7th Festival of Multilingualism

The Municipality of Thessaloniki in collaboration with DEPTHE (Municipal Company for Information, Spectacle and Communication) organizes the 7th Multilingual Festival from 13 May 2019 to 19 May 2019 which will take place at the City Hall of Thessaloniki and other places. The 7th Multilingualism Festival is part of the European  Program  ERASMUS+ SLYMS (Sociocultural Learning for Young People in Mobility Societies).

The festival  is supported by the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Universities and Social Organizations, the Ministry of Culture, NGOs, Consulates, non-speaking communities, educational Institutions, etc., which will organize and present 217 activities, such as theatrical and musical events, educational projects, research programs, multilingual and intercultural workshops, round tables, the cuisine of the peoples, Multilingual Cafe, art exhibitions, art and music workshops, screenings, etc. More than 300 people participate in this year’s event

The Festival of Multilingualism is a seven-day educational model for the citizens.

Events
Monday, May 13, 2019

Other Places

10:00-12:00 Spartis 9 ARSIS Social Organization for Youth Support
Title: menthrys writing characters MWC

15: 00-17: 00 Spartis 9 ARSIS Social Organization for Youth Support
Title: “Neighborhoods of the World”

17: 00-18: 30 Nea Paralia Park ARSIS Social Organization for Youth Support
Title: Sports on the road: Basket

18: 00-19: 30 Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki
Title: Mystery in Düsseldorf: What happened to Mrs. Katrin?

17: 00-17: 30 Manolis Anagnostakis Hall 1st High School of Echedoros (Sindos)
Title: Love on the ship of poetry travels

18: 00-19: 00 Manolis Anagnostakis Hall Georgians of Thessaloniki / Thessaloniki Georgia
Title: Georgian language, language skills and culture

18: 30-19: 30 Manolis Anagnostakis Hall Basketball Team ARIS (Outdoor)
Title: basketball unites

19: 00-19: 30 Manolis Anagnostakis Hall GS Railway THE THERMAIKOS
Title: Choir Music

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Other Places
15: 00-17: 00 Spartis 9 ARSIS Social Organization for Youth Support
Title: “Neighborhoods of the World”

18: 00-19: 30 Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki
Title: Mystery in Düsseldorf: What happened to Mrs. Katrin?

17: 00-18: 00 Manolis Anagnostakis Hall Hellenic-Arab Friendship Association
Title: The importance of learning the mother tongue

18: 00-20: 00 Manolis Anagnostakis Hall Greek Language Center
Title: Multilingual school reality and learning material

20: 00-20: 30 Manolis Anagnostakis Hall Nikolaos Markou
Title: The “Kolovos” Method in foreign languages

20: 30-22: 00 Manolis Anagnostakis Hall Round Table on the subject of the visual arts in Thessaloniki
Title: The visual arts as a language of expression. The art of Thessaloniki

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Other Places

18:00 Port of Thessaloniki, Warehouse D. INTERFACE Informal Multilingualism and Cultures Contact Group
Title: Tea with multilingual aroma

18: 00-19: 00 Port of Thessaloniki, Warehouse D. ARSIS Social Organization for Youth Support
Title: Bangladesh through the eyes of Islam Port of Thessaloniki,

18: 30-19: 00 Port of Thessaloniki, Warehouse D ARSIS Social Organization for Youth Support
Title: “Our voices became one”

19:00 Villa Petridi Anagenniseos 10 BD Municipal Community of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Association of Old Students and Friends of the French Institute of Thessaloniki, Association of Albanian Immigrants of Thessaloniki “Mother Teresa” and Association of Old Students and Friends of the French Institute of Thessaloniki NOUVELLE AMICALE
Title: Recitation of poems by K. Cavafy

Thursday, May 16, 2019

15: 00-17: 00 Spartis 9 ARSIS Social Organization for Youth Support
Title: “Neighborhoods of the World” Description: Construction with cardboard

