WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE BELGIUM BRUSSELS - BRUZZ International - dinsdag 2 juli 2024

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02-07-2024 In this edition of BRUZZ International, we zoom in on the Lithuanian community in Brussels. Last Sunday on the show: K.L.8 in Jette Exhibition space K.L.8 was founded by Lithuanian artist Sandra Meilunaité and co-curators Dilum Coppens and Yannick Marien. They promote young and promising artists. "We did several international open calls. For some shows, more than 170 portfolios were submitted." Watch the report Lithuanian dancing with Lietuvonis Lietuvonis is a Lithuanian folk dance group in Brussels. Founded in 2017 to keep their traditions alive in their new hometown as well. "It makes me proud to pass on these traditions to my children. We are also already well known in the Lithuanian community in Belgium and are invited to many different events." Watch the report Gintaras Marijauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian community in Belgium We meet Gintaras Marijauskas, the chairman of the Lithuanian community in Belgium. "Around the year 2000, there were only about 100 Lithuanians living here. But with Lithuania's accession to the European Union and other international organisations, the number of Lithuanians increased. Currently, there are almost 4,000 Lithuanians registered in Belgium." Watch the report Artist Renata Gibaviciute Renata Gibaviciute is a Lithuanian artist working on non-figurative, abstract mixed-media paintings and visual poetry. "For weeks the ink dripped on the paper. I had so many beautiful landscapes of paper absorbing ink and water. It's a photograph of time." Watch the report Previous country specials   Transylvanian dishes from Romania, a traditional Latvian choir, a Spanish bookshop, Gaelic football, Polish sweets, a Slovenian crime novelist... Once a month, we zoom in on a specific foreign community in the capital of Europe.   Check out all of our country specials through the map below. See country specials Do you have an idea and you would like to feature on BRUZZ International? Or do you just want to give us some feedback? Please feel free to reach out, we would love to hear from you! Take care and see you soon, Méabh Mc Mahon host BRUZZ International