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APSAD’s 50th jubilee - November 2011
Our friends and members once again attended a fabulous concert on the occasion of APSAD’s 50th jubilee under the patronage of HE the Minister of Culture Gaby Layoun on Saturday October 8 2011 in the hall of the National Museum.
There was an important number of Beirut’s diplomatic personalities such as:
HE the Minister of Culture Mr Gaby Layoun, MP Dr. Nagi Gharios, HE the Minister of Justice Mr Chakib Qortbawi, HE the Minister of Telecommunications Mr Nicolas Sehnaoui, HE the Ambassador of Romania Mr Daniel Tanase, HE the Ambassador of Egypt Mr Mohamad Taoufic, Mrs Nadia Aoun, Lady Yvonne Sursock Cochrane, Honorary President of APSAD and a good number of journalists………
The concert titled ‹The Song of the immortals› was performed by
Ms Samar Salameh, soprano, Mrs Olga Bolun, piano, the ‹The Musique d’Harmonie› of the Lebanese army directed by Colonel Herro and the choral of the Antonine university directed by Father Toufic Maatouk.
The programme consisted of selected extracts from Verdi, Bellini, Handel, Gluck, Kurt Weil, Bizet, Fairouz.
The audience enjoyed the dazzling performance of Ms Samar Salameh , as well as all the other members of the choral and Colonel Herro directing the orchestra. It was a refined programme.
On this occasion the President of APSAD Mrs Raya Daouk pronounced the following speech :
جعمية (APSAD) تشكر الحضور الكريم
تشكر حاكمية مصرف لبنان لمساعدتنا في انجاز هذا اللقاء . وخصوصا تشكر وزارة الثقافة بشخص معالي الوزير غابي ليون وبمساعدة السيدة عفيش المسؤولة عن المتحف لاعطائنا الفرصة بأن تفتح ابواب هذا الصرح العريق كي نتذكر ولا نعيد تجربة الويلات التي حلت بالوطن وخاصة في هذا الموقع بالذات وهو رمز لكل معاناتنا في حقبة سوداء من تاريخنا حين كانت تتساقط الحجارة وتنفجر القنابل ، فعدونا يأسا واغترابا ... ثم رجعنا !
ان الحياة والموت لصيقان ، والحياة اقوى ، تتغلب على الموت ، تنبعث منه وتحييه ... في الذاكرة وفي الأفعال ، وايضا في الفن وكل انجازات المرء ...فيكون هذا تراثنا للغد.
ان حاضر المرء مرأة للذاكرة ، ولا حياة له الا بالذاكرة وهي تستثير الفكر الذي يولد الابداع ... والابداع يعلي شأن الانسان ويخلده ويعلمه من تجارب الحياة .
العلم بفسر سلوك الانسان ، والثقافة توجهه!
امسيتنا اليوم حلقة من مسلسل الأمسيات التي نقدمها لاحياء ذكرى اليوبيل الذهبي لجمعية ( ال(APSAD هي تجربة فنية تداعب الحجر ، عله يتكلم عن اجدادنا.
يكاد يقول اننا اناسا جمعتنا جغرافية واحدة وثقافة واحدة حول حوض بحر معطاء .
مهدالأديان والحضارات المختلفة التي أغنت شعوب المنطقة واصبح تراثنا متشابه ومتداخل .
لو، سمعنا همسات حجارة التاريخ هذه لقالت لنا : دعوا الخلافات جانبا وتوحدوا حول تاريخكم وثقافتكم .
أحلامنا كبيرة . انجازاتنا صغيرة . لكنها ، هي ، زوادتنا في ضرورة العيش ..ثم يخلق الابداع ... من رحم الأوهام والأمال .
لنستمع اليوم ما تقول لنا هذه التحف الدفينة الساكنة حين تستفيق معنا ... في هذا المكان الرائع !
ريا الداعوق
A cocktail was offered to the guests at the end of the concert.
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APSAD cooperates with MercyCorps since 2010 - August 2011
Jordan and Lebanon have partnred to implement a very unique project titled “foundation for a Strong Future: Youth in Lebanon and Jordan Promote Cultural Heritage” that aims to promote accessibility and sharing of cultural heritage, and builds pride and knowledge amongst community members. This project is being implemented in partnership with four local organizations, two in Jordan and two in Lebanon: The Jordan Museum and Queen Zein Al-Sharaf Institute for Development, Beirut National Museum and l’Association pour la Protection des Sites et Anciennes Demeures au Liban
( APSAD ).
During the first quarter of the year, the partners set an action plan, detailing the role of each partner in the implementation process. Introductory meetings were held in Akkar, Tripoli, Nabatiyeh, Baalbek, Hermel and Beirut suburbs in Lebanon. The purpose of these meetings was to introduce the project to the local communities eager to learn about the program, faculty, youth and parents attended. Youth submitted over 1,500 applications to the project team, who screened the applications according to stringent criteria, and selected a group of 149 participants comprised of equal numbers of male and female youth from the above mentioned areas in Lebanon.
Meetings were conducted with the selected youth to introduce them to each other and to provide them with information about the project. Two Training of Trainers sessions were given in Lebanon by the educational advisor on the Cultural Heritage training curriculum the sessions were then given to the youth . In addition, two multimedia trainings were conducted. In Lebanon, the multimedia training was conducted over two days by the Audio Visual Faculty at the Notre Dame University. The trainings covered film making/audio, media print, and photography.