19:00 Agnostou Stratiotou 5, Greek-Azerbaijani Friendship Association ” QALA ”
Title: Presentation dedicated to the 650th anniversary of the greatest poet of Azerbaijan Imadaddin Nasimi Center

10: 00-13: 00 Manolis Anagnostaki Hall 4th High School of Stavroupolis, 1st High School of Evosmos, Experimental School of the University of Thessaloniki, 2nd High School of Thessaloniki, 1st and 2nd High School of Ano Toumpa and 2nd High School of Toumpa
Title: Giochiamo in Italiano

17: 00-19: 00 Manolis Anagnostaki Hall Municipality of Thessaloniki – Active MICE Mouzenidis Group
Title: The Russian language from theory to practice: 6 years of operation of the program

19:00 Manolis Anagnostaki Hall Municipality of Thessaloniki

Friday, May 17, 2019

Other places
Morning Grigoriou Koloniari 15 12th High School of Thessaloniki
Title: Music in the customs and traditions of peoples and tribes

09: 00-13: 15 Anagnostopoulou 5, Athens Lampraki Foundation
Title: The Language of Our New Planet

17:00 2 Stratou Ave. Museum of Byzantine Culture
Title: Thematic tour

18: 00-19: 30 AUTh – Near ARSIS Theological School Social Organization for Youth Support
Title: Street Sports: Parkour

Outdoor amphitheater

17: 00-17: 15 MUNICIPALITY OF THESSALONIKI
Title: Mayor’s greeting

17: 15-17: 45 Georgians of Thessaloniki / Thessaloniki Georgia
Title: Georgian Corners and Traditions National traditions are depicted in dance. Description: Dances that talk about Georgian corners, historical events and heroes.

17: 45-18: 00 General High School of Intercultural Education of Eastern Thessaloniki
Title: A folk song becomes a theatrical image

18: 00-18: 15 Stavroupolis Creative Employment Center, Municipality of Pavlos Mela
Title: Traditional Greek Music The percussion orchestra of the Creative Center

18: 15-18: 45
Title: A parachute trip

18: 45-19: 15 Georgians of Thessaloniki / Thessaloniki Georgia
Title: Georgian dances and songs

19: 15-19: 45 2nd Kindergarten of the Prefecture of Magnesia
Title: I travel to Macedonia through dances

20: 30-21: 00 Consulate General of Turkey in Thessaloniki
Title: Music-Dance event by the Association of Folklore Studies Canakkale (CAFAD)

Foyer – Indoor stage

18: 00-18: 15 Loretta Spacho / Eleni Bantiou
Title: A Song in Two Languages (Greek-Albanian)

18: 15-18: 45 “The Smile of Nikopolis”
Title: Song and Dance

18: 45-19: 00 1st EPAL of Kalamaria
Title: The different colors of music Musical fairy tale.

19: 00-20: 00
“Alkyoni” Refugee Day Center – Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki
Title: I dreamed of a nest…

20: 00-22: 00
Italian Educational Institute of Athens & Dante Alighieri Salonicco
Title: Screening of the Italian film “Io e Te”

Laboratories

17: 00-18: 00 INTERFACE Informal Multilingualism and Cultures Contact Group
Title: Interviews – Newspapers Interview with parents and children about their language and their experiences in relation to their place and their life here.

18: 00-19: 00 IsraAID Hellas – Be A Robin
Title: Self Care & Aesthetics by Sindos CC

18: 00-19: 00 KEDITH – Experiential workshops of intercultural character
Title: Playing with children

19: 00-19: 30 Greek-Azerbaijani Friendship Association ” QALA ”
Title: Azerbaijani mugham folk music

19: 30-19: 45 Pedagogical School of the University of Ioannina
Title: Sustainability workshops by students of the Pedagogical School

19: 45-20: 15 Speak Foreign Language Center
Title: TEPELE – Presentations in Spanish
At the same time, the audience gets in touch with the Spanish language, its structure and the way it is learned.

