Fleadh: The people using music to bring others together
The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann music festival in Belfast is seeing record-breaking attendance, with over 900,000 visitors reported. The event features the 'Tunes Translated' project, which uses music to foster integration between migrants, refugees, and the local population.
Why it matters
The festival demonstrates the economic and social power of cultural events in promoting community integration and boosting local economies.
Image caption, Tunes Translated is an intercultural music integration project that brings together migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers with the indigenous population of Belfast
As the largest Irish music festival in the world, Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann , continued in Belfast on Saturday, those in attendance were also able to experience music from other countries and cultures throughout the world.
Tunes Translated is an intercultural music integration project that brings together migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers with the indigenous population of Belfast.
On Saturday the group hosted a concert and its organiser Catherine Crean said there were 22 different nationalities performing in the band.
She said they use "indigenous and international music" to bring those groups of people together.
"This is the first Fleadh we have performed in and it's been crazy, we have had an event every single day. I just think it's been amazing.
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