Conselh de Representacion Generala de la Joventut d'Òc (CRGJOC) : Organization
Email: conselhjoventut@yahoo.com WebSite: http://conselh-joventut-oc.3d.net
General Council of Occitan Youth Representation is uniting through the young members (less than 32 years old) organizations who work to support and developed occitan language and culture. Its goals are : - to represent with more weightiness commons claims of his own members. - to be privileged interlocutor of Territorial Collectivities, States, organizations and politics, of other youth organizations, etc. Extract of Article 1 of our Charter of foundation : youth members organizations recognize the existence from the Alps to the Pyrénées with Massís Central, the existence of a particular territory caracterized by a language and a own culture.
About the minority:
- 190 000 square kilometres - Biggest stateless nation in the European Union. - 15 million inhabitants - 2 million native speakers who use the language everyday (admittedly mainly among the people who were born before 1950). The language passed down by the family is still spoken by young people in the Béarn, Pays Niçard, Cévennes, Périgord, cisalpine valleys, Val d’Aran... Not counting a few state schools thanks to the dedication of some teachers, but associations are the most effective medium with the Calandretas (practically without state support). (cf. Reference on the use of Occitan in Languedoc-Roussillon (1991 and 1997 surveys, and the survey conducted in Aquitaine in 1997 in GARDY Ph., & HAMMEL E., L'occitan en Languedoc-Roussillon, (Perpignan, El Trabucayre, 1994)
Settlement area:
Occitània covers : 1. The Southern half of France: the « midi » as it is called by the locals, without Corsica More precisely, it comprises 7 administrative regions and tiny parts of some other regions : - Aquitaine : down to Bayonne, after which the Basque country begins (Euskal Herria) -Auvergne : up to the North of Montluçon - Centre (a tiny part) : canton of Sainte Sévère le Château (South of Indre) - Languedoc-Roussillon : except Roussillon, which is North Catalonia (Catalunya) - Limousin - Midi- Pyrénées - Poitou- Charente (a tiny part) : the Confolens area - Provence- Alpes- Côte d’Azur : as far as Menton - Rhône-Alpes : departments of Ardèche, Drôme and the South of Isère 2. An Alpine part of Italy: twelve alpine valleys of the Piedmont region west of a Coni (Cuneo) and Taurin (Turin) line with Draonier (Dronero) as urban centre 3. A Pyrenean part of Spain (in the region of Catalonia) : the Val d'Aran, where the Garonne has its source with Vielha as urban centre
History:
- Progressive militarian invasion : conquests to access mediterranean see, first medieval invasions after the Fourth Crusade in 1209 “Albigensian Crusade”, last one in 1860 with County of Nice annexion to France - Political repression : French Revolution 1789 with jacobinism ideology for a centralized state with this motto liberty-equality-fraternity “one people : french = one nation : french = one language : french” - Destruction of the cultural transmission mostly toward our language. Our language lost its name becoming some “patois”, first at school and second in families by pressure upon women in education “interdit de cracher par terre et de parler patois” with the III French Republic, Mussolini and Franco - Political state crisis with decolonisation, spread of former French Colonial Empire along the XXst Century. Independence of main colonies - Not allowed to learn “local” history at school
Political Situation:
In the 3 states administrating a part of Paisses d'Òc : - FRANCE: after the repeal of the Deixonne Act, no law recognizes the Oc language. Officially there are neither national minorities nor statuses. Article 2 of the French Constitution states that: "The language of the Republic shall be French." France refuses to ratify the European Charter of Regional or Minority Languages and never signed (still less ratified) the Convention- framework for the protection of national minorities (just like Byelorussia)... But internationally France supports cultural diversity and “the French exception”, in Quebec for example... Ex. : No juridic recognition of Occitan, it means for example, no subsidies for non-french newspaper. - ITALY: Article 6 of the Italian Constitution states that: «The Republic protects linguistic minorities thanks to special measures» The November1991 Act states that: «The Republic protects the Albanian, Catalan, German, Greek, Slavonic and Romany languages and cultures of origin as well as Latin, French, Franco-provençal and Occitan " Towns like La Ròcha/ Roccabruna have bilingual roadsigns and signals in Tuscan/Occitan. But in reality few things advance for Occitan in those valleys. - SPAIN: Article 3 of the Spanish Constitution states that: 1- Castilian is the official language of the state. It is the duty of all Spanish people to know it and it is their right to use it. 2-The other Spanish languages will also be official in the respective autonomous communities in conformity with their statuses. 3- The linguistic riches of Spain is a cultural heritage that should be respected and paid particular attention to. and Home rule status of the Generalitat of Catalunya 33.2: l16/1990 law special arrangements for the Val d'Aran, article 2: "The language of Aran, a variety of the Occitan and specific of the Val d’Aran, is official in the Val d’Aran. Catalan and Castilian are also official." Ex. : Road-signs and markings in this territory are bilingual: Castilian/ Occitan (or Catalan/ Occitan). In the town of Vielha, all the signposts, and the shop signs are bilingual (Catalan/Occitan).
