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Flying Carpet Children Festival is the first mobile festival for children living in difficult places and in conflict zones. The festival takes place at the Turkish-Syrian border, where many refugee children live, and it’s run by a volunteer-based collective of world-class musicians, performers, circus artists, visual artists, designers and visionaries who believe in the power of music and arts as a catalyst for positive change in the lives of children in war-afflicted regions.
"Children are the future of every community and by investing in their education and in their access to beauty and light, we are moving towards a brighter future on a global scale. Our carpet, as a portable platform, flies to the most disadvantaged regions of the world in order to engage and connect with the most disadvantaged youth of every community. We engage them in artistic process, which in our opinion functions as spiritual healing for those who have experienced darkness and horrendous incidents and are dealing with unimaginable challenges in life." (https://www.flyingcarpetfestival.org/)
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Taking place yearly, the Flying Carpet Children Festival gathers and hosts around 30-40 composers, performers, circus artists, dancers, multidisciplinary artists and designers in a two-week residency in the city of Mardin.
The artists are curated and chosen by festival founder Sahba Aminikia and Sirkhane founder, Pinar Demiral, through an open call on social media and on various websites.
The festival lasts throughout the entire summer, holding hundreds of workshops and the most innovative educational experiences, incorporating technology, art, music and circus.
The last two weeks of the festival are dedicated to preparing for one week of performances throughout the region during the last week. After artists’ arrival, they are paired and assigned to one another and to local child artists in order to form artistic collaborations and enrich their performances and their art.
The Festival Academy is organising a Festival Visit to Flying Carpet Children Festival from 20-30 September 2024. The Festival Visit will offer an immersive and meaningful experience, engaging with the artists, the team, and the local community of the festival, while studying and understanding firsthand the power and impact of festivals in extremely challenging contexts and how to bring back and apply the learnings of the experience to different contexts and communities. More information: https://www.thefestivalacademy.eu/en/activities/festival-visits/flying-carpet-festival/
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