20: 15-21: 00 Greek-Azerbaijani Friendship Association ” QALA ”
Title: Journey to the Land of Fire

21: 00-22: 00 IsraAID Hellas – Be A Robin
Title: The body as a language

Multilingual cafe in the Multilingual village
17: 00-17: 30 ΑΡΣΙΣ Κ.Ο.Υ.Ν. – Temporary Accommodation Structure for Unaccompanied Minor Refugees – ASSEMBLY Hotel
Title: Persian Words in the Greek Language

17: 30-18: 00 ARSIS Social Organization for Youth Support
Title: “A funny story” Puppet Theater

18: 00-19: 00 Action Art
Title: Traditions for Spring by the peoples of the world

20: 15-21: 15 ARPEGGIO COINSEP
Title: Babylon Multilingual Games

17: 00-19: 00 ARSIS Social Organization for Youth Support
Title: Mobile School and Non-Formal Education

Water Room

17: 00-17: 45 ΚΕΔΗΘ
Title: The European Youth Policies and the KEDITH Description:.

18: 00-19: 00 Elena Salpiggidou
Title: “I speak differently, I communicate differently”

19: 00-20: 00 1st EPAL of Evosmos (Erasmus + KA1)
Title: “Bilingual students in Vocational High School”

20: 00-22: 00 Cultural – Spiritual Association “KORAIS”
Title: Screening of excerpts from the World Musical Choir Festival

City Council Hall

17: 00-19: 00 UNICEF
Title: “The importance of languages of origin. Challenges in the new multicultural reality”

9: 00-20: 30 Round table on the subject of censorship in art.
Title: The reception of art by the public. Aspects of censorship in works of art

20: 30-22: 00 Hala education – Non-Profit Company
Title: Introduction to Arabic

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Outdoor amphitheater

17: 00-17: 30 Ukrainian Community of Northern Greece “Tzerelo-Pigi”
Title: Ukrainian spring music

17: 30-17: 45 Consulate of Cyprus
Title: Musical performance with the children of the 2nd Primary School of Polichni Description: Music of the world: Cyprus

17: 45-18: 15 Georgians of Thessaloniki / Thessaloniki Georgia
Title: Georgian dances and songs

18: 15-18: 45 Georgians of Thessaloniki / Thessaloniki Georgia
Title: Georgian Corners and Traditions

18: 45-19: 00 Charilaou Residents Social Association
Title: Traditional Dances

19: 00-19: 15 Palestinian community of Thessaloniki
Title: Traditional Palestinian songs

19: 15-19: 45 Serbian-Greek cooperation in music – Serbian School “Agios Savvas”
Title: With love from Serbia

19: 45-20: 15 “The Panthermic Smile”
Title: Songs in different languages Description: Songs and dance.

20: 15-20: 45 “The Smile of Nikopolis”
Title: Foreign and Greek Songs

20: 45-21: 00 Imbrian Union of Macedonia Thrace
Title: Dances from Imvros

21: 00-21: 30 Association of Friends of Cretan Tradition Xasteria Thermi
Title: Xenobassaris eagle in Crete wanders

21: 30-22: 00 Lighthouse Music band
Title: Music Program

Foyer Indoor tent

10: 00-12: 00 Italian Educational Institute of Athens & Dante Alighieri Salonicco
Title: Screening of the Italian film “Come Dio Comanda” Description: Screening of the Italian film “Come Dio Comanda”.

12: 00-13: 00 Progress Association
Title: Children and technology

13: 00-14: 00 Ya Impro Improv
Title: Comedy Games

17: 00-17: 30 Consulate of Cyprus
Title: View video for the Folklore of Cyprus Description: View video for the Folklore of Cyprus.

17: 30-18: 00 Second Tree
Title: A traditional musical performance

18: 00-18: 45 63rd Board of Directors of THESSALONIKI
Title: “Children Sing for Peace”
Description: Children sing for peace in Albanian, Chinese, Arabic, Georgian, Turkish, English and German.

