The Grass in the Same Haystack an Alternative Policy on Drugs: the Reasons Against Intolerance

Year III -n°6 - 13 july 2006 The community newspaper of Rototom Sunsplash free copy ith your Tim e, send a text w e 1 euro first lif 4771, donat mobile to 4 tiere. ofit i Senza Fron pr edic iation en to M o the assoc th ntirely t all profits e TIM will give ociazione porto all'ass rà l'intero im Sunny TIM devolve Thursday 13 luglio 2006 www.rototomsunsplash.com MAIN STAGE COMMUNITY EVENTS OUTSIDE TODAY’S CONCERTS Live the Energy We keep you informed Sud Sound System, To re-establish about the most Third World a different contact important events from and Congos with your body around the world pag. 2 pag. 3 pag. 3 TODAY AT 4.30PM IN THE MEETINGS TENT A DEBATE WITH FATHER GALLO, PETER COHEN, CLAUDIO CIPPITELLI, FRANCO CORLEONE AND ALESSANDRO ORIA All the grass in the same haystack An alternative policy on drugs: the reasons against intolerance Modernity Queens is ok, but of the without abuse Dancehall by Marco Sacco by Gaia Branca Yesterday in the Debates Area, an To be a woman in Jamaica can still be a interesting debate took place about limitation today. It’s almost impossible to the harm done by electromagnetic assert your own role in a male chauvinist emissions. Liliana Boranga, as coor- society, especially in show business. The dinator, introduced the subject high- documentary film “Queens of Sound”, presented yesterday in the Debates Area, lighting the fact that “we are not tackles this subject through interviews against modernity, but against with artists, who belong to three genera- abuse”. Alberto Chicayban started tions of Jamaican female musicians. presenting “Tambours”, a full-length Singers such as Marcia Griffiths, Maka film, which did not illustrate today’s Diamond, Sasha and Tanya Stephens talk p subject, so that we’ll talk about it in h about their first steps in the music world, L u this newspaper in the coming days. c their fight to assert themselves and the a P Eva Mar?álek from Austria began her a limitations of the society in which they o l a were born and grew up. The film director, presentation with the definition of s s i n Sandra Krempelhuber was present at the health given by the World Health i Organisation: “A state of complete screening. We asked her why she decided psycho-physical and social well- to shot a film about this subject and what being, not only in absence of indispo- contribution can a woman give to reggae sition or illness”. From this sentence, more than a man. She said: “There are so pricked is by knowing it in detail of coercion. In 1964, this ideology many reggae films only starring men. As the discussion began over the long- It’s a thorny issue, but and so avoiding being drowned in cost him the dismissal of his place a woman, I thought it was very impor- term damage caused by technology, the best way not to be the generalizations fuelled by igno- as chaplain at the main school of tant to make a film about women in especially by the excessive use of pricked is to approach rance. That’s why today at Garaventa, because the Salesian Jamaica. Women are more emotional mobile telephones, instruments Rototom we will speak about order didn’t like his educative than men, their texts aren’t sexist or which have became commonly used it without prejudicies drugs. Talking, listening, knowing, approach, where trust and freedom homophobic, because they know that long before we had certain data about or generalisations asking questions and facing this were trying to substitute the usual these are silly subjects. If they talk about their impact on people. Business issue helps. The main speakers of repressive methods. There will be them, their tone is critical or denouncing. needs move, as usual, faster than the debate “Una politica alternati- also Franco Corleone, ex-underse- Texts written by women are more focused common sense, setting in motion an va sulle droghe: la ragione contro cretary of Justice, from 1996 until on social problems. Fortunately sexism engine which is difficult to stop and, by Marco Bresolin l’intolleranza” (An alternative poli- 2001, and current president of the isn’t a big problem for women anymore, even more, to contain. During the cy on drugs: rationality against association “Forum Droghe”, the because Jamaican women have learnt debate guests presented their research intolerance) are Father Andrea organisation which fights to over- how to assert themselves, they have projects, which will be ready in a few What is behind the word ‘drug’? Gallo, Peter Cohen, Claudio come the penal approach to the always had to fight. Probably they are years. They previewed some data What do these five letters mean? Cippitelli and Franco Corleone, problem of drugs, to reduce the more determined