Mela Festival in Oslo
Photo credits: see Practical information below
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Country and Region | Norway — Oslo |
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Type of Festival | Music |
Location of Festival | Oslo, Oslo, Norway |
Festival Contact Information | Mela Festival in Oslo |
Festival Description | Horizon Foundation is a self-governing foundation whose strategies aim at achieving a greater participation by minorities in Norwegian cultural life both as performers, producers, administrators and as a participators in everyday cultural life. In order to achieve this the organisation organises the festival Mela in Oslo. Cultural exchange with countries from which most minorities in Norway have come is a means to achieve such cultural participation. The presentation of diverse art expressions in venues and arenas such as festivals is used to create a common grounds where the ethnic majority and the minority may meet on equal terms. |
Festival Dates | July 28 - 31, 2011 |
Festival Links | http://www.melafestivalen.no |
Practical Info:
Slideshow photo credits:
- ENDRE DALEN:
- Arena - Stilt Walker
- Miriam Makeba, at one of her last concerts
- Moroccan rap group Fez City Clan
- Norwegian-Senegalese Solo Cissokho on kora
- Sheldon Blackman
- SYED MASOOD MEHDI:
- Pakistani pop star Ali Zafar
- Pakistani rock band Jal
- Crowd
Amrit Brar
- UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER:
- Stilt walkers with Her Majesty Queen Sonia of Norway
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