Among instrument sales and improvised melodies, the Occazique fair turned Najac into a music capital. A success led by the Cultura Najac association, before the much awaited medieval market for Ascension.
There are days like that, when something happens out of the blue. Like every day, you might say! Certainly, but on this Sunday in April in the lands of Najac, there was this musical supplement. Or rather all the music in the world. Without limits or restrictions, even if music theory always dictates that a whole note is worth two half notes…
There remains this universal truth, that music is the only language on the planet that everyone can understand, hear, and share without being forced into endless studies or immersions.
So, when we talk about sharing and exchange through instruments, sound systems, and all these accessories that impose themselves in Western Aveyron, we think of Occazique in Najac, around the pair Najac-Antraygues, and their close-knit team, once a year, those who wish to sell records, CDs, instruments and others make their migration to the medieval city gates.
And the images are striking, like this one trying out a hurdy-gurdy to a potential buyer, while in the background a few notes of Chopin escaped from an old upright piano, as friend Gilou promoted her festival, the Blue Dogs. It is this synergy, born of differences, that the Cultura Najac association carries. With Occazique, but also with the medieval market announced for this Ascension Thursday on May 14.
In any case, there are going to be very beautiful things happening between the Rue du Bourguet, the Governor’s House, and the fortress in medieval Najac.
