9 June 2010
The Koinonia Children Team Tour in Italy
13 children, a trainer and a social worker - have toured Italy from April 7 to May 18.
Everywhere they performed a show entitled Simba na Mende (the Lion and the Cockroach) a traditional African tale about the importance of water for life, and a variety of mimes, songs, dances, acrobatics.
An enthusiastic public applauded them in Bari, Putignano, Matera, Potenza, Numana (Ancona), Riccione, Bologna, Santarcangelo di Romagna, Cavallino (Venice), Brugherio, Lodi, Milan, Lecco, Verbania, Turin, Perugia, Assisi and Rome.
It was also a time of learning, visiting historical places and museums, praying, doing new experiences. In Turin the group prayed in front of the Holy Shroud, in Assisi, on May 16, participated to the Perugia-Assisi Peace March (25 km), that attracted more that 100,000 people, mostly youth, in front of them at the arrival.
In Rome they had the honor of having among their public a delegation of the Kenya Embassy.
An enthusiastic public applauded them in Bari, Putignano, Matera, Potenza, Numana (Ancona), Riccione, Bologna, Santarcangelo di Romagna, Cavallino (Venice), Brugherio, Lodi, Milan, Lecco, Verbania, Turin, Perugia, Assisi and Rome.
It was also a time of learning, visiting historical places and museums, praying, doing new experiences. In Turin the group prayed in front of the Holy Shroud, in Assisi, on May 16, participated to the Perugia-Assisi Peace March (25 km), that attracted more that 100,000 people, mostly youth, in front of them at the arrival.
In Rome they had the honor of having among their public a delegation of the Kenya Embassy.
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| A moment of the performance of Simba |