we are getting artsy in southern turkey for the mardin biennial.nd tick, tick, boom — we go behind the scenes at boomtown during the countdown to the opening of this year's festival in the heart of the english countryside. it's all hands on deck! hello, and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from beautiful tarifa, in southern spain. perched on the southernmost tip of continental europe, just 1a kilometres from north africa, tarifa is the gateway between these two continents. its position leaves the small spanish town open to a blasting from the winds that shape its rugged coastline. in this part of the world, there are two prevailing winds. one is the mellow, consistent poniente wind and the other one is this bad boy, the levante, which storms in from the east and batters this coastline, and when it does, all the best kitesurfers from around the world want to be right here. and yet while a windy beach break might not seem like your idea of a dream trip, it is for a mass influx of kitesurfers that sees the population of this once sl

i have a festival of art and culture in mardin? i think it's very organic— culture in mardin?ic that is _ culture in mardin? i think it's| very organic that is happening here — very organic that is happening here. because here, likely, you sit down— here. because here, likely, you sit down and you go into a store _ sit down and you go into a store and _ sit down and you go into a store and you sit down and you have _ store and you sit down and you have tea — store and you sit down and you have tea with somebody and all of a sudden, you are learning all of— of a sudden, you are learning all of these stories and, you know. — all of these stories and, you know, gossip and other information that you wouldn't have — information that you wouldn't have any _ information that you wouldn't have any access to whatsoever. but it's — have any access to whatsoever. but it's an _ have any access to whatsoever. but it's an oral tradition. the works on _ but it's an oral tradition. the works on display _ but it's an oral tradition. tue: works on display here are varied but they all tie into t

and we hit the streets of mardin for the city's fifth biennial. over 2,000 years for this fermented fish conserve, which both preserved and flavoured the food of the time. so if you were an ancient roman person you would have been very happy to find this on your table? and now the best chefs of the area are bringing back this ancient treat for modern day audiences. it's just a very savoury — a deep, savoury flavour. i can see why the romans would have enjoyed to have this on their food, especially if it were boiled. just how important is this resurrection? how does it feel to you to be rediscovering these ancient tastes ? strategically placed in south—eastern turkey, high above the routes connecting turkey to syria and iraq, is the ancient city of mardin. due to its position, this place has lived under many different rules, from the babylonians to the persians, but we are here to check out how the mardin biennial looks to encapsulate these influences into new exciting works of art. here is a little bit of interesting info. the festival isn't centr

well, you might think that in those difficult post-war years, everything was in mardin.ki chased the piano and queued up behind it. here it is, the very trophy piano in the house of the splinter museum, good. vader but 700 rubles. trophy called down. and i don't have enough money. i think i will get a salary and buy it, then i was very glad that i had a piano. i started working on it. mom, my teacher was graduated from belarusian state university before the war. she loved the strauss waltz, so she will give it from her from the waltz. i still remember fingers here, please. that's when you finish ten years. and i already entered the conservatory, and for the first time i heard yours. song reindeer he was born in the spring, how much joy did i have? joy, because the son of a student komsomolets wrote a song about lenin sincerely. although it may be, igor realized that the chanting of the leaders was the only pass to soviet art and there was simply no way for them. an example of the great creators, shastakovich forty- ninth moratorium song of the forests, sang, stalin's pla