19: 00-20: 00 Anatolia Cultural Center – Bridge, Departments of Italian
Title: Pensare all italiano

20: 00-20: 45 Georgians of Thessaloniki
Title: A song in one hundred languages

20: 45-21: 00 “East Traces” Study and Dissemination Group of Asia Minor Culture
Title: Dance Ensemble

21: 00-21: 30 The Congo community in Northern Greece
Title: Music – poems with the voice of Africans

21: 30-22: 00 View Helder Luiz Sandos (Portugal) Title: Les photos de partout !!!

Laboratories
10: 00-11: 00 2nd Experimental High School of Thessaloniki
Title: We design the multilingual map of Thessaloniki

11: 00-12: 00 30th High School of Thessaloniki
Title: Students from 12 Countries

11: 00-12: 00 Maria Stergiou
Title: Free… for children

12: 00-13: 00 Galileo Galilei – Hellenic College – ΟSD
Title: MasterChef in German for children Description: Learning about German cuisine.

13: 00-13: 30 ΑΡΣΙΣ Κ.Ο.Υ.Ν. Guesthouse for unaccompanied minors Grand Hotel Dentro
Title: Digital Hidden Treasure Game

13: 30-14: 30 Galileo Galilei – Hellenic College – ΟSD
Title: Experiential Workshop for children.

14: 30-15: 00 Children’s Museum of Thessaloniki
Title: Multiculturalism in the art of Thessaloniki

17: 00-17: 45 Finnish Association of Northern Greece
Title: Language Games in Finnish

17: 45-18: 15 Group of students of Preschool Education of the University of Thessaly
Title: The Multilingual Cinderella

18: 15-19: 15 Laboratory for the Study, Teaching, Dissemination of the Greek Language and Multilingualism of the University of Thessaly
Title: Let’s meet a multilingual orchestra!

19: 15-20: 15 Consulate of Serbia
Title: World War I

20: 15-21: 15 2nd High School of Eleftherio-Kordelio
Title: German Spring Interactive Celebration

Multilingual cafe in the Multilingual village

10: 00-11: 00 ARPEGGIO COINSEP
Title: Babylon Multilingual Games

11: 30-12: 30 Agency for Palestinian Language and Culture
Title: Making mediation between languages Description: A problem with mediation.

12: 30-13: 15 SPEAK Foreign Language Center
Title: Japanese Calligraphy Workshop

13: 15-14: 00 SPEAK Foreign Language Center
Title: Making Japanese bookmarks

17: 30-18: 15 INTERFACE Informal Multilingualism and Cultures Contact Group
Title: Talk about language

18: 30-19: 00 Greek-Azerbaijani Friendship Association ” QALA ”
Title: Multilingual tea

19: 00-21: 00 Greek Language School of the Municipality of Neapolis – Sykea
Title: Russian and Albanian – Treasure Hunt

Water Room

10: 00-10: 30 Municipality of Thessaloniki
Title: VET – Business Partnerships on Work-based learning

10: 30-11: 30 Program I care and I act / Desmos and Lambraki Foundation
Title: I care and I act

11: 30-12: 00 Mission of Georgia Title: Wine, soul of Georgia Description: Homeland of wine.

12: 00-12: 30 SPEAK Foreign Language Center
Title: Life in different parts of Italy

12: 00-12: 45 Elena Salpiggidou
Title: “Diversity as a wake-up call”

12: 45-13: 30 Greek Language Center
Title: Remote support of Greek language education

17: 00-17: 30 Consulate of Cyprus
Title: The Cypriot Dialect

17: 30-18: 30 Finnish Association of Northern Greece
Title: Inari Saami Revitalization

18: 30-19: 30 Action Art
Title: Multilingual Narrative Performance Description: Multilingual Narrative Performance.

