The Dapo Abiodun-led administration has said it will continue to promote religious tolerance and ensure peaceful co-existence among various adherents in the state.
Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Oluwasesan Fagbayi, stated this during the 2024 Isese Day celebration held in Abeokuta on Tuesday.
Fagbayi maintained that celebrating the rich cultural heritage and traditions, giving necessary support to traditional institutions, as well as enhancing the promotion of Indigenous tradition would preserve Yoruba traditional religion.
The Commissioner represented by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Quudus Yusuff, noted that the colourful display by different traditional religious sects at the celebration was proof that the Day was worthy of being recognised as an international event, to attract tourists across the globe, thereby enhancing the tourism potential of the state.
Also speaking, the Chairman of the Ogun State Alternative Medicine Board, OGAMB, who is also the Alawoerin of Egbaland, Chief Nurudeen Olaleye, enjoined all traditional worshippers across the country to use the occasion to pray for peace, unity and stability of the state and the country in general.
Speaking on the theme of the event, Vengeance, at Oke-Abola mountain, Saje, Abeokuta, the guest lecturer, Ojubona Akanbi, admonished people to desist from taking vengeance as the consequences were usually destructive and could hinder progress, adding that love and unity among people would prevent people from hurting others.
He charged youths to avoid acts capable of disrupting the peace and progress of the society, tasking them to add their quota to the development of the state and the nation.
DAILY POST reports that August 20 was declared Isese Day in some Western states to celebrate the Yoruba traditional religion and traditions since 2023 and is being observed simultaneously across all states in the southwest.
Culture Italian scholars examine Leonardo da Vinci’s handwritten notes on student’s sketch, but contents remain unknown
15:50 on August 24, 2024 (updated at 16:05 on August 24)
A document believed to be in Leonardo da Vinci’s handwriting (provided by the Historical, Cultural and Environmental Assets Assessment Committee, in collaboration with the National Museum of Natural History)
[Geneva Kyodo News]Italian art historians have identified text written on a part of a painting owned by a Swiss art collector as likely to be in Leonardo da Vinci’s own handwriting. It has not yet been possible to decipher what is written, and Silvano Vincetti, who led the appraisal, said, “It is a mystery that may one day be solved.”
The painting, a red charcoal drawing of a young woman’s torso, was rediscovered in the 1990s after passing through the hands of Swiss antiquities dealers, and in 2001 the late Carlo Pedretti, a well-known authority on Leonardo da Vinci, identified it as a work by Da Vinci’s pupil Cesare da Sesto (1477-1523).
Culture “Emilia Pérez” by Jacques Audiard, a musical and crazy fairy tale that enchants the cinema
It’s the cinema release of the week. The film starring Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana and Karla Sofia Gascón is in theaters, three months after the Cannes Film Festival.
PAGE 114 – WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS – PATHÉ FILMS – FRANCE 2 CINÉMA – SAINT LAURENT PRODUCTIONS – Shanna BessonJacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” is released in theaters on Wednesday, August 21.
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Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” is released in theaters on Wednesday, August 21.
CINEMA – Jacques Audiard is back. After Deepan or The Olympicshere is Emilia Pereza cinematic UFO mixing a tale of transition, drug war and tragic love stories which is, in addition, a catchy musical comedy.The feature film, led by a trio of mesmerizing women (Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascón, and Selena Gomez), is pure enchantment. It has been in theaters since August 21.
It’s hard to know where Jacques Audiard got this fabulous idea from. On paper, the bet is crazy. The film follows the destiny of Rita (Zoe Saldana), a lawyer who is bored stiff in her mediocre firm. Her life changes the day Manitas, the leader of the most powerful cartel in Mexico, asks her to help him complete his gender transition and then disappears, abandoning his wife Jessi (Selena Gomez) and his children. Manitas becomes Emilia Pérez (Karla Sofia Gascón) and radically changes her life, before her past comes back to haunt her.
Audiard’s genius is to have made this already powerful story into a musical comedy. And the fate of Emilia Perez into a modern-day fairy tale.
Because without a doubt, Emilia Perez has (almost) everything of a fairy tale. The change that the heroine has been waiting for all her life and for which she is ready to sacrifice everything opens the doors to a new life. To achieve this, she can count on the help of an ally, almost a good fairy. And what would this new life be without love so that this woman can finally feel like herself?
A true invitation to introspection, Emilia Perez is also a fable about redemption. By changing gender, life and identity, the heroine makes the greatest of changes, one that is invisible to everyone except her friend Rita and her family: she becomes a good person.
A lively musical comedy
If you’re totally allergic to musicals and the first few notes of a sung sequence in a movie give you hives, you won’t necessarily be as excited as we are about this completely crazy project. If, on the other hand, you whistle Grease or Chicago in the shower, you will enjoy yourself.
Copyright PAGE 114 – WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS – PATHÉ FILMS – FRANCE 2 CINÉMA – SAINT LAURENT PRODUCTIONS – Shanna BessonZoe Saldana in Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez.”
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Zoe Saldana in Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez.”
Emilia Perez is a very varied musical comedy. Melancholic ballads, love songs, more rock and rap songs blend harmoniously, all tinged with catchy Mexican sounds. We challenge you not to shed a tear during « Papa » or not dancing when Selena Gomez launches into wild steps in her pajamas.
The songs are so successful thanks to the lyrics and choreography of formidable precision, but also thanks to the quartet that performs them. Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Karla Sofia Gascón sing “for real” and double their interpretation with a game that borders on perfection. A fact that did not escape the jury of the Cannes Film Festival, since they won the prize for best actress together.
PAGE 114 – WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS – PATHÉ FILMS – FRANCE 2 CINÉMA – SAINT LAURENT PRODUCTIONS – Shanna BessonSelena Gomez stars in Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez.”
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Selena Gomez stars in Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez.”
Zoe Saldana plays one of her first leading roles here, but certainly not her last. Selena Gomez demonstrates once again (after Only Murders in the Building) that she is much more than a former Disney Channel child star. And Spanish actress Karla Sofia Gascón radiates the entire film with her presence. With Emilia PerezJacques Audiard proves once again that you don’t need a magic wand to be a true enchanter.