The last set of trainings took place on site in Lebanon. The main objective was to educate the participating youth, field mobilizers and multimedia team on the concept of Cultural Heritage. The Jordan Museum staff led this phase in Jordan; the Beirut National Museum and APSAD led it in Lebanon. The visits covered various aspects of cultural heritage including archeology, folklore, traditions and habits. This training gave the youth deep insight into their local cultural heritage, which will be important as they start choosing and producing their projects. (www.asassat.com).
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National heritage day - May 2011
On the occasion of the national heritage day and with the collaboration of the ministry of Culture, APSAD organized on may 18,20,26, 2011 guided visits to Rachaya-Anjar, Akkar, Zahlé, each one attended by more than 70 visitors.
On May 18, 2011 a guided visit to Rachaya and Anjar.
• We admired the all green Rashaya al-Wadi located on the slopes of Mount Hermon in Lebanon , the terraced gardens, thousand red-brick houses and its main street known as the “souq” leading up to the citadel.
• The historic "Castle of independence"
• The municipality
• Two old churches
• Buildings back to the year 1370.
At noon the visitors had lunch in Anjar.
Anjar is a town located in the Bekaa valley it is the unique site of Lebanon of the era of the omeyyades.
Among the monuments we visited:
• Anjar’s citadel dated from 18thth century
• Armenian orthodoxe church St. Paul and some historical monuments
• The spring
On May 20, 2011 a guided visit to Akkar.
On our way we visited:
• Tell Arqa a famous archeological site near the village of Minyara where the roman emperor Sèvère Alexandre was born in 208.
• Kobayat: The museum of butterflies and birds; The Carmelite church.
• Touring the old town of Akkar
• Beyno the residence of HE Mr. Issam Fares where lunch was offered to the visitors.
• Private natural reserve of HE and the artificial lake
• Borj and its serail . The serail partly restored has a historical value . We saw an old olive oil press, the old stables, the gibbet which served to apply justice judgment .
On may 26, 2011 a guided visit to Zahle.
In Zahle, we were received by Mr. Issam Kharrat, representing the association of APSAD in Zahleh, and his son Fady. After welcoming the visitors he left leaving Fady with us for visiting the old houses.
In Zahle we visited :
• The archbishop residence of greek catholics and the monastery of St Eli of Toa.
• The old houses of Hindi and Jeha where flowers all around the houses welcome you.
We had a look at the rooms; the beds, wardrobes, the curtains the frames of photos all details were from around 1930.
So much love and respect for the memory of their past.
• The municipality of Zahlé where we were received by the president of the municipality Mr. Joseph Diab Maalouf and his team. After welcoming us, the president made a short speech in which he mentioned that in Zahle there were around one thousand old houses which are mostly restored by their owners. He said that the protection of the old houses must continue to encourage tourism.
Time was running. The president and his team invited all the visitors to Alberto hotel for lunch. The lebanese cuisine was excellent.
Around 4 o’clock we thanked the president and his team for their special attention to the visitors.
On our way to Beirut we visited:
• Ksara. Rania Chammas, public relation of the domain along with her explanation about the vine and the caves presented a documentary film of the growth of grapes to the preparation of vine.
This was the end of our third guided visit to Zahle.
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On the occasion of the National Heritage day APSAD Kesrouan – Jbeil organized guided visits in the caza of Jbeil. - May 2011
Those visits included:
1. Maad village and the church of the Saint Charbel where we admired Byzantine paintings dated from XIIth century, hand made crafts’ exhibition and ready cooked dishes prepared by the countrywomen.
2. Mayfouk village where we visited Notre Dame d’Elige the maronite patriarchal headquarter during two centuries from 1120 to 1440 and the convent where stands the historic icon of St. Virgin Mary at an altitude of 1100m.
3. Behdidat village where we visited an old maronite church called Saint Théodore where we admired beautiful wall paintings representing personalities of the Old and New Testament.
There were around fifty visitors for this visit which was accompanied by an experienced guide from the National Museum.
Lunch was offered to the visitors at Mayfouk’s convent.
On the other hand the Kesrouan-Jbeil organized a lunch at the Odyssée restaurant in Hotel Byblos-Sur-Mer. to celebrate its 10 years activities and also to honor Lady Yvonne Sursock Cochrane the Founder and Honorary President of APSAD.
On this occasion Lady Yvonne Sursock Cochrane delivered the following speech in french.
“Malgré les déclarations du gouvernement, relatifs à la protection du patrimoine le pays se dégrade journellement.
Le Liban est devenu semblable à un fruit que l’on mange et dont on jette les épluchures.
Nous avons une démocratie avec d’excellents ministres mais hélas un parlement, sauf quelques exceptions composé d’ignares sans culture, pour qui l’argent seul compte et nous avons des entrepreneurs également sans culture dont le rêve est de copier Dubaï.
C’est dans ce marasme que se débat lAPSAD, et le comité Beyrouth – Kesrouan est heureusement demeuré très actif et c’est grâce à lui que quelques beaux bâtiments ont pu échapper au massacre environnant.
Puisse son exemple se repercuter ailleurs au Liban.”
Lady Yvonne Sursock Cochrane
Présidente Honoraire de l’APSAD
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