DITËT E NAIMIT – FESTË E POEZISË DHE KULTURËS
Craig Czury duke marrë Çmimin nga drejtori Shaip Emerllahu
Prej datës 20-23 tetor, në Tetovë, u mbajt Edicioni i XV i Festivalit Ndërkombëtar të Poezisë “Ditët e Naimit”. Në te morrën pjesë poetë nga vende të ndryshme të botës si: SHBA, Anglia, Holanda, Danimarka, Italia, Zvicra, Spanjë, Polonia, India, Malta, Izraeli, Ukraina, Bullgaria, Serbia, Mali i Zi, Shqipëria, Kosova, Maqedonia. Hapja e siparit të kësaj feste të poezisë dhe kulturës u bë përmes ndezjes së fishekzjarreve dhe vendosjes së luleve te shtatorja e poetit kombëtar shqiptar Naim Frashėrit, në 111 vjetorin e vdekjes. Buqete me lule vendosën drejtori i Festivalit, Shaip Emërllahu dhe laureati i këtij edicioni, poeti amerikan Craig Czury. Ndërkaq, anëtarët e SHKA ’Jehona e Sharrit’ para Qendrës së Kulturës ekspozuan veshjet kombëtare shqiptare me flakadanët e ndezur në duar. E gjithë kjo si, dhe hapja e festivalit u ndoq në transmetim të drejtëpërdrejtë në Televizionin shtetëror – Programi në gjuhën shqipe.
Edicionin e XV e hapi drejtori i Festivalit, Shaip Emërllahu, i cili në mes tjerash tha se:
’Ditët e Naimit’ është operatori i parë poetik dhe kulturor shqiptar, i cili në krye të herës, e gjykoi si të domosdoshme rivendosjen e një infrastrukture moderne ndërkomunikimi me kulturën dhe letërsinë shqiptare, si dhe ate të huaj. U ngrit para 15 vitesh në këtë cep të gjeokulturës sonë, duke u bë prurësi dhe përhapësi i llojit të vet, ku kryefjala është poezia, art ky që shumë mirë di t’i lidhë popujt. Projektshënjuesi kulturor ‘Ditët e Naimit’ paraqet formën e vetëdijes sonë globaliste për të komunikuar, ruajtur dhe afirmuar identitetin tonë kulturor e shoqëror. E gjithë kjo, provon se letërsisë, kulturës dhe qytetërimit tonë, me hapa të përshpejtuar i duhet të rivendosë urat tradicionale të shkëputura të komunikimit me botën’.
Në vazhdim Emërllahu theksoi se, ‘nën dritën e një formatimi të ri global, këtyre modeleve të interkomunikimit iu nevojitet një rishikim, pra një kod që do t’iu përgjigjet kërkesave, të cilat i dikton kjo epokë unifikuese. Për t’u bërë një materializim i tërë kësaj, duhet që ky Festival të jetë pjesë e sistemit me buxhet të siguruar. Kështu, duke u lexuar drejt roli dhe rëndësia e këtij Festivali të rëndësishëm kulturor e letrar, sivjet Qeveria ate e ka futur në programin e saj, ku merr përsipër t’i siguroj mbështetje programore, pra ai do të ketë buxhet të garantuar. Ne duke shfrytëzuar këtë jubile, gjyjkojmë si mundësinë më të mirë për të përshëndetur këtë akt të drejtë të Qeverisë. Gjithashtu, tani kur jemi te kurorëzimi i një pune, përpjekje dhe sakrifice 15 vjeçare të anëtërëve të Drejtorisë dhe bashkëpunëtorëve të shumtë të Festivalit, dua të çoj një falenderim dhe një përgëzim deri te ta, për ta zbutur sadopak atë lodhje e sfilitije të asaj rruge të gjatë, jo të lehtë, por gjithsesi e drejtë’.
