Ottawa

Folkloric Festival 2006



Friday June 18th to Sunday 18th at Astrolabe Theatre, Nepean Point, behind The National Gallery.

$5:00 for all three days. Or maybe it's $5:00 per day. Children under twelve are free. Take home as many as you want. Actually hiden away on the web site, it says the kids have to bring an adult. Group rates are available, for which you have to contact either Tony or Yurij at
(613) 742-6952
P.O. Box 7238, Station Vanier,
Ottawa, ON K1L 8E3
Email: carnivalofcultures@hotmail.com

This is an annual (14th time), open air festival claiming to present international performing arts. Meaning people from outside Canada do their national dance or whatever wearing cloths that were in vogue in their country two hundred years ago, and they do it all in Canada.

Folkloric is a real word meaning: A body of widely accepted but usually specious notions about a place, a group, or an institution.

If you don't like the performances you can always look at the picturesque Ottawa River, Canada's Parliament Buildings with their new ghost headless Steve, the National Gallery of Canada, and last but not least Canadian Museum of Civilization. And for an extra bonus point guess which county you are in.

Dance

Algerian dance group Touareg des Hoggar
Svitanok Ukrainian dance ensemble
the Venezuelan Dancers Churun-Meru
Ballet Folkorico de Aztlan (Mexico)
Odyssey Dance Troupe (Greece)
Apsaras Heavenly Dancers (India)
Al-Arz Lebanese Art Group

Music

Latin Band Eco Andino
Oto-wa Taiko drummers.
There are probable more, but who they are is a secret.

No food concessions this year, but there are snacks. No booze either.

Pictures of last years events are at groups.msn.com/CarnivalofCultures/home. The number of Java Script errors on this site is something to be experianced. A delightful note on the site says Our web site is down due to technical difficulties. I am looking into this and will keep you advised. thank you for your patience.

www.carnivalofcultures.ca

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