Musicians from across the globe perform at Madinat, Jumeirah in Dubai

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Musicians from across the globe perform at Madinat, Jumeirah in Dubai. Artists perform a variety of musical styles at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai to celebrate World Music Day. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Melody and rhythm fill the air at Madinat Jumeirah on June 21st, when musicians from

00:21around the world came together to serenade the Zouk on World Music Day.

00:52Fête de la Musique started in France in 1981, when Mr. François Mitterrand was elected president.

00:58He decided to have a party every year, along with his Ministry of Culture, Mr. Jack Long.

01:03Big party on the longest day of the year, 21st of June, first day of summer.

01:08Every musician goes in the street, everybody with instruments, singing, everybody goes in the street.

01:14It's free, it's free for the musicians to play, it's free for the public to enjoy,

01:19that's the idea of this World Music Day.

01:22So it takes place now all over the world, and in Dubai we have been doing it for more than 10 years,

01:28and especially here in Zouk Madinat Jumeirah for 8 consecutive years.

01:33Why do we do it here? Just because it's a beautiful place.

01:37We cannot do it outside because it's too warm, so inside here it looks like a little village in France.

01:43Well, not in France, but you know, a little village, let's say.

01:46And so it's very nice, we have musicians all over the Zouk, and it's a very nice atmosphere.

02:00Musicians are coming from so many countries, from Europe, from the Middle East, from the Philippines,

02:08I would say between 15 and 20 countries, because we have more than 50 musicians.

02:13A good number come from France, but not all of them come from France.

02:17Usually the format remains the same because, as we mentioned, it's very successful, people enjoy it,

02:22so there is no reason why we could change it.

02:25The only thing is that more musicians can come, if they want to join, they will be welcome.

02:30Just they have to tell us about two months before, so that we can organize, make a setting, a plan, and so on.

03:13I'm so pleased that the French presence here.

03:16It's very nice here, I really like it.

03:18Normally in France, this same day, all the towns are making a visit, so I'm so pleased to find it here.

03:26I think the place here is beautiful for this kind of event, and it's really magic.

03:32It's very nice in Dubai to have this, actually we are French and we used to have this in France, so very nice.

03:39I love it, and my kid is very musical as well.

03:41I think it's just great to be able to come here and listen to all the different musicians and to do more of it.

03:46I absolutely love it.

03:55The artists lent a cheerful atmosphere to Souk with their eclectic styles and foot-tapping music.

04:01The musicians not only got the crowd up on their feet, but were also applauded by the young ones in the front seats.

04:09Sunita Menon, tabloid.

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