Created in 1995, Folknam is the Association of the principal historical and traditional groupings of Namur. It was given for mission of making revive, defend and protect the folk inheritance by the safeguard from the traditional groupings of Namur.

Its committee, very active, assistance also with the restoration of groupings disappeared such as they existed in the procession marial, the last ducasses, at the time of the fairyhood of July at the beginning of this century or in the secular traditions.

Important reconstitutions of elements of the local folklore were thus carried out since its creation. Inter alia: handing-over on feet of the Goliath giants and his lady, as well as Alfers - players of flags (1996), the Escort of Don Juan of Austria (1997), the Bayard horse and the horses Godins (1998), Sergeant Benoit & Lent (2003), White of Namur, Marie d' Artois and Magnus Erikson (2005).

Each year, Folknam organizes the Journée of the Folklore and the Namurian Traditions . It is held third Saturday of April on the places and in the streets of our beautiful city. With this occasion, FolkNam discovers prestigious the last history of its city at the time one day of animation and procession.

2004 saw the creation of a branch of traditional music: Folknam Music Trad with its credit the exit of several CDs, according to this same spirit of safeguard of the inheritance - musical this time: " They dance our " roots; (2004), " Viv' Nameur Po Early " (2005), " Streets of Namur " (2006), " Li Bia Bouquet " in 10 versions (2006).

In 2006, for the birthday of its 10 years, a son et lumi2ere display were produced, entitled: Namur in Fleur d' Histoire .

Many projects are still in the paperboards and await patrons.

Members of Folknam

  • Accordance
  • Alfers
  • Bragards
  • the Battalion of the Canaries
  • the Caracol
  • the tank of Belgrade
  • the frank Company
  • Namurian giants
  • the brotherhood of the Large fire of Bulge
  • the brotherhood of Malemort
  • the escort of Don Juan of Austria
  • Walk saint-Eloy of Vedrin
  • the Royal Company Moncrabeau (the 40 let us molons)
  • the Museum of the traditions
  • the 1st Regiment of the United States Belgium
  • Sergent Benoit and Lent
  • Folknam Musique Trad

Folknam Trad Music

The Association of musicians and dancers, Folknam Music Trad ASBL . created in January 2004, was given for mission of safeguarding and of ensuring the visibility of this important part of the local cultural heritage: music and the traditional Dance on airs of soils.

Member of Association Folknam, it constitutes the musical branch of it.

For this reason, it takes part each third Saturday of April, with the Journée of the folklore of Namur.

Since its constitution, association concentrates its efforts in the discographic production of collective works testifying to the richness and the dynamism of the world folk out of Namurian ground. If years 1975-79 were remembered by the organization of the " Time of the cerises" of Floreffe , it would not be correct to think that this small world of the folk, perhaps a little too underground, ceased any activity since this date. For proof, the exit in 2005, of a first double opus: " They dance our racines" , which recalls 25 years of music folk to Namur, since the " Time of the cerises". Collective album in which took part an about sixty folkeux musicians, existing member of 19 groups or having existed and which were reconstituted for the circumstance.

The second volume was produced in 2006, which evokes the figure and the ignored repertory of a Namurian fiddler of the end of XVIIIe: Joseph Gaspard Wandembrile . Heading " Streets of Namur - 1776-2006 , the opus comprises not only pages recorded by groups of the Namurian place but is also the occasion of recordings between musicians members of various groups joined together in " Association of fêtes". It is indeed in this spirit of user-friendliness and meeting that association conceives its patrimonial work of safeguard but also of animation of times of festivals of its city.

Recognized for the quality of its artistic work and its competences, the religious Organization was seen entrusting by the communal college the production of an album memory at the time of the 150e birthday of the choice of Li Bia Bouquet like National anthem of the city. Work of Nicolas Bosret, member of the royal Société Moncrabeau (the 40 let us molons), this popular air constitutes the song of rallying of the population, on any festive occasion. The produced album gave the opportunity of ten versions, true calling card of the musical genres present at Namur: traditional interpretation by the Company of Molons, version rung with the Holy bell-tower of the cathedral Aubain, version with four votes interpreted by the Center of Choir singing of Namur, versions then more dared: mechanical music (Albert Roulive), of variety (William Dunker), blues new Orleans (Crunch Them Black), rock'n'roll (Binde Compost), and even jazz (worked-nova) by the Vincent Antoine Quartet.

It is the second production whose Folknam Musique Trad ensured the artistic director, since this opus made following the exit of one 8 titles taking again the principal airs of the Walloon folklore of Namur (Airs of battery of the military groups, three airs of the repertory of Molons, the air of the torches of the Brotherhood of the Large Fire, the air of parade of Alfers (set of flags) and the popular song of Joseph Detry having given his title to the album: " Viv Nameur Po tot" .

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