Fete de l'Humanité
As fête de l'Humanité , colloquially fête de l'Huma is the French term for the annual press festival on the second weekend in September for the benefit of the left-wing newspaper L'Humanité . They mobilize hundreds of thousands of spectators and participants every year.
history
The first Humanité Festival took place in September 1930 in the Sacco and Vanzetti Park in Bezons . The aim was to increase the circulation of the then central organ of the French Communist Party ( PCF ) and to generate a surplus that would benefit the newspaper, as well as support striking miners. The success was initially modest, there were only about 1000 paying visitors.
The festival continued and in 1936, at the time of the Popular Front , the first major concerts took place. Over 300,000 visitors came. After an interruption due to the war, around a million people found themselves in the Bois de Vincennes in 1945 , where the festival was located up to and including 1956. Then it took place in different places in the area of the Banlieue rouge .
Today the festival is divided into different "rooms", with music stages, a "book village", stands of various political organizations and friendly left movements, art exhibitions, etc.
The famous artists and writers who presented themselves at the festival include Pablo Picasso , Louis Aragon , musical appearances on the big stage include Léo Ferré , Stevie Wonder , Pink Floyd , The Who , Deep Purple , Jacques Brel , Noir Désir , Johnny Hallyday , Renaud , Chuck Berry , Jacques Dutronc , Leonard Cohen and Joan Baez .
After 1945, the festival served as a model for similar events in Italy ( Festa de L'Unità ) and the Vienna Volksstimmefest . There are also smaller festivals of the same name in various French provincial cities.
Individual evidence
- ↑ La fête de l'Humanité fête ses 80 bougies . In: L'Humanité-Dimanche from 9. – 15. September 2010.