Go to a WOMAD festival

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sadly i can’t afford to go to singapore in time for the festival being held there next month (25-27 aug) so most likely i’ll have my first opportunity to experience womad in my home country next year (16-18 mar). in my wildest dreams i’d also love to experience the festivals in Taormina, Singapore, Canary Islands, Sri Lanka and wherever they might ever have an African focussed one (like Live 8 held in UK previously).... lucky dreams are free huh!

well i was kinda disappointed to find out there’s no womad festival in New Zealand this year… but then i noticed there is going to be one in singapore when i was going to visit my friend over there :) awesome! just waiting for the website to update its information for this year. hope they have an african drumming troupe… i found the graceland CD by paul simon the other day and i’m very keen to see something like that live! fingers crossed kids ;)

http://womad.org

[From the horses mouth…]

WOMAD stands for World of Music, Arts and Dance, expressing the central aim of the WOMAD festival – to bring together and to celebrate many forms of music, arts and dance drawn from countries and cultures all over the world.

WOMAD was originally inspired by Peter Gabriel: “Pure enthusiasm for music from around the world led us to the idea of WOMAD in 1980 and thus to the first WOMAD festival in 1982. The festivals have always been wonderful and unique occasions and have succeeded in introducing an international audience to many talented artists.

“Equally important, the festivals have also allowed many different audiences to gain an insight into cultures other than their own through the enjoyment of music. Music is a universal language, it draws people together and proves, as well as anything, the stupidity of racism.”