16 November 2009
16th FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS IN HAIFA
THE COLORFUL FESTIVAL, WHICH PROMOTES COEXISTENCE AND PEACE, CELEBRATES THE
DECEMBER FESTIVALS OF THE THREE MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF
CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC EVENTS
5, 12, 19 AND 26 DECEMBER
The colorful Festival of Festivals, now in its 16th year, takes place every weekend in December in Haifa's mixed Arab-Jewish Wadi Nisnas neighborhood. The festival promotes good neighborly relations, with cultural and artistic events that celebrate the three main religious festivals that fall in December - Chanuka, Christmas and Eid al-Adha. Entrance to all the events is free (except for concerts, exhibition and Haifa Museum).
This year, the festival includes an art exhibition featuring the works of 50 Jewish and Arab artists in Wadi Nisnas; an art trail and an exhibition of paper cuts by international artist Tzipora Neeman with the cooperation of Jewish and Arab women; photography and video exhibits; an antiques fair that opens on 28 November and runs for five weekends at Beit Hagefen; arts and crafts fair; a children’s art exhibition; folklore concerts by the Romanian gypsy band Fanfara Shavale and others; music concerts in Haifa's churches and concert halls that combine liturgy, Arab and Israeli music (for a fee); street activities and free shows for adults and children; art activities and creative workshops for children; ethnic food stalls; coexistence routes of song and literature in Wadi Nisnas, marked by posters lining the streets; processions, carnivals, folklore dancing and more.
The festival, which attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year, is produced by the Municipality of Haifa and Gefen House (a Jewish-Arab center in Haifa), in cooperation with residents of the Wadi Nisnas neighborhood. Further information on the festival in English will be available on http://www.haifahag.co.il/ or from the Haifa Tourist Board,
tel.: 972 4 8535606 or http://www.tour-haifa.co.il/.
16th FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS IN HAIFA
THE COLORFUL FESTIVAL, WHICH PROMOTES COEXISTENCE AND PEACE, CELEBRATES THE
DECEMBER FESTIVALS OF THE THREE MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF
CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC EVENTS
5, 12, 19 AND 26 DECEMBER
The colorful Festival of Festivals, now in its 16th year, takes place every weekend in December in Haifa's mixed Arab-Jewish Wadi Nisnas neighborhood. The festival promotes good neighborly relations, with cultural and artistic events that celebrate the three main religious festivals that fall in December - Chanuka, Christmas and Eid al-Adha. Entrance to all the events is free (except for concerts, exhibition and Haifa Museum).
This year, the festival includes an art exhibition featuring the works of 50 Jewish and Arab artists in Wadi Nisnas; an art trail and an exhibition of paper cuts by international artist Tzipora Neeman with the cooperation of Jewish and Arab women; photography and video exhibits; an antiques fair that opens on 28 November and runs for five weekends at Beit Hagefen; arts and crafts fair; a children’s art exhibition; folklore concerts by the Romanian gypsy band Fanfara Shavale and others; music concerts in Haifa's churches and concert halls that combine liturgy, Arab and Israeli music (for a fee); street activities and free shows for adults and children; art activities and creative workshops for children; ethnic food stalls; coexistence routes of song and literature in Wadi Nisnas, marked by posters lining the streets; processions, carnivals, folklore dancing and more.
The festival, which attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year, is produced by the Municipality of Haifa and Gefen House (a Jewish-Arab center in Haifa), in cooperation with residents of the Wadi Nisnas neighborhood. Further information on the festival in English will be available on http://www.haifahag.co.il/ or from the Haifa Tourist Board,
tel.: 972 4 8535606 or http://www.tour-haifa.co.il/.
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