In this city the elderly have invented dark glasses to deaden all the colours that cause suffering and sadness: red, which used to talk of love but now suggests only blood and death; yellow that once spoke of light but now only of violence and terrorism; green that spoke of life but now means violence and food shortages. As a result, the young people did not know the existence of these colours since they always wore the dark glasses.
Until the day the Lord of the colours appeared to them: dressed in bright colours and not wearing glasses, he created a scandal in the city. He was to be prosecuted for this and driven away. In his preaching he tried to change people’s hearts. A young man named Lucio was searching for meaning in his life. He listened and was the first to take off the dark glasses and see the Lord of the Colours as he really was. And then he started to call on the entire city to change their way of seeing things and to look to the one who gives meaning to the whole of life with his colours.
The profound message of this musical is to send a strong signal to the people of Aleppo. They have seen so many atrocities that they are at risk of closing their eyes and wearing glasses that make them indifferent to the evil that affects others.
"In our lives as Christians, the Lord of the Colours is Christ, He alone gives meaning and restores the colour that has faded because of the war. Everything here in Aleppo speaks of death, but we want to speak about Life," says Fr Jabloyan.
The performance of this musical in these hard times of war is a confirmation of the desire of young people and the Salesian Oratory of Aleppo to live the Salesian spirituality, a spirituality of resurrection and joy, and not to surrender to the face of evil.
Published 02/03/2016
