The issue isn't being optimistic or pessimistic, but working. An optimist who does nothing to get ahead is just as useless as someone who, overcome by defeatism, throws in the towel. The sociolinguist Isidor Marí spoke about this in relation to the situation of the language in Ibiza, but it applies to almost everything. Doing work, like the work done by Cantuto, the fsummer festival of traditional oral songs from Cassà de la SelvaSince 2016, Marí participated from the audience in a talk about Ibizan double-repeated singing, a magnetic rhythmic chant that the duo L'Arannà incorporates into one of the most interesting artistic proposals of the moment: oral tradition and electronic music combined to move the listener. It was one of the activities of the ninth edition of Càntut, which took place from November 14th to 16th. Càntut, the best festival in the country.

The 28th edition of the Manresa Mediterranean Fair, which concludes this Sunday after three days of preliminary performances, was a successful and stimulating experience. Large audiences attended most of the shows, especially along the axis between Plaça Neus Català and Plaça Sant Domènec, with active audience participation in dance-based performances such as La Coixinera. The artistic level was very high. This was expected in the cases of established artists such as Sol Picó and Juan Carlos Lérida, La Venidera, and Cocanha. It was also surprising in emerging artists such as L'Arannà and Alosa, and in the presentation of projects recently launched by Obrador de Raíz, such as Unmarried by Magalí Sare and Bread by Anna Ferrer.