Në orët letrare të festivalit u prezentuan poetët e ardhur nga vende të ndryshme si: Craig CZURY (SHBA), Diti RONEN (IZRAEL), Richard BERENGARTEN (ANGLI), Gustavo VEGA (SPANJË), Marianne LARSEN (DANIMARKË), Jan Baeke (HOLANDË), Samira BERGMAN (ZVICËR), Krystyna LENKOWSKA (POLONI), Xhuzepe NAPOLITANO (ITALI), Anna BAGËRJANA (UKRAINË), Sabahudin HAXHIALIÇ (BOSNJË DHE HERCEGOVINË), Kristiana STANKOVA (BULLGARI), Nevena KOKANOVIÇ (SËRBI), Ndue UKAJ dhe Ag Apolloni (KOSOVË), Agron TUFA (SHQIPËRI), Haxhi SHABANI (MONTENEGRO), Salajdin SALIHU, Lulëzim HAZIRI, Hrito PETRESKI, Ekrem AJRULI, Ivan ANTONOVSKI dhe Delvina KËRLUKU (MAQEDONI),
Në ditën e dytë të Festivalit, poetët shkuan në Universitetin Shtetëror të Tetovës, ku drejtori i Festivalit Shaip Emërllahu, laureati Craig Czury dhe kryetari i Jurisë, Agron Tufa, u pritën nga rektori prof. dr. Agron Reka. Më pas, në amfiteatrin e USHT-së, u bë përurimi i laureatit nga SHBA, Craig Czury. Rektori, prof. Dr. Agron Reka, në fjalën e tij, tha se, poetët që vijnë nga të gjitha meridianët e botës, përpos nderit që i bëjnë USHT-së, në këtë mënyrë, ata nuk e nderojnë vetëm krijimtarinë poetike, por edhe figurën e rilindësit tonë të madh, Naim Frashëri, vendin tonë, neve si nikoqirë dhe të gjithë dashamirët e fjalës artistike. Gjithashtu, ai Drejtorisë së Festivalit Ndërkombëtar të Poezisë ,,DITËT E NAIMIT” i shprehi falënderime, që pjesën më të bukur të këtij Festivali e organizojnë në ambientet e Universitetin Shtetëror të Tetovës, duke uruar që ky bashkëpunim të vazhdojë edhe në të ardhmen. Më pas, laureati i Festivalit të këtij edicioni, iu përgjigj pyetjeve të kryetarit të jurisë, por edhe studentëve dhe profesorëve që kishin të bënin me natyrën e shkrimit të tij poetik, poezinë dhe letërsinë amerikane.
Në fund, për kontributin në afirmimin e letërsisë, artit dhe kulturës, rektori, prof. dr. Agron Reka, poetit amerikan Craig Czury ia dorëzoi emblemën e Universitetit. Sipas programit të Festivalit, në Bibliotekën e Universitetit të Evropës Juglindore u mbajt ora letrare ‘Poetë dhe vargje’. Në ditën e fundit të Festivalit, në lokalin për art ‘Oda’ u përuruan vëllimi me poezi i poetit nga Ulqini, Haxhi Shabani ‘Jam ai që nuk jam’ dhe libri me vështrime kritike i kritikut Remzi Salihu, “Provokime metaforike”. Për librin e parë, foli kritiku dhe studjuesi Ndue Ukaj, ndërsa për të dytin filozofi tetovar, Bujar Plloshtani.
Në orën e madhe letrare “Meridiane poetike”, që u mbajt në sallën e madhe të Qendrës së kulturës ‘Naim Frashëri’, krijimet e tyre i lexuan poetët e shumtë pjesëmarrës, u ndanë çmimet letrare të Festivalit, si dhe u shpallën Anëtarët e Nderit. Juria e përbërë nga Agron Tufa (kryetar), Haxhi Shabani dhe Salajdin Salihu, çmimin letrar ’’Naim Frashėri’’ ia ndan poetit nga SHBA, Craig Czury. Drejtoria, atij, ia akordoi edhe titullin e lartë Anëtar Nderi, titull që e mbajnë emra të njohur të letërsisë shqipe dhe asaj botërore si; Ismail Kadare, Desmond Egan (Irlandë), Abdellatif Laabi (Marok), Lionel Ray France), Eva Lipska (Poloni) Zef Skiro di Maxho (Itali), Manlio Argueta (Salvador), Erik Stinus (Danimarkë), Thomas Tidholm (Suedi), Peter Poulsen (Danimarke), Aleksandër Zoto (Francë), etj.
Fitues i çmimit letrar “Menada” u shpall poeti anglez, Riachard Berengarten, çmimi “Oeneumi” iu nda poetes izraelite Diti Ronen, çmimi “Qiriu i Naimit” iu dha poetit shqiptar Ndue Ukaj, ndërsa çmimi special shkoi te poeti spanjoll, Gustavo Vega. Ndërkaq, Anëtarë Nderi i Festivalit u shpallën përveç laureatit edhe poetët Xhuzepe Napolitano nga Italia dhe Diti Ronen nga Izraeli.