19: 30-20: 00 Speak Foreign Language Center
Title: Travel presentation of Spain and culture

20: 00-20: 45 Second Tree
Title: Participation in meetings

20: 45-21: 30 Second Tree
Title: Presentation by Second Tree

21: 30-22: 00 Congo, The Congo community in Northern Greece
Title: Awareness of Congolese languages and dialects

City Council Hall
10: 15-12: 15 Source of Education
Title: 2nd Panhellenic Conference on Alternative Education

12: 15-14: 15 Source of Education
2nd Panhellenic Conference on Alternative Education

17: 00-18: 00 Pedagogical School of Ioannina

18: 15-19: 15 Serbian Community
Title: The Citizen’s table

Manolis Anagnostaki Hall

10: 00-11: 30 Egyptian Educational Center of Athens
Title: Withered Green

11: 30-13: 00 INTERFACE Informal Multilingualism and Cultures Contact Group
Title: Inclusive educational language policies

13: 00-14: 00 Euro-Balkan Youth Forum
Title: Talking to Children about Terrorism

14: 00-14: 30 Solidarity Now
Title: The language around the world

14: 30-15: 00 Solidarity Now
Title: “I accept diversity because …”

SUNDAY MAY 19, 2019

Outdoor amphitheater
17: 00-17: 30 Armenian Cultural Association “Hamaskain”
Title: Children’s dance from the Armenian school

17: 30-18: 00 Association of Albanian Immigrants “Mother Teresa” of Greece
Title: Student program of the Albanian School

18: 00-18: 30 Georgians of Thessaloniki / Thessaloniki Georgia
Title: Day of Georgian Culture

18: 30-19: 00 Georgians of Thessaloniki / Thessaloniki Georgia
Title: Popularization of Georgian language, literature and history Description: Popularization of Georgian language, literature and history.

19: 00-19: 15 Georgians of Thessaloniki / Thessaloniki Georgia
Title: Georgian Corners and Traditions

19: 15-19: 45 11th Primary School of Kalamaria
Title: Journey to the Mediterranean

19: 45-20: 15 Panhellenic Roma Women’s Association
Title: ΕΤΣΟ ΡΟ ΡΟΜΑ: The poor Roma Description: Music of the Roma Gypsies.

20: 15-20: 45 Armenian Cultural Association of Hamaskain
Title: In the rhythm of the Armenian and modern tradition

Foyer interior scene

09: 50-11: 30 Italian Educational Institute of Athens & Dante Alighieri Salonicco
Title: Screening of the Italian film “Perfetti Sconosciuti”

11: 30-12: 15 1st High School of Evosmos
Title: “Diversity unites us”

12: 15-12: 45 Union Hispano-Helena de Lengua y Culture
Title: Theatrical Performance starring children & Traditional Mexican Pirata

12: 45-13: 30 Panhellenic Roma Women’s Association
Title: Storytelling

13: 30-14: 30 1st Primary School of Trilofo
Title: Music-kinetic performance by the children of the 5th grade

17: 00-17: 15 Finnish Association of Northern Greece
Title: Zumba in Finnish

17: 15-17: 30 SPEAK Foreign Language Center
Title: Songs from Portugal

17: 30-18: 30 Galileo Galilei – Hellenic College – ΟSD
Title: It’s Snowtime

18: 30-18: 45 Speak Foreign Language Center
Title: Title: Dance performance of Korean music

18: 45-19: 00 Speak Foreign Language Center
Title: Interpretation of a Korean song

19: 00-19: 15 21st Kindergarten of Thessaloniki
Title: “If I change my neighborhood, I will make the world better”

19: 15-19: 45 Speak Foreign Language Center
Title: Song and dance from Korea

19: 45-20: 15 “Menemeni’s Smile”
Title: Songs and dance
Description: Songs (Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, English, Italian)

20: 15-20: 45 7th GEL Thessaloniki
Title: Screening of the movie “Quero Βivir (I want to live)”

20: 45-21: 15 Maria Frangouli – Angelos Kourepis
Title: Music – Theatrical workshop for children of the world

21: 15-21: 45 Center Culturel d’Etterbeek, Yves Mosaics
Title: Greekerbeek Festival

Laboratories

10: 00-10: 45 Greek Language Center
Title: Click in Greek.

