The village tour of July 2011 was a great success in brining circus, fun and laughter to some of the most isolated areas of the nornthern West Bank. Additionally, it was a chance for teens from Nablus to see the Palestinian countryside and meet rural populations to exchange experiences.
Highlights:
Sawwiya village is located next to the expansive Eli settlement and often faces settler attacks, especially on school-aged girls who have to walk along the main road to reach school. Assirk Assaghir performed for a summer camp there for the most enthusiastic, active crowd of the tour. The cildren clapped, yelled, danced and participated in each act. When asked what their favorite part of the show was, two girls said, "The funny boys with the red noses" of the clowns, something they hadn't seen before.
Kufer Haris and Skaka are villages in Salfeet district, an area Assirk Assaghir hadn't performed in before. Both villages are very near multiple settlements and the entire Salfeet district has a problem with sewage and garbage from the settlements being dumped in their land. In one area, a near-by settlement was using land directly behind the children's school playgroud as their landfill. Assirk Assaghir performed in Skaka in a dirt field under the sun because the center was small and didn't have adequate facilities. The children in the audience sat under an auning. When asked what they thought of the show, one of the teenage performers said, "They really don't have much in that village. We performed outside in a field. I felt today more than the other days that our show was important."
Highlights:
Sawwiya village is located next to the expansive Eli settlement and often faces settler attacks, especially on school-aged girls who have to walk along the main road to reach school. Assirk Assaghir performed for a summer camp there for the most enthusiastic, active crowd of the tour. The cildren clapped, yelled, danced and participated in each act. When asked what their favorite part of the show was, two girls said, "The funny boys with the red noses" of the clowns, something they hadn't seen before.
Kufer Haris and Skaka are villages in Salfeet district, an area Assirk Assaghir hadn't performed in before. Both villages are very near multiple settlements and the entire Salfeet district has a problem with sewage and garbage from the settlements being dumped in their land. In one area, a near-by settlement was using land directly behind the children's school playgroud as their landfill. Assirk Assaghir performed in Skaka in a dirt field under the sun because the center was small and didn't have adequate facilities. The children in the audience sat under an auning. When asked what they thought of the show, one of the teenage performers said, "They really don't have much in that village. We performed outside in a field. I felt today more than the other days that our show was important."
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