Edhe këtë vit Festivali botoi antologjinë e poetëve pjesëmarrës të përgatitur nga Shaip Emërllahu dhe e përkthyer në shqip nga poetja gjermane Silke Liria Blumbach, me titull “Rizgjimi i lutjes’’. Skena e Festivalit u ideua nga piktori Savash Veliu. Sonzor të këtij edicioni ishin Telekomi i Maqedonisë, hotel EMKA, logos-A, Renova, Fondacioni ‘Dauti’, Restorani ‘Arbi’ dhe ‘Matoshi’. Festivalin e ndihmuan, edhe Agjensionet turistike ‘Euroturist’ dhe ‘Bashkimi turs’, SHKA ‘Jehona e Sharrit’, ‘Albanian translation’ etj.
DITËT E NAIMIT – CELEBRATION OF POETRY AND CULTUREThere are no translations available. On 20-23 October 2011, was held in Tetovo/ Macedonia, the XV Edition of the International Poetry Festival “Ditët e Naimit”. The participants were poets from various countries like: USA, UK, Netherland, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Poland, India, Malta, Israel, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia. The opening ceremony of this festivity of poetry and culture started with the light of fireworks and putting the bunch of flowers at the statue of the Albanian national poet, Naim Frashëri, on the 111-th anniversary of his death. Director of the Festival, Shaip Emërllahu and laureate of this edition, American poet, Craig Czury, put bouquets of flowers at the monument of the Albanian poet. Meanwhile, members of the cultural association “Jehona e Sharrit” exhibited Albanian traditional wears, holding lighted bonfires on their hands. The whole ceremony of opening was transmitted live by the Macedonian public television through its programme in the Albanian language.
Furthermore, Emërllahu stressed that “in the light of the global shaping, the traditional models of communication needs a revision and a relevant code to meet the demands of this global epoch. In order to materialise this objective, this Festival should have a guaranteed funding. Therefore, taking into consideration the role and importance of this Festival, the Macedonian government has decided this year to incorporate this activity as part of its official programme and it takes over to ensure its continual financing. Using the opportunity of this jubilee, we acknowledge this just decision of the government. Also, after a hard work and sacrifices of a period of fifteen years of the staff dealing with the organization of this activity and its numerous co-operators, I would like to extend thanks and congratulations for them for this valuable contribution which finally gave its long-awaited results.
The poets from different countries who participated in this festival in various reading sessions were: Craig CZURY (USA), Diti RONEN (ISRAEL), Richard BERENGARTEN (UK), Gustavo VEGA (SPAIN), Marianne LARSEN (DENMARK), Jan Baeke (NETHERLAND), Samira BERGMAN (SWITZERLAND), Krystyna LENKOWSKA (POLAND), Xhuzepe NAPOLITANO (ITALY), Anna BAGËRJANA (UKRAINE), Sabahudin HAXHIALIÇ (BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA), Kristiana STANKOVA (BULGARI), Nevena KOKANOVIÇ (SERBIA), Ndue UKAJ and Ag Apolloni (KOSOVO), Agron TUFA (ALBANIA), Haxhi SHABANI (MONTENEGRO); Salajdin SALIHU, Lulëzim HAZIRI, Hrito PETRESKI, Ekrem AJRULI, Ivan ANTONOVSKI and Delvina KËRLUKU (MACEDONIA). On the second day of the Festival, the poets visited the Public University of Tetovo in which Director of the Festival Shaip Emërllahu, laureate Craig Czury, and the Chairman of the jury were received by the rector of this university, prof. dr. Agron Reka. Latter, in the amphitheatre of this university, took place the awarding ceremony of the laureate of the Festival, the poet from USA, Craig Czury. During the ceremony, rector of the university, Prof. Dr. Agron Reka, said that poets who participate in this activity from many countries of the