The Colors of “Fil en Folie”
For the first time, “Jambes à points comptés,” a department of the non-profit organisation “Société Royale Les Jambiens,” organized a fair last weekend entitled “Fil en Folie (loosely...
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The colors of Pont Spalaux
Last weekend, the centenary of the “Fêtes de Wallonie” started with the slogan “Les Wallo dans le 100.” As is customary every year in the city and in twelve districts, the various original...
Signs of invisible realities
Walking through the exhibition Les Portes d’Or, Charles Doudelet and symbolism, you are immersed in the symbolist years of the end of the nineteenth century. An art movement of French and Belgian...
Inverting the usual view
The exhibition L'inséparable contraire by Jehanne Paternostre is the result of two years research in the restoration laboratory of the TAMAT museum of tapestries and textile art in Tournai. (click...
A moment of Awe
While visiting the church de La Plante in Namur, a wooden statue of mother (Mary) and child (Jesus) stopped me for a moment and struck me in awe. With slightly bowed head and tender face the mother...
Three days of Walloon atmosphere in Namur
During the Walloon Congress of 1905, the idea of having its own flag for Wallonia in addition to the national Belgian flag became reality. In 1923, the liberal politician and writer François Bovesse...
Stilt walking, a tale of ‘many’ custodians
Although stilt walking is a worldwide phenomenon, in 2021 the 600-year-old tradition of jousting on stilts in Namur, my hometown, was officially registered on the Unesco list of intangible cultural...