{"id":1910201,"date":"2026-05-07T23:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.ixelles.be\/events\/festival-matrimiel-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T23:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:09:54","slug":"festival-matrimiel-2","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/culture.ixelles.be\/en\/events\/festival-matrimiel-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Matrimiel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Du 8 au 10 mai 2026, le Festival Matrimiel c\u00e9l\u00e8bre les savoirs traditionnels port\u00e9s par des femmes a\u00een\u00e9es. Cr\u00e9\u00e9 et port\u00e9 par Elya Verdal, soutenu par SAFFCA et l&#8217;H\u00f4tel de Wouters, 26 boulevard G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Jacques, il est n\u00e9 d&#8217;une histoire familiale et d&#8217;un constat qui r\u00e9sonne largement : nos m\u00e8res prennent de l&#8217;\u00e2ge, nos grands-m\u00e8res s&#8217;en vont, et avec elles peuvent s&#8217;\u00e9teindre des gestes ancestraux que les nouvelles g\u00e9n\u00e9rations ont rarement eu l&#8217;occasion d&#8217;apprendre. Ce festival r\u00e9investit un espace de possibilit\u00e9s o\u00f9 la transmission redevient vivante.<\/p>\n<p>Matrimiel : matrimoine et miel. Comme les abeilles \u00e2g\u00e9es qui, lorsqu&#8217;elles reviennent dans la ruche pour nourrir les plus jeunes, retrouvent une vitalit\u00e9 insoup\u00e7onn\u00e9e et r\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e8rent leurs capacit\u00e9s, les femmes a\u00een\u00e9es qui transmettent leurs savoirs se renouvellent dans l&#8217;acte m\u00eame du partage. La transmission ravive.<\/p>\n<p>Au programme : des ateliers pratiques port\u00e9s par des grand-m\u00e8res (pain, broderie, crochet, plantes m\u00e9dicinales, cuisine v\u00e9g\u00e9tarienne), des ateliers de r\u00e9conciliation humaniste ou cercles de parole pour \u00e9voquer les ruptures de communication familiales et explorer des possibilit\u00e9s de r\u00e9conciliation, trois spectacles interrogeant les lign\u00e9es f\u00e9minines et les filiations complexes. Le festival accueille \u00e9galement une biblioth\u00e8que vivante consacr\u00e9e aux r\u00e9cits de femmes issues des diasporas, ainsi que des rencontres autour des transmissions culturelles et des gestes du quotidien comme lieux de m\u00e9moire. Le tout dans une sc\u00e9nographie pens\u00e9e comme un mod\u00e8le vivant d&#8217;organisation sociale o\u00f9 les a\u00een\u00e9es sont au centre et o\u00f9 les savoirs historiquement invisibilis\u00e9s et oralis\u00e9s structurent l&#8217;espace commun.<\/p>\n<p>Un festival qui invite les publics de toutes g\u00e9n\u00e9rations \u00e0 r\u00e9inventer ensemble les gestes de la transmission, dans un esprit de m\u00e9diation culturelle o\u00f9 le fran\u00e7ais devient langue du lien entre les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations et les communaut\u00e9s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Du 8 au 10 mai 2026, le Festival Matrimiel c\u00e9l\u00e8bre les savoirs traditionnels port\u00e9s par des femmes a\u00een\u00e9es. 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