world, honour this university, themselves for their poetry creations, hosts of this activity, the art sympathisers of the city as well as the great poet of Albanian renaissance, Naim Frashëri. Also, he expressed thanks to the Directorate of the Festival for organizing the best part of this activity in the facilities of Public University of Tetovo, wishing that this cooperation will continue in the future. After that, the laureate of this Edition, answered questions from the chairman of the jury, students and professors, related to the nature of his poetry writing and the American literary. Furthermore, the rector of the Public University of Tetovo gifted to the laureate of the festival, Craig Czury, the emblem of this university, with the motivation for his contribution on the affirmation of literary, art and culture. According to the agenda of the festival, the literary hour “Poets and verses” took place in the facilities of the Bibliotheca of the South Eastern University. On the last day of the Festival, at the arts club “Oda”, it was held an open discussion for the new books of the poet from Ulqin/Montenegro, Haxhi Shabani, for the poetry book “I am the one who I am not” (jam ai që nuk jam) and the other book of literary critics “Metaphoric Provocations”(Provokime metaforike) of the writer Remzi Salihu (Macedonia). The first book was introduced by the literary critic and the poet Ndue Ukaj, and the second book by the philosopher from Tetovo, Bujar Plloshtani. Also, following the programme of the activity, the poets visited the Tekke “Arabati Baba”, in Tetovo city, where they were received by the Head of World Bektashi community, Baba Edmond Brahimaj, who informed the poets on the history and role of this tekke in the past and answered their interesting questions on the core of bektashi religion, its influence on the lives of people, etc. During the extended literary hour "Poetic meridians", held in the cinema hall of the cultural centre ‘Naim Frashëri’, there were read poems by most of the poets, were distributed the literary awards of the Festival and were announced the Honorary members. The jury of the festival composed of Agron Tufa (chairperson), Haxhi Shabani and Salajdin Salihu as members, decided to give the literary award ’’Naim Frashėri’’ to the American poet, Craig Czury. The Directorate of the Festival granted this poet, the title of Honorary member as well, which is held so far by the well-known writers like; Ismail Kadare (Albania), Desmond Egan (Irland), Abdellatif Laabi (Morocco), Lionel Ray (France), Eva Lipska (Poland) Zef Skiro di Maxho (Italy), Manlio Argueta (Salvador), Erik Stinus (Denmark), Thomas Tidholm (Sweden), Peter Poulsen (Denmark), Aleksandër Zoto (France), etc. The winner of the literary prize "Menada" was announced the British poet, Riachard Berengarten, the prize"Oeneumi" was granted to the Israelite poetess Diti Ronen, the prize "Qiriu i Naimit" to the Albanian poet Ndue Ukaj, while the special prize was granted to the Spanish poet, Gustavo Vega. In addition, the titles of honorary members were granted to the poets: Xhuzepe Napolitano (Italy) and Diti Ronen (Israel). As in the previous years, Festival published the anthology of the participant poets, titled “Rizgjimi i lutjes” (Reawakening of prayer), prepared by Shaip Emërllahu and translated in Albanian by the German poetess Silke Liria Blumbach. The scenery of the festival was designed by the painter Savash Veliu. The sponsors of this edition were: Macedonian Telecom, EMKA hotel, logos-A, Renova, Foundation ‘Dauti’, Restaurants ‘Arbi’ and ‘Matoshi’. Also, the festival was supported by the touristic agencies: “Euroturist” dhe “Bashkimi turs”, the cultural association ‘Jehona e Sharrit’, ‘Albanian translation’ etc.
