festival - Ethiopia

Starting with the description of the festival Buhe given by Bereket from Ethiopia, we want to start a new section where we would like to invite you to participate. Sharing some of your experiences culture, descriptions and memories of some aspect of your culture. It may be a celebration, a holiday, a tradition, a legend, a song ... or it may be some humanist point in the history of your culture, a moment of real progress on the path of nonviolence.
Send your contributions to info@convergenceofcultures.org.

Convergence in the celebration of nonviolence

Convergence is going to coordinate a round table with indigenous cultures, an event within the week of nonviolence to be held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, between 27 September and 7 October.

Diversity Fjestival 2011, Milan, Tenth edition

Two weekends full of meetings, concerts, singer-songwriters, world rhythms, theatre, ethnic dances, street artists, workshops for kids, exhibitions, films, tens of thousands of visitors and participatingassociations. This was the Diversity Fjestival 2011... and much more.

IV Encounter Dialog Among Cultures in Madrid

"The peoples awake, the cultures converge", was the motto for the IV Encounter ‘Dialog among Cultures´ Workshop celebrated the 2nd of July, in Madrid, Spain.

Cultural Gathering in Barcelona

26th June 2011. Barcelona. Spain. The team “Futura” celebrated yesterday its forth Inter-Cultural Dialogue Gathering alongside with the main festival in the district Marina. Among other activities that took place was the awards ceremony for the local story writing competition, organised in the district.

Same respect for all religions, including atheism

August, 2011. The team of Lavapiés (Madrid, Spain) is campaigning to protest for all the expenses and disproportionate consideration assumed by the Spanish Government regarding the visit of the Roman Catholic Pope to Madrid, albeit this should be a secular country according to the Constitution. The campaign demands the same respect for all religions, including atheism.

On September 16, 2011 is the first anniversary of the passing of the philosopher Mario Luis Rodríguez Cobos (Silo), founder of "Universalist Humanism" or "New Humanism", school of thought that inspires this international organization dedicated to promoting and facilitating dialogue between cultures and combat all forms of violence and discrimination.