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special thanks to Dr. kamal / twana nwri /devrim cilik / Faiq aziz / institute for kurdish study in Australia. twana nwri Kurdish Cinema: In Search of Cultural Identity By Dr Muhammad Kamal. Senior Lecturer, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne The Kurds make the largest ethnic community in the Middle East without a state of their own. Their history is a chain of unsuccessful uprisings for independence. It tells about genocide, forcible assimilation, deportation and life in exile. After the defeat of the Ottomans in 1918, the British forces occupied almost all of present day Middle East. Woodrow Wilson in his Fourteen Point Program for World Peace (point 12) stated that non-Turkish minorities of the Ottoman Empire should be 'assured of an absolute unmolested opportunity of autonomous development.' The Treaty of Sevres signed in August 1920 gave a great hope to the Kurds and brought them closer to statehood. But the peace conference at Lausanne in November 1922, which was finalized in treaty in July 1923 disappointed the Kurdish delegation. The defeated Turkey secured a position to impose demands on the conference and categorically rejected the recognition of the national rights of the Kurds. The Allies satisfied with their own gains were happy to please Turkey for two reasons; first, Mustafa Kamal who emerged as a leader advocated the idea of westernizing Turkey and second the Allies wanted from Turkey to block the influence of Soviet Marxism in the region. In March ...

Lao Heritage Foundation group played Lao traditonal music for the Smithsonian Folklike Festival 2010 @ the Smithsonian National Mall Washington DC on 6/25/10 - FIRST time ever focus is on Asian Pacific Islanders Featuring.

Photo News coverage by Detroit News: multimedia.detnews.com Photo gallery & Info at TASMich.org (Event organizer): tasmich.org ____________________________________________________________ The Turkish-American Society of Michigan (www.TASMich.org) hosted an event - that both honors children and provides them with lots of fun. It's The 2011 Annual International Children's Day Festival - a multicultural event at Wayne State University in the heart of Detroit, Michigan. Event was on April 23, 2011 with participation of 15 groups of children and more than 600 in attendance. The festivities included ethnic performance groups from: Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, China (3 groups), Germany, Hmong, India, Japan, Meskhetian Turks, Mexico (3 groups), Pakistan, Poland, Turkey, USA (African-American and Native American). Women's Branch of TASM ran a bake sale to offer Turkish food delicacies and refreshments together with face painting, popcorn and cotton candy. There were 14 country display stands at exihibition before the event. A donation stand was also set up for those who would like to make donation for the benefit of the people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Several Consuls, Professors and Mayors of the surrounding cities were among the guests. Event sponsored by Niagara Foundation, WSU SABC, Turkish Airlines, and Nema Halal Food.

Indonesian dancers present a traditional fan dance (tari kipas) from the nation's South Sulawesi region on the Coast Capital Savings Celebration Stage at the 2011 Surrey Fusion Festival held at Holland Park in Surrey, BC, Canada on Sunday, July 17, 2011. Despite bad weather and soggy grounds, the two-day festival celebrating music, food and culture attracted over 100000 people and featured 35 cultural pavilions and over 100 acts on four stages. The 2010 Surrey Fusion Festival, which attracted over 90000 people, was recently announced as the Best Cultural Event in Canada at the 2010 National Event Awards.

Kayno Yesno Slonce: Veselin Mitev (gaida/bagpipe, kaval, vocals) Vlado Chiflidzhanov (gaida/bagpipe, kaval, duduk) Tony Horo (Tapan, percussion) Peter Delchev (Tambura, Cello Tambura, Hang) guest appearance by: Panayot "Pancho" Angelov (percussion) /Isihia, Vataff Project, Mind Trips/ Peter Todorov (percussion) /Irfan, Merudia/ Camera: Stefan Parisov Visuals: Stefan Parisov and Veselin Mitev Special thanks to Tzvetan Tzvetanov (of Alarma Punk Jazz) and the crew of the Bulgarian National Radio The concert took place at the Czech cultural center in Sofia on 24.02.2011

Freedom for more than 300.000 romanians who live in Serbia ! Romanian folk fest at Malajnica, Serbia. (first part) Situaţia minorităţilor naţionale din Voievodina şi a minorităţii etnice române din Serbia. The situation of national minorities in Vojvodina and of the Romanian ethnic minority in Serbia. www.timocpress.info assembly.coe.int

Konark Dance & Music Festival started in the year 1986 at Konark Natya Mandap, Arka Vihar, Konark by its Founder-Director Padmashree Guru Gangadhar Pradhan. In true sense it can be called the harbinger in the contemporary festivals of Orissa. The sole aim behind this festival is to embrace many artistes into its cultural family which aims at the international cultural amity and brotherhood. This festival has established its own identity in the sense that eminent artistes of national and international repute participate and perform Odissi, Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Manipuri, Mohiniattam and other classical, folk & tribal dances of our country on an enchanting stage conjuring visions of the Natya Shala of the monumental Sun Temple, Konark, coming alive. The stage as well as the atmosphere are further magnified by the natural ambience of casuarina and cashew trees with spiritual and aesthetic flavour. This festival helds from 19th to 23rd February every year. Visit Us: www.konarkfestival.com

Tbilisi (Georgian: თბილისი [tʰb̥ilisi] ( listen)) is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi (ტფილისი) and it was officially known as Tpilisi (in Georgian) or Tiflis (in Russian) until 1936.[1] The city covers an area of 726 km2 (280 sq mi) and has 1480000 inhabitants. Founded in the 5th century by Vakhtang Gorgasali, the monarch of Georgia's precursor Kingdom of Iberia, Tbilisi has served, with various intervals, as Georgia's capital for nearly 1500 years and represents a significant industrial, social, and cultural center of the country. Located near the southeastern edge of Europe, Tbilisi's proximity to lucrative east-west trade routes often made the city a point of contention between various rival empires throughout history and the city's location to this day ensures its position as an important transit route for global energy and trade projects. Tbilisi's varied history is reflected in its architecture, which is a mix of medieval, classical, and Soviet structures. Historically, Tbilisi has been home to peoples of diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, though it is now overwhelmingly Eastern Orthodox Christian. Notable tourist destinations include cathedrals like Sameba and Sioni, classical Freedom Square and Rustaveli Avenue, medieval Narikala Fortress, pseudo-Moorish Opera Theater, and the Georgian National Museum... very near Tbilisi is ...

Chingiz Mustafayev playing at Cordoba Guitar Festival Spain

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