The useful part
For "Atlante delle Rive," the day functions as what the project calls a moment of collective voice: not a festival, but an act of civic theatre. Hundreds of people gather along riverbanks across Italy on the same day to share what they've learned through the project's workshops, stories of floods, droughts, labor and care tied to the water that shapes their communities. Sunday's event in Sabina is one of dozens taking place simultaneously across the country's river basins as part of the same coordinated day of action.
How it works
- How the Day Works on the Tiber Participants can join either by canoe or on...
What to take from it
Day, and "Atlante delle Rive," Actually Are World Rivers Day falls on the last Sunday of every September, a date the United Nations established to raise public awareness of rivers' importance and encourage their protection and sustainable management.
Details worth keeping
AICAN Marks World Rivers Day as Part of Marco Paolini's "Atlante delle Rive" Theatre Project On Sunday, September 27, to mark World Rivers Day, AICAN is organizing a descent of the Tiber that combines outdoor sport with collective storytelling. The event is part of "Atlante delle Rive" ("Atlas of the Riverbanks"), a three-year theatre project conceived by Marco Paolini that narrates Italy's rivers through civic theatre, produced in collaboration with La Fabbrica del Mondo.