Bosra 21st International Festival Syria
9 - 16 august 2009
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The Bosra amfitheatre Syria
The official invitation:
Fortunately with English translation:
Trip Schedule:
| Sunday 9 - aug | Arrival to Damascus airport, after finalizing entrance procedure with your guide, going to hotel, dinner/ overnight in Damascus | |
| Monday 10 - aug | After breakfast departure to Bosra, stop over in Shahba Sham for sightseeing, continue to Bosra, in the evening concert - overnight in Bosra | |
| Tuesday 11 - aug | After breakfast Bosra tour, incl Nabatean walls, mosque, church, amphitheater and citadel, departure to Sweida, in the evening concert in Sweida, dinner and overnight in Sweida | |
| Wednesday 12 - aug | After breakfast departure to Damascus, full Damascus city tour, shopping in Hamidiye