Cluster: Swiss Identity

Voodoo casts spell on Geneva

This content was published on Jan 16, 2008 In a bid to rectify this image, the Museum of Ethnography in Geneva is holding an exhibition of some 300 Haitian voodoo objects, part of the largest collection of its kind, owned by a Swiss woman living in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Haiti is one of the poorest nations on the planet, but the tiny Caribbean…

Oscar hopes dashed

This content was published on Jan 16, 2008 The Swiss offering did not make it to the next stage of selection where a list of nine candidates will be whittled down to five nominees. Bettina Oberli’s film was seen by more than 600,000 people in Switzerland, making it the second-most successful Swiss production ever, behind 1978’s Die Schweizermacher. The comedy about how the…

Approaching a Switzerland without borders

This content was published on Jan 16, 2008 Meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, the EU’s Efta Group cleared the way for Switzerland to become part of the border-free zone from November 1. The accord could be signed as early as the end of January and come into force one month later. In Switzerland the necessary technical and legal changes will be addressed and…

Demographics

Sexual harassment widespread in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 15, 2008 In two-thirds of cases, the workplace harassment originates from men. Women are the aggressors in 15 per cent of cases and mixed gender groups are responsible for the remainder. The research, the first to cover men and women at a national level, was carried out for the Federal Gender Equality Office and the State Secretariat…

Demographics

“Sausage task force” cannot help cervelat

This content was published on Jan 15, 2008 An exhaustive search by a “cervelat task force” has failed to find a foolproof alternative to the Brazilian cows’ intestines that encase the nation’s favourite sausage, the industry said on Tuesday. Brazilian skins are the only product versatile enough to provide a top quality gourmet experience when eating the sausage both raw and cooked. But…

History

Haitian voodoo

This content was published on Jan 15, 2008 “Le vodou, un art de vivre” runs at the Geneva Museum of Ethnography until August 31. The exhibition brings together more than 3,000 artefacts amassed by Marianne Lehmann over the past 50 years, one of the largest collections of Haitian sacred art in the world. (Collection Marianne Lehmann, FPVPOCH. Photo Jonathan Watts, MEG)

Richard Koechli & Blue Roots Compagnie: Laid-back. Des racines du Blues à l’âme du Folkrock.

This content was published on Jan 15, 2008

Culture

Oliver Schnyder. Chopin Recital.

This content was published on Jan 15, 2008

Culture

Araxi Karnusian: Interrupted. Strange Sounds – Beautiful Music.

This content was published on Jan 15, 2008

Culture

Concours International d’Execution Musicale Genève (CIEM) 1993 – International Competition For Musical Performers Geneva (CIEM) 1993

This content was published on Jan 15, 2008 1st Prize for Voice – Jane Irwin Mezzosopranist Jane Irwin was born in Bromley (England) in 1968. She studied for five years with Barbara Robotham and graduated with honours from Lancaster University in 1990. She did postgraduate studies as a Peter Moores Foundation Scholar at the Royal Northern College of Music. Jane Irwin was the…

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Richard Koechli & Blue Roots Compagnie: Laid-back. Des racines du Blues à l’âme du Folkrock.

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Oliver Schnyder. Chopin Recital.

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Araxi Karnusian: Interrupted. Strange Sounds – Beautiful Music.

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Concours International d’Execution Musicale Genève (CIEM) 1993 – International Competition For Musical Performers Geneva (CIEM) 1993

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