Ammar Belguith is a painter, while plastic farmer, at least it is exactly in these terms that presents the one that says growing concepts in his native Dahmani, a delegation which is a few tens of kilometers of El Kef. His sacred shrine of memories when he decided to move back to the death of his family and where he dug up an old cave in which he played when he was 5 years old.
In its mountains, Ammar is a free man. A human who plays with time, weather, aridity of the land, isolation, money, the disparity between regions … It is here that he finds his roots and remembers a time when his father owned a small grocery store in the family domain in addition to a modest farming.
He recalls: “The cave was our refuge. My father put us there sheltered from sun and rain and we went there for days. This is also the cave my son Ariadne It’s.. it helped me to trace this path and I want to develop more of my workshop, accommodation for guests and friends of the Grotto of Althiburos.
Somewhat exhausted by the difficult years of economic crisis linked among others to the reconstruction phase that the country, Ammar belguith is currently completing an accommodation unit in the Cave of Althiburos thanks to Fikra program; A support program for European NGOs whose mission in Tunisia is to support regional development in the North-West. The property is also now building a camping area and although confidential information already circulating in insider circles.
The Cave Althiburos is undoubtedly one of the best stops in the region certainly thanks to its proximity to the famous archaeological site but above all thanks to the famous cave painted in his coffee shop in the small meeting room and especially the humor and originality of the character.
Ammar Belguith is one of the leading players in the region. He camped in the film Sicca Veneria (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIcPCBmFiy4&feature=player_embedded) A key role of the fiction documentary film produced by the ILO on an idea and a text Adel Achour and staging the young director Walid Etayyaa.
Currently, the Cave D’Althiburos is in full construction and Ammar welcomed the progress: “The request is urgent and we can now accommodate up to a dozen people in a variety of holiday packages to the Grotto. We put at the disposal of visitors and guests sanitation, shelter, areas equipped for catering, cooking, etc … ”
Generous and involved in the region, Ammar Belguith does not miss a chance to sensitize children to the art and its importance as a means of expression and as a social link. He is currently an artistic event that will provide more than forty children “douars” surrounding supplies for the 2016-2017 school year. Children must for this part participate in a collective exhibition of drawings.
If you want to support in its action Ammar “All the village children are artists,” visit the Fb page of action: https://www.facebook.com/events/1080731838674079/ or call (+216) 97550256 or e-mail: belghithammar@yahoo.fr
Fb page of Ammar Belguith: https://www.facebook.com/ammar.belghith.3
Full amateur movie that traces all the anecdotes and stories developed around the cave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA4jxkbGPKA
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