10: 45-11: 45 Galileo Galilei – Hellenic College – ΟSD
Title: Experiential Workshop. Austrian Painters

11: 45-12: 30 INTERFACE Informal Multilingualism and Cultures Contact Group
Title: Language & Experience – The city through the eyes of a refugee

12: 30-13: 00 IsraAID Hellas – Be A Robin
Title: Interlingual – space game for everyone

13: 00-14: 00 Galileo Galilei – Hellenic College – ΟSD
Title: MasteChef in French for children Description: Learning French cuisine.

17: 00-18: 00 INTERFACE Informal Multilingualism and Cultures Contact Group
Title: Interviews – Newspapers

18: 00-19: 00 Anahata Yoga Studio
Title: Yoga for children

18: 00-19: 00 Anastasios Valmas
Title: The boat he loved at Christmas

19: 00-20: 00 INTERFACE Informal Multilingualism and Cultures Contact Group
Title: The tree of wishes

20: 15-20: 45 Lampraki Foundation
Title: The Language of our New Planet

Multilingual cafe in the Multilingual village

10: 00-11: 00 ARPEGGIO COINSEP
Title: Babylon Multilingual Games

12: 30-13: 30 2nd High School of Mikra / 5th High School of Thessaloniki
Title: On s’amuse in French

17: 00-18: 00 Armenian Cultural Association “Hamaskain”
Title: Learning my language: Armenian

18: 00-19: 00 INTERFACE Informal Multilingualism and Cultures Contact Group
Title: Arabic, Chinese, African discussions

Water Room

11: 00-12: 00 Armenian Cultural Association “Hamaskain”
Title: The Armenian community discusses culture

12: 30-14: 30 StarClassic Radio
Title: Communication is creation

17: 00-17: 30 Panagiotis Tanimanidis, sculptor
Title: The passing

17: 45-18: 30 Elena Salpiggidou
Title: “Communication threat or communication opportunity?”

18: 30-19: 00 In TWO languages
Title: With 2 Languages: Benefits of balanced development of bilingualism

19: 00-19: 45 Panhellenic Roma Women’s Association
Title: Learning Romani

19: 45-20: 15 SPEAK Foreign Language Center
Title: Presentation on Korean language

20: 15-21: 15 Greek Language Center
Title: “In a foreign language our sorrow and our love pass”

21: 15-22: 00 3rd SDE Thessaloniki
Title: The magic language of fairy tales

City Council Hall

11: 00-13: 00 Municipality of Thessaloniki – 7th Festival of Multilingualism – Central discussion
Title: Open discussion on Social Inclusion issues

17: 00-18: 00 Municipality of Thessaloniki – 7th Multilingual Festival
Title: The language tree of the city

19: 00-19: 45 ANILA REZHDA – THURSDAY
Title: Legal translation – Judicial Interpretation

19: 45-20: 45 Association of Albanian Immigrants “Mother Teresa” of Greece
Title: Integration and identity

Manolis Anagnostaki Hall

9: 00-11: 30 Italian Educational Institute of Athens & Dante Alighieri Salonicco
Title: Screening of the Italian film “Baaria”

11: 30-12: 30 5th Intercultural Public School of Menemeni Dendropotamos, 6th grade
Title: How need becomes history how history becomes silence

12: 30-12: 45 Intercultural School of Eleftherios Kordelios
Title: Children narrate a Greek-Russian collaboration – “Traveling with languages” Description: European program of cooperation between schools, songs of Greek-Russian friendship.

12: 45-13: 15 Intercultural School of Eleftherios Kordelios
Title: Comic sketches for the Greek mother
Description: Comic commentary on the culture of the concept of mother in Greek society.

13: 30-14: 30 Theatrical Group of the 43rd and 41st BoD. Thessaloniki
Title: Matias the First