Haeivers & Picking Song
On a warm Thursday evening, the House for Seasonal Neighbours transforms into a concert venue at the small church in Haren. Overlooking orchards and farms, this idyllic setting offers the perfect backdrop to celebrate the start of summer in the village.
The evening’s guests are TOUR, a seven-piece band led by Stijn Segers. They perform Haeivers, a folk album sung in the Zutendaal dialect, exploring the longing for one's home village.
In collaboration with spoken word artist Mona Thijs, some of the lyrics are reinterpreted and translated, allowing the transnational experiences of nearby seasonal workers to resonate through the music. Moreover, Mona Thijs’ “Picking Song”, a text which resulted out of the project “Playlist van de pluk”, is set on music.
After all, is that village of origin just a few miles away, abroad, or perhaps somewhere in the past? Maybe this shared sense of nostalgia and homesickness is what truly connects us all.
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