Culture:
A lot of cultural activities around the 2 big cultural oc associations : http://ieo.fr.st http://www.felibrige.com A lot of musical activities around : Grop de Mùsica del Piemont Occitan Lou DALFIN http://www.talvera.org Goulamas'K http://jb.plantevin.free.fr/ Mauresca Fracas Dub http://www.troubadours-ensemble.com http://www.massilia-soundsystem.com http://www.coroudeberra.com/ Lo Mago de'n Casteu trio pòp ròc niçard http://www.ocmusic.org http://www.nadau.com Coriandre Confrérie des Souffleurs http://www.lesmourresdeporc.com Sonoloco Aura Produccions http://www.ballades.net/ http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/3238/prov_1.html http://www-sop.inria.fr/icare/personnel/pissard/prov.html http://www.cant.org http://perso.wanadoo.fr/les-nicois-du-canton/page10.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/counvivenco http://academitambourin.multimania.com/ http://perso.wanadoo.fr/festamb/ http://ensemblemusicalprovencal.ifrance.com http://site.voila.fr/mtcn/index.html http://odtamb.free.fr http://www.multimania.com/ethsautes Eths Sautes grop gascon http://www.multimania.com/miqueu/espinasse Dos fraires musicians http://www.multimania.com/pastourelles Les Pastourelles de Campan http://www.conservatoire-occitan.org/dvpres01/indexdv.html http://zarledu.free.fr/ http://www.menestrers.fr.st/ http://www.sirventes.com http://www.xarnege.com http://membres.lycos.fr/diubiband http://www.dupainweb.com/ http://joanpauverdier.free.fr/ http://www.gaisaber.it/ http://www.utenti.lycos.it/Enricozzz/Roussinhol/ http://www.ocmusic.org/ http://www.ghironda.com/ http://arvei.t.free.fr/ http://www.nuxvomica.org/ http://toko13blaze.free.fr/ http://tamatam.free.fr/ http://igrimm.org/madelano Cinenamtographic associations : http://www.festivalfilmprovencal.com http://www.peolh.net
Education:
Federacion de las Calandretas, non-governmental public schools : http://c-oc.org/calandreta Oc-Bi, Association for bilinguisme french-occitan in public schools : http://www.oc-bi.org/ Sindicate of occitan professors : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/soe
Media:
=> Televisions : NONE => Radios + Diffusion mainly in Occitan : - RADIO LENGADOC around Montpelhier/ Montpellier and Narbona/ Narbonne towns (99.7 FM and web broadcast) : http://www.radiolengadoc.com - RADIO OCCITANIA around Tolosa/ Toulouse town (Tolosa 98.3 FM, Lauragués 106.1 FM, Arièja- Cominges 89.4 FM and web broadcast) : http://www.radio-occitania.com - RADIO PAIS (Bearn 89.8 Mhz, Bigòrra 101.5 Mhz, Gèrs- Armanhac 98.0 Mhz, Gèrs- Astarac 90.8 Mhz, Lanas oèst 93.8, Mhz Lanas èst 103.6 Mhz) : http://membres.lycos.fr/miqueu/radiopai - RADIO RADIOBECKWITH, Occitan Piemont radio around La Tor Peliç/ Torre-Pellice : http://www.rbe.it + Minority diffusion in Occitan : - In Lengadocian speaking : Service