than others.” In the Can we really use just one term to area of illegality and to try to intro- which produced valid worries. together with Alessandro Oria, film, Sandra Joy Alcott was also intervie- speak things that differ so much Udine town councillor, who will duce the strategies of reduction of wed because she has founded the Jamaica Without official data it is better to one from the other. What are its preside the meeting.The “commu- damage also into Italy. There will Association of Female Artists. She is a take precautions starting from the borders? How far can we use this nist” priest, as some people call also be present at the table Peter lawyer and a poet and uses her own “principle of precaution”, meaning word? There are many, too many him – even if he prefers “angelical- Cohen, sociologist at the poems to criticise Jamaican society, and limiting the use of mobile phones questions we should ask ourselves ly anarchic”-, has followed in University of Amsterdam and her profession to support the artists, who and being conscious about possible when we deal with this thorny sub- Father Bosco’s footsteps since his Claudio Cippitelli, coordinator of are often discriminated. In Jamaica harm, trying not to be blackmailed ject. Of course it is thorny, but we was of a young age, always siding the CNND (National Coordination women are still paid less than men for by models in adverts who say that must not be afraid of its thorns, with poor and marginalized peo- New Drugs). Let’s try not to rake up their concerts and shows. Fortunately “It’s all around you”! because the best way not to be ple, teaching them without the use all the grass into the same haystack. something is slowly changing. Sunny music and culture P2 LIVE AND DIRECT ON THE MAIN STAGE: SUD SOUND SYSTEM, THIRD WORLD AND CONGOS, BUT ALWAYS REMEMBERING THE AFRICAN ROOTS From the roots of Kingston to the “fuecu” of Salento The reggae of the seventies meets the masters of the Italian school programme “The Heart of Congos”, nment in the ‘70s, but they lived produced by Lee Perry, is their daily lives along side “the children of the ghetto” like Inner one of the most important Circle of the brothers Lewis and in the history of reggae Jacob Miller. As Inner Circle Live the Energy they loved to expand their reggae 8.00 am Morning meditation, into the territories of soul and The Five Tibetans. Natural funk with great results. by Pier Tosi therapies: Foto Kirlian, They are famous because of how to record the magnetic With this eighth night of reggae, songs like ’96 Degrees In The field of a person. we enter into the second and Shade’ and ‘Cold Sweat’, but also Rei-Ki, shatsu - ayurvadic and Thai massages. final part of Rototom Sunsplash because of their unbelievable Free Yard 2006. Even if the tiredness is covers of ‘Satta Massagana’ of the From 12.30 pm starting to make itself felt, loads Abyssinians and ‘Now That We Bless Line (ita) of good vibes are still awaiting us. Found Love’ of the O’Jays. Their T-I Sound (ch) Let’s start by talking about toda- musical adventure has already Dubbity Sound (slo) Nico Royale (ita) y’s main artists. Africa has a very been very long, they had many Area Showcase important role in the line-up of successes and now they have From 2.00 pm Sunsplash 2006 thanks to the come to Rototom Sunsplash for p h Carnicats, Madrac (ita) voices of the major reggae artists L the first time. u Rohmanife, c from the black continent and the a The Sud Sound System will close d Barmagrande (ita), Jahmila ’ exchange between Africa and A the show; they have come back g (ita/es/argentina) Rebel Muffin o s Jamaica. When it was released in t after last year’s fabulous concert. i (a) n o African Village 1977, ‘The Heart of Congos’ by The group from Salento has T o o From 2.00 pm stage: the Congos was the most elo- t just released a beautiful s Didjeredoo, L quent example, together with the i CD/DVD entitled ‘Live & v e Percussions from Senegal, ! work of Burning Spear, of a pas- Direct 2006’ and their first African sionate search for its African concert in Jamaica which will Dance, Percussions from Guinea, roots by Jamaican music. The be on the 4th of August at the Jamaican Dance, Capoeira. producer Lee “Scratch” Perry re-established Reggae Cinema added the voice of Watty Burnett this album one of the most were fighting for space on the Sunsplash. But before they from 3.00 pm “Roots to Cedric Myton and Roy appreciated reggae CDs also out- musical scene of Kingston, Third leave for this adventure to the Daughters” Johnson and decided to use for side the normal sphere of World were already established land of reggae Terron Fabio, by Bianca Brynda starring Judy Mowatt their magnificent songs the most Jamaican music.

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