Friendship is no matter of origine

The other day i went to the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. This is from architecture an interesting place and it just has been restored. It's beautifully made and when the weather allows it the terrace is big enough for you to enjoy the sun and the view on the river Spree. But the place is also known as an exhibition/congress/fair center (there was partyed the gay movie award this year, the "Teddy's") and a concert hall focusing on (like its name says it) the cultures of the world and the acceptance of them. The event was organized by both german and turkish parts for a show in common with RIAS KAMMERCHOR and TÜRKISCHES KONSERVATORIUM BERLIN. As you may already know the turkish community is in the city important and after years in their own area and isolated events (the alternative CSD in Kreuzberg is one of them) the city and the state start to get involved and try to make both worlds accept themselves. The picture above show how far they try to go creating an integration's plan. That is to say how strong mentalities are and how people stay on their position. German being afraid of invaders (too late daaaaaaarrrrrrrrrling) and Turkish who say that they had to adapt themselves alone, why not carrying alone now, they don't need each other. Neverthelss the good will of many make that they are all humans and must live together so it's worth trying. The event made play together a german classical music choir and a turkish orchester. They played their part each other and sometimes they played together either a classical text or a folk turkish song. We felt that the german choir was not at its ease with the folk music and the turkish orchester the same with the classical. But all this created an ambiance very interesting. We even had some speech of the integration office and people from the turkish press based in Berlin and also from Deutsche Welle which I like very much. As expected the Turkish made the ambiance (htye all arrived full family with babies) but of course the folk is more entertaining than classical music. You feel in those people an energy when they are together. Teenagers were there to support their friends in the turkish orchester and the families were not afraid to dance or clap hands to show that they were there. We had some traditional dances as well and all this made a special moment to share, especially after the concert when we had the dinner-cocktail and we could all share our point of view with a nice glass of wine and turkish food. L'amitié