Frequency Department Zone ALBIGES 95.4 81 - Tarn ALBI ALBIGES 104.2 81 - Tarn CARMAUX ANTENNE D'OC 100.3 46 - Lot SOUILLAC ANTENNE D'OC HAUT QUERCY 106.9 46 - Lot GRAMAT ANTENNE D'OC HAUT QUERCY 105.9 46 - Lot SAINT-CERE BAROUSSE FM 93.2 31 - Haute-Garonne BARBAZAN FM PLUS GRILLE OUVERTE 88.2 30 - Gard ALES FRANCE BLEU PERIGORD 99.5 24 - Dordogne MONTIGNAC FRANCE BLEU PERIGORD 104.4 24 - Dordogne MUSSIDAN FRANCE BLEU PERIGORD 94.6 24 - Dordogne PERIGUEUX FRANCE BLEU PERIGORD 90.5 24 - Dordogne RIBERAC FRANCE BLEU PERIGORD 101.1 24 - Dordogne SAINT-ASTIER FRANCE BLEU PERIGORD 89.1 24 - Dordogne SARLAT FRANCE BLEU PERIGORD 99.4 47 - Lot-et-Garonne AGEN L'EKO DES GARRIGUES 88.5 34 - Hérault MONTPELLIER ORION 87,6 - LA VOIX DE LA VALLEE 87.6 24 - Dordogne BERGERAC R D'AUTAN 102.8 81 - Tarn CASTRES R D'AUTAN 105.1 81 - Tarn LAVAUR RADIO 4 CANTONS 91.9 47 - Lot-et-Garonne FUMEL RADIO 4 CANTONS 107.3 47 - Lot-et-Garonne VILLENEUVE-SUR-LOT RADIO 4 CANTONS 98.3 47 - Lot-et-Garonne VILLEREAL RADIO ASSOCIATION (82) 100.7 82 - Tarn-et-Garonne MONTAUBAN RADIO BULLE 93.6 47 - Lot-et-Garonne AGEN RADIO CIEL BLEU 107.1 34 - Hérault BEZIERS RADIO GALAXIE (31) 98.5 31 - Haute-Garonne RIEUX RADIO INTER-VAL 95.7 48 - Lozère FLORAC RADIO INTER-VAL 90.5 48 - Lozère MENDE RADIO INTER-VAL 94.4 48 - Lozère SAINT-MICHEL-DE-DEZE RADIO MARSEILLETTE 101.3 11 - Aude CARCASSONNE RADIO MARSEILLETTE 100.1 11 - Aude MARSEILLETTE RADIO MON PAIS 90.1 31 - Haute-Garonne TOULOUSE RADIO OCCITANIE 89.4 31 - Haute-Garonne SAINT-GAUDENS RADIO OCCITANIE 98.3 31 - Haute-Garonne TOULOUSE RADIO SAINT AFFRIQUE 100.6 12 - Aveyron MILLAU RADIO SAINT AFFRIQUE 96.7 12 - Aveyron SAINT-AFFRIQUE RADIO SAINT AFFRIQUE 88.5 12 - Aveyron SAINT-AFFRIQUE RADIO TRANSPARENCE 97.3 09 - Ariège SAINT-GIRONS RADIO TYP FM NIMES 102.5 30 - Gard NIMES RCF PAYS D'AUDE 98.2 11 - Aude NARBONNE TOTEM 102.2 12 - Aveyron BARAQUEVILLE TOTEM 96.7 12 - Aveyron DECAZEVILLE TOTEM 102.6 12 - Aveyron ESPALION TOTEM 93.5 12 - Aveyron MILLAU TOTEM 88.1 12 - Aveyron RODEZ TOTEM 88.1 12 - Aveyron RODEZ TOTEM 91.1 12 - Aveyron SAINT-AFFRIQUE TOTEM 101.3 12 - Aveyron VILLEFRANCHE-DE-ROUERGUE TOTEM 96.3 46 - Lot CAHORS TOTEM 104.9 46 - Lot CAPDENAC TOTEM 105.8 46 - Lot FIGEAC In Bearnese speaking : Service Frequency Department Zone LA VOIX DU BEARN, VDB, FREQUENCE BEARN 95.1 64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques PAU RADIO MENDILILIA 89.6 64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques MAULEON-LICHARRE RADIO MENDILILIA 92.5 64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques TARDETS-SORHOLUS RADIO OLORON 89.2 64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques OLORON-SAINTE-MARIE RADIO ORTHEZ 103.3 64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques ORTHEZ RADIO PAIS 103.6 40 - Landes AIRE-SUR-L'ADOUR