Hello artcys,

As promised I will be writing about my experience of the event of Multi-language Mushaira in Manchester. By being a part of Edlab I was given the opportunity to participate in this event. My experience was highly positive and I would recommend that everyone should experience this kind of event once in their life.

As mentioned before in a previous post and according to Manchester Metropolitan University, ‘A mushaira is a lively and interactive poetry performance event, traditionally in Urdu and other South Asian languages; at the Multi-language Mushaira, everyone will be invited to share poetry in any language of their choice, around the theme of food.’

The atmosphere of the event where we got to sit on the floor on handmade ‘picnic’ blankets, to the interactive aspect of the performances it was an unforgettable experience.

The notions of saying whoa-whoa whenever you liked something or shout ‘repeat’ when you wanted to hear something again made it really interesting and there was not even a minute of boredom. Adding to this was that the guest got to savor the dish of the poem that one of the poets wrote about. A dish I have never heard before despite living in Manchester for three years now.  A chip butty. Such a simple dish that was so new to me.
For the people wondering, a chip butty is a sandwich with potato fries inside. Delicious!

I advise anyone who has or has not experienced an event like this before to go to one whenever there is an opportunity, it is an eye-opening event that is worth participating whether it is simply by watching (and interacting with the poets) or even by reading one of your poems.

See you in the next one,
Antio!

Ps. Find attached pictures of a chip butty.