Folklorama welcomes 3 new pavilions
Sudan, Ethiopia, Dakota Ojibway among 45 pavilions this year
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WINNIPEG – Ghanaian dancers and African drumming signalled the start of a new Folklorama season at The Forks Thursday.
Culture Minister Flor Marcelino and Mayor Sam Katz were on hand to pump up Winnipeggers for the two-week festival, which opens Aug. 1.
“We’re very proud of our diversity here in Manitoba,” said Marcelino. “We are proud to have the longest-running and largest multicultural festival in the world.”
This year Folklorama boasts three new pavilions and welcomes back four pavilions returning from a brief absence.
Justice Tombe Mogga and Sandy Deng are ambassadors for the new Sudanese pavilion, and both are excited to showcase their culture’s strengths.
“Sudan is a very unique and diverse place,” said Deng. “Even within the country there are different dances and different foods.”
Other new pavilions include the Ethiopian Pavilion and the Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council Pavilion.
Returning after an absence include:
- Argentina’s “Tango” Pavilion,
- Chile’s Lindo Pavilion,
- Paraguay’s “Heart of South America” Pavilion, and
- the Tamil Pavilion.
More on all of this year’s pavilions is available at Folklorama’s website.
And for all Winnipeg culture vultures there will be free lunchtime concerts at the Cube stage in Old Market Square from July 26 to Aug 6.