RADIO PAIS 89.8 64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques PAU RADIO ORTHEZ 103.3 64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques ORTHEZ RADIO PAC 101.9 19 - Corrèze ARNAC-POMPADOUR RADIO PAIS 90.8 32 - Gers AUCH RADIO PAIS 103.6 40 - Landes AIRE-SUR-L'ADOUR RADIO PAIS 89.8 64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques PAU RADIO PAIS 101.5 65 - Hautes-Pyrénées TARBES RADIO PAYS 93.1 75 - Paris PARIS In Gascon speaking : Service Frequency Department Zone LA VOIX DE L'ARMAGNAC 100.7 40 - Landes GABARRET LA VOIX DE LA GASCOGNE 94.7 40 - Landes DAX RADIO PAIS 103.6 40 - Landes AIRE-SUR-L'ADOUR RADIO PAIS 89.8 64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques PAU In Provençal speaking : Service Frequency Department Zone DELTA FM, TERRE DE CAMARGUE 88.9 30 - Gard AIGUES-MORTES RADIO DIALOGUE 89.6 13 - Bouches-du-Rhône MARSEILLE RADIO DIALOGUE 101.9 13 - Bouches-du-Rhône MARTIGUES In Northern Occitan (Lemosin, Auvernhat, Vivaroalpin) speaking : Service Frequency Department Zone FRANCE BLEU PERIGORD 91.7 87 - Haute-Vienne LIMOGES FREQUENCE 7 91.2 07 - Ardèche JOYEUSE FREQUENCE 7 95.5 07 - Ardèche LES VANS PERIGUEUX 103 102.3 24 - Dordogne PERIGUEUX (classification according to Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel français) => Weekly or Montly newspaper : La Setmana : vistedit@wanadoo.fr Occitania viva : http://www.occitania.it/ousitanio Prouvènço Aro : http://www.prouvenco-aro.com Li Nouvello de Prouvènço : http://www.nouvello.com Lou Sourgentin : http://www.sourgentin.org Les Nouvelles Niçoises : http://www.lesnouvellesnicoises.com => Searching on the web : Google in Occitan : http://www.google.com/intl/oc/ => Web forums : http://listes.cict.fr/wws/info/list-oc http://www.occitania.org http://gasconlanas.com/gl_forum/list.php http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/Gasconha-doman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aranes/ http://prouvencaulengovivo.free.fr/index2.html http://www.ogcnice.net http://www.ogcnissa.com/forum/viewforum.php http://www.bearn-gaves.com/phpBB2 http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/parlar_occitan/ http://www.aranportal.com
Economy:
http://www.adishatz.com http://www.bandimen.net http://www.loccitane.com/index.asp http://santon-marcel-carbonel.com http://www.chapelier.com/provence.html http://www.dervieux.com/PR/ http://www.bijoux-pinus.com http://distilleries-provence.com http://www.bandimen.fr http://www.commandosudiste.com
Sports:
See : http://www.a-o-f.org http://www.a-o-b.com http://pankration.chez.tiscali.fr http://perso.wanadoo.fr/gaby.om/joutes.htm http://www.ffcc.info http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mourra
Financial situation:
Our Council is only financed by the contributions of its associations members.