Programme 19 and 20 December 2023, free admission - catering on site

Exhibitions

My name is February, an exhibition at the Slave Lodge Museum, South Africa - Master House Floor, from 19 December 2023 to 2 June 2024.

Le Fusil de Mussard, part of La classe, l'oeuvre 2023 - 19 and 20 December, upstairs of the Maison de Maitre.

Lettres Patentes de 1723 ou Le Code Noir, full presentation, access path to the museum from the main stage (remains of the factory), from 19 December 2023.

Mélodie de l'eau, Mes pieds nus sur les sentiers, Marron je renais. Ephemeral installation by Genathena - Kan des esclaves, 19 and 20 December 2023.

Music

19 December 2023

Emy Potonié - 6pm, main stage next to the remains of the factory 

J. Pierre Joséphine and Bernard Desplas - 6pm, small stage on the villaz manzé side 

Emma Nona - 6.30pm, Chapelle Pointue

Marmay la Kour - 8pm, large stage next to the remains of the factory

Jim Fortuné - 8pm, small stage villaz manzé side

Redona Choir - 8pm, Chapelle Pointue

20 december 2023

Les choeurs de la liberté, under the direction of Laurence Beaumarchais, - 11am, Chapelle Pointue 

Salangane and Trio Rajery - 4pm, main stage next to the remains of the factory

Theatre, dance

Afro and Maloya dance promenade - 19th and 20th from 2pm on the estate 

Fer6, Compagnie Téat La Kour, written and directed by Francky Lauret, composed and performed by Erick Isana - 20 December, 2 - 4pm, strolling around, starting next to the main stage.

Workshops

Blacksmithing demonstration by the Bel-Air high school in Sainte-Suzanne - 19th from 6.30pm, 20th from 2.30pm

Tasting of traditional cuisine, sweet and savoury drinks - 19th and 20th 

Coffee painting with Les ateliers créolesL - 20 December from 10am

Reunionese crossbreeding, creation of suspensions with Les ateliers créoles - 20 December from 10am

Introduction to Maloya - 20 December

Guided tours

Visit the archaeological site of the remains of the sugar factory - 20 December from 10 am, every 45 minutes.

Ground floor of the masters' house - 19 and 20 December. 

The journey of a brown slave - 20 December, 10.30 am, 11 am, 11.30 am, 2 pm, 2.30 pm, 3 pm, departure from the upper belvedere.

Book signings and meetings

20 December from under the varangue in the reception area 

Cyrille Lougnon for his book Olivier Levasseur dit La Buse, piraterie et contrebande sur la route des Indes.

Jean-François Sam-Long for his book La tour d'orgueil.

Gaëlle Belem for her book Le fruit le plus rare ou la vie d'Edmond Albius. 

Apollo and Tehem for their book Vingt Décembre, chroniquies de l'abolition.

François Saint-Amand for his book Léonard