A. Arsllani EWA LIPSKA – THE LAUREATE OF THE GREAT NAIM FRASHËRI PRIZEPress Conference of the Direction of the International Poetry Festival “Ditët e Naimit”
EWA LIPSKA – THE LAUREATE OF THE GREAT NAIM FRASHËRI PRIZE
Today in the Cultural Centre of Tetova, the Direction of the International Poetry Festival “Ditët e Naimit” hold its press conference, where the director Shaip Emërllahu and the chairman of the jury Prof. Dr. Ymer Çiraku informed about the laureate of the 14th edition, the well-known Polish and European poet Ewa Lipska. Earlier laureates of the “Naim Frashëri” prize are the well-known poets Ismail Kadare (Albania), Desmond Egan (Ireland), Abdyllatif Laâbi (Morocco), Lionel Rey (France), Thomas Tidholm (Sweden), Peter Poulsen (Denmark), Manlio Argueta (El Salvador) etc. The Direction declared the current laureate Ewa Lipska also as an honorary member of the Festival. Ewa Lipska (Poloni) In this press conference, the chairman of the jury, Prof. Dr. Ymer Çiraku, read out the motivation for the awarding of the great prize of the festival to the Polish poet Ewa Lipska. |
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There are no translations available. 13th Edition of the International Poetry Festival “DITËT E NAIMIT” TETOVA – CENTRE OF WORLD POETRY
For three days, Tetova was the center of different architects of literature, visual art, music, of a review of Albanian ethnography, of book presentations, visits of cultural monuments of the town etc. From October 15th to 18th, it was the venue of the 13th Edition of the International Poetry Festival “DITËT E NAIMIT”. About 40 poets from different countries of the world participated: from the USA, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Izrael, Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria etc. as well as Albanian poets from Kosova, Albania and Macedonia. The opening ceremony of the Festival began on Thursday, October 15th, in front of the Cultural Centre “Naim Frashëri” with a beautiful choreography of fireworks, which covered for some time the sky of Tetova, with the placement of wreaths of flowers by the laureate of the Festival, Lionel Ray, the director of the Festival, Shaip Emërllahu, and the well-known Albanian poet Besnik Mustafaj, as well as a parade of Albanian national costumes by the members of the Cultural-Artistic Society "Burimet e Sharrit", who were holding torches on flame in their hands. In the foyer of the Cultural Centre “Naim Frashëri”, the exhibition of paintings “Pelican” was opened, displaying works of painters from the Balkans, supported by “Andore”. The well-known painter Savash Veliu and Julia Janku spoke about the pictures of the painters from Greece, Romania, Albania, Kosova and Macedonia. After this, in the Great Hall, the 13th Edition of the International Poetry Festival “Ditët e Naimit” was opened by the director of the Festival, Shaip Emërllahu, who said among other things: “All who have followed the development of this Festival have seen our incessant persistence to turn Tetova into a centre of world poetry. Honestly I am more and more convinced that this idea is increasingly manifested. Not only the accidents of history, our local tradition of poetic writing and our love for this art form sustain this opinion, just a look ahead reveals values of increasing importance inherent in this way of communication. For this celebration to be endowed with the blessing of the Sun, we have enriched this event on the way with other arts, like the visual and the musical one, too, with international character. ‘Poetry is our intellectual religion, our way of living', says our laureate Lionel Ray in an interview. Thus, on the quest of an enrichment of this way of life, it was given other profiles... one of them being also encounters of this kind, like the International Poetry Festival DITËT E NAIMIT, where the need to go out of oneself and towards one another, the unknown brother, is huge..." After that, the writer Besnik Mustafaj gave an opening speech, emphasizing that this festival honoured the Albanian literature and Tetova itself. Then he congratulated the director of the Festival, who has been uniting now for 13 years poets of the whole world in Tetova, affirming the Albanian culture and building bridges of cooperation with numerous literatures and poets from different countries of the world. During the great literary hour “Poetic Globe”, the following poets read their literary creations: Jørgen SONNE (DENMARK), Robert Murray DAVIS (USA), Jean-Luc WAUTHIER (BELGIUM), Besnik MUSTAFAJ (ALBANIA), Lionel RAY (FRANCE), Amir OR (ISRAEL), Anton BAEV (BULGARIA), Vesna PRESNJAK (CROATIA), Silke Liria BLUMBACH (GERMANY), Laure CAMBAU (FRANCE), Mirza ČARDAKLIJA (BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA), Slavco KOVLOVSKI (MACEDONIA), Jeton KELMENDI (KOSOVA), Sabri KUSKONMAZ (TURKEY), Giuseppe NAPOLITANO (ITALY), Valerio ORLIC (CROATIA), Agron TUFA and Azem QAZIMI (ALBANIA), Jim WARNER (USA), Tatiana YTOVA (BULGARIA), Hristo PETRESKI, Ekrem AJRULI and Lulëzim HAZIRI (MACEDONIA). 
