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A ’conference of birds in city

Fayza Haq
The students of Ecoie Fran-caise de Dhaka at Gulshan produced a fascinating play called the "Conference of the Birds" on Saturday at then school. It was based on the writings of the twelfth century mystic poet Fariduddin Attar. The first translation into French was made in the thirteenth century by a Persian scholar Garcin de Tacy.
The story of the play consists of how a hoopoe bird Cthers all the other birds a conference. She tells them of the existence of a king called the Simorg and convinces the other birds to go in search for this king.
The nightingale, who prefers the rose, and the owl. who loves the ruins, are reluctant to join the birds These birds are shown as passing a desert and seven valleys. All the plumaged creatives plague the hoopoe tilth questions. Next they meet the hermit and the bat who dwell on their own lives.
The seven valleys that the birds cross are the valleys of love, knowledge, research, nothingness, unity, stupor and death
This symbolic play ends by showing how the king Simorg tells the birds that
within them. The birds, which stood for human beings, had only to turn Inwards and they would find the answer to why happiness sometimes arises out of—Bering
It took 40 students two months, under the able guidance of M Royer the principal, to master the
Although some of the children were barely more than mere toddlers, they acted out their parts with poise and dexterity Nothing went amiss. There were a few teenagers who had the important parts and their standard of acting too was
The language and the music, along with the exotic slid
you to sleep, despite the fact that a very serious question of life was being debated the medium of the play
The costumes, ranging from white and grey to brilliant orange and blues were made from scalloped pieces of cloth. The mask and beaks completed the picture superbly.
In this abstract and symbolic production there were non French students too. like Fazlee Mouia, the hoopoe. Sofia Haque the budgerigar, and Jakir Hossain, the bat. The hermit was played with excellence by the principal of the school, himself Yves Royer.
The impact of the play took you away from the din and hustle and bustle of everyday existence and gave you time to ponder over the meaning of one’s struggle, in life. The mystic poets's work had been dealt with tremendoiis care and suavity