International Folklore Academy `Nestia-Black sea 2005` is organized by Folklore Centre Nestia.
It is a kind of summer school, where the participants will learn music and folklor dances.
In the IFA can take part: folklore ensembles; dancing and vocal groups; soloists and instrumentalists; visiting ensembles and groups 25 years old. In this event can take part players from the others art genres too.

Education, Festival, Competition, Concert, Entertainment

Applications for participation and detailed information
tel./fax: +359 2 981 13 67; 981 9838

Unique in the United States, the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival has been hailed as one of the most significant festivals of its type in America. It has been deemed a major factor in making the Bay Area one of the dance capitals of the country. With three weekends of performances, featuring a different roster each weekend, the Festival has been instrumental in introducing large audiences to many of the world’s most distinctive cultural traditions throughout the last quarter century.

Three Weekends
June 11 - 12; 18 - 19; 25 - 26, 2005
Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
Saturdays at 2 P.M. and 8 P.M.
Sundays at 2 P.M.

Ilim Private Primary School in North Cyprus is organising its second International Children Culture and Arts Days on 14-19 June 2005. The festival hosts folk dance groups, or other types of cultural groups, like modern dance groups, music bands, etc, from all around the World.


Ahmet Akarsu
International Relations Manager
Ilim Private Primary School
Nicosia, North Cyprus
Mobile Phone: 0090 533 862 1049
ahmetakarsu@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/ahmetakarsu/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/World_Folklore/

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The aim is to introduce, the Turkish Culture, customs and traditions to all the people who work live in Culture and have the mood of the musician and the dancer. In this seminar, the goal is to meet Turkish various cultures and bring people together friendship and love. Duration of the seminar participants will learn Karsilama, Ciftetelli and different region part of Turkish traditional folk dance (Middle East, East and North of Turkey Black Sea dances), there will a dance teacher from Greece ( GREECE FOLK DANCE-SIRTAKI- PONTUS RUM DANCE ) who will teach Pontus and Sirtaki dances, too .

HARMANFOLKLOR CULTURE & FESTIVAL ORGANISATION:
Yeldegirmeni macit erbulak sok 34/1 81330 Kadýkoy / Istanbul TURKIYE
Tel : 00 90 216 3461354
Fax : 00 90 216 3461308

Folkloristic festival for promoting international relations. 29th edition

The Salland Festival is originazed in Raalte, a village in the Eastern part of The Netherlands, situated in the heart of the region Salland. Groups from almost every European country, but also from other continents (e.g. China, Bolivia, Chili, Mexico, U.S.A., Togo, Kenya, Georgia, Russia, Sri Lanka and Indonesia) have succesfully participated in Salland Festival and presented there a colourful show of culture and folklore.