During this literary hour, the chairman of the Jury, Dr. Agron Tufa, read the motivation for the awarding of the main prize for high artistic values, whereas the director of the Festival, Shaip Emërllahu, handed the “Oscar” statue of the literary award “Naim Frashëri” and assigned the title of an Honorary Member of the Festival to the well-known French poet and Academy member Lionel Ray. On the second day of the Festival, the laureate Lionel Ray was presented in the Great Auditorium of the Rectorate of the State University of Tetovo in front of a numerous audience of students and lecturers. In his congratulating speech, the rector of this university, Doc. Dr. Agron Reka, pointed out: “Our university, besides its activities in the spheres of education and science, has always expressed its willingness to mark also important cultural, artistic and literary events, like today’s presentation of the laureate of the literary award ‘Naim Frashëri', Mr. Lionel Ray. On this occasion, we congratulate the Jury of the 13th Edition of the Festival ‘Ditët e Naimit’ for having given this year’s literary prize ‘Naim Frashëri’ to the great French poet Lionel Ray. This prize honours the laureate, French literature and encourages general creative action, especially among the young generations of creators. For this reason, the leadership of our university supports such cultural events, which unite different cultures, approach them to one another through bridges of communication and enable different peoples of the world to create new friendships.” The rector Agron Reka also expressed his thanks to the Direction of the International Poetry Festival “Ditët e Naimit” for the wish to organize such an activity in the premises of the State University of Tetova. “I hope that this tradition of cooperation will continue in the future, too. I wish you to further pursue successfully your mission as ambassadors of culture and intellectual activity. In the name of the managerial staff, the professors and the students of the State University of Tetova, I congratulate the laureate of this year of the literary award 'Naim Frashëri', Lionel RAY, for receiving this literary prize, and I wish him further successes in his work", emphasized the rector Agron Reka. The French poet and Academy member Lionel Ray, this year's winner of the "Naim Frashëri" prize, commented: “First I would like to tell you that I am very impressed by the warm reception I was given in Macedonia, especially by the Albanian community. I am very happy about this award, because I have a great admiration for the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare. I know Kadare well, we meet from time to time and it is a great pleasure for me to read his opus”, declared the writer Lionel Ray. Finally the rector of the State University of Tetova, Agron Reka, presented this great figure of French literature, Lionel Ray, with an engraving with the emblem of Tetova University. Thereafter the chairman of the Jury, Dr. Agron Tufa, developed a dialogue with the winner of the “Naim Frashëri” award, Lionel Ray, who subsequently read from his verses.
At the State University of Tetova, the laureate and all poets participating in this festival were warmly received by the students, professors and the directing staff of the University. According to the programme of the Festival, in one of the halls of the South East Europe University, the literary hour “Poets and Verses” was held. There, after the participants were greeted by the dean of the Faculty for Languages and Cultures, Prof. Dr. Vehbi Bexheti, the poets from different countries read their creations and visited the library of this university named after Max van der Stuhl. In the afternoon, the poets visited the tekke “Arabati Baba”, where the leader of the Bektashi community in Macedonia, Baba Edmond Brahimaj, told them about the history of this tekke and about Bektashism itself. On the third day, in the morning hours in the American Corner in Tetova, the books of the publishing edition of the Festival were presented, the poetic volume in English “Life’s Rags” by the author Shaip Emërllahu and the poetic diary of the Italian poet Giuseppe Napolitano with the title “Ditët e Naimit”. These two works were introduced by the literature scholar and American poet Robert Murray Davis, the literary critic and poet Agron Tufa etc.
During the great literary hour “Poetic Meridians”, poems were read and the literary prizes of the Festival were awarded. The poet Jean-Luc Wauthier from Belgium was declared the winner of the literary prize "Menada", the poet Besnik Mustafaj was awarded the literary prize “Oeneumi”, whereas the poet Hristo Petreski from Macedonia was given the prize “Naim’s Candle”. During this edition, besides the laureate Lionel Ray, the title of Honourary Members of the Festival was accorded also to the American poet Robert Murray Davis and the Albanian poet Besnik Mustafaj. Also this year, the Festival published the anthology of the participating poets, prepared by Shaip Emërllahu and translated into Albanian by the poet Silke Liria Blumbach with the title "In the Mouth of Birth". The opening and the closing of the 13th Edition of the International Poetry Festival “Ditët e Naimit” was broadcasted live on national television. The impressive stage decoration was designed by the painter Savash Veliu. The Festival was supported by the Ministry of Culture and the Municipalities of Zhelina, Tearca, Gostivar and Bogovinja. Sponsors of the Festival were the companies “Vezë Sharri”, “Emka Petrol”, “T-mobile”, “Hit Oil”, “Euro Lesnina”, “Delfin”, “Emporium” and “Les Komerc”. The Festival was also helped by the travel agencies “Euro Turist” and “Bashkimi Tours” from Tetova, the Cultural Centre, the French Alliance and the American Corner.
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