Begijn Le Bleu performs 'Happy with a dead sparrow'

Don't be alarmed: Begijn's new show is about the house sparrow. This little bird carries with it a history that will amaze you. As soon as agriculture appeared in the Middle East, this rascal literally grabbed a grain and thus spread all over the world. The journey that Tjilp has behind him is fodder for a page-turner. Experience the rise and fall of the underdog of our nature with a piece of national history, a trip to the China van Mao and a visit to the African steppes full of staggering facts and adventurous stories. Humor, history, and science united in a delightful theater narrative as only Begijn can bring them. Folkduo Naragonia brings their idiosyncratic folk with a refined, solid energy. In 2024 they won the award for best live band during the Flanders Folk Awards. Begijn Le Bleu has been making the bird podcast Fwiet! Fwiet! and the bird magazine Fwiet, one of the most beautiful nature magazines that are made, since 2016. His first nature performance ‘Kijk!’ was enthusiastically received by media and audience. He is a regular guest as a scientist in the Radio 2 program de Weekwatcher and regularly delights Raf & Rani on Joe. ‘It is always a bit sad when you have to say before the start: ‘djuu, we are never going to have enough time’, but that is just how it is when you invite Begijn Le Bleu to come and talk about birds’. Linde Merckpoel Ten benefit of the development project of Terre Vivante vzw in the municipality of Za-Kpota in Benin, West Africa. The project supports a training center for low-skilled young people in local orange cultivation. In 2025, an orchard of 2 ha was purchased to support the project. In 2026, the focus is mainly on the installation of an irrigation system in that new orchard. See https://www.terrevivante.be . www.begijnlebleu.be www.naragonia.com www.rumoer.be