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JUNE 27-JULY 1; JULY 4-8, 2018 LOG SHEET # 2 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER NAME: Alison Karfeld RECORDER 1 NAME: Ateneu 1 FILE NAME: 490.wav RECORDER 2 NAME: Ateneu 2 FILE NAME: 079.wav PRESENTER: Ricard Vinas De Puia DATE/TIME: 7/6/18 - 1:00 PROGRAM: Catalonia STAGE: Ateneu GROUP NAME: SESSION TITLE: Language and Music in La Val d'Aran [[2 columned table]] | PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Alidé Sens | Occita N musician, singer, song writer | Alidé is from Val d'Aran valley in Catalonia, in NW extreme of Catalonia, N Pyrenees; all Vall d'aran study 5 languages - all speak Occitan, Catalan & Spanish. Also French & English. Close to France. Why sing in Occitan? It's my language, can express myself most naturally. If not in Occitan what I'd say wouldn't really be me. Music itself is a language. I often hear music in language. I don't understand. So why not Occitan? Just because it is a minority language? People wouldn't ask me that if I were speaking in English. N slope of Pyrenees France, southern slope = Spain Her valley is the exception. The most important river is called Garona which flows to Atlantic. So open to France. In France, Occitania, Diamante Italy, Monaco & only area in Spain. Where Occitan spoken 6 Dialects of Occitan but can understand each other Names of 6 Dialects: Provencale, Gascon, Lianguedocien, Limousin, Alpine & Auvergne Aranese is what she speaks, dialect of Catalan speakers can understand Occitan speakers because they have same origin, romance languages.