| Bring-A-Dish
November 2005
With gratitude and thanks to Funding received via the Police and
Hastings Borough Council's BME Grants, the 6th in the
Celebrating Cultural Diversity Network (CCDN) series of monthly
and free multi cultural events, took place on Saturday 26.11.05.
Featuring popular and LIVE
African Gospel, a group led by Zimbabwean Singer
Plaxedes Ruvadiki Kamundiya, members of
a Catholic Religious Order, met with a Breatharian
Dutch-Swedish-Indian-Russian composer, singer and
instrumentalist Girilal who works with
folk music, rock, film, dance, electronica and improvisations in
26 languages. His beautiful voice, guitar and a multitude of
soundeffects and unusual little instruments from different
countries brought moving gypsy songs from Tuva, Finland, Russia
and other places alive, songs about love, strife and death and
sometimes beyond. Sara Popowa,
from Swedish-Bulgarian-Japanese cultural background
astonished many when she performed a dramatised Butoh
Dance, a Japanese avant-garde dance originated by
Hijikata, Tatsumi in 1950s. The party started off with the
popular Bouncy castle and creatively delivered free Art
workshops for all ages led by
Thai Artists Da Dunn and
German Craft Maker Maika
Crampton, teaching many how to make decorations from
various cultural celebrations including the
German Advent as well
as the Dutch St Nicholas
celebrations. People from the Muslim community, and even a
Reverend went home with some beautiful results. From Germans
raised in Iceland bringing Stollen to the much loved
Scottish community liason
officer Dave Law adding HAGGIS into the culinary mix,
Hastings is home to Diversity and the BRING A DISH calls and
welcomes all. Multicultural traders sold clothes and self made
Xmas biscuits and not only the Teenagers enjoyed the DJ's funk,
soul and Hip Hop tunes.
Following the CCDN's phenomenal success of the
SANKOFA FESTIVAL which attracted more than 3000 people
Cllr. Jeremy Birch, Leader of
the Council, Hastings said:
"What comes
across is the talent from different cultures that exists in our
community. Rather than everyone celebrating separately, in
parallel, here is an opportunity to celebrate and have fun
together."
BRING A DISH Parties go on whatever the
weather, and Neil Browns MONGOLIAN STYLE YURT brought added
warmth and beauty to this special occasion that ended as
usually, late around the fire with our DJ’s and Drums. Our
Zimbabwean/ Mozambique storyteller Musi Katerere taught an
African Dance to both young and old, which was performed at the"BRING
A DISH"
on 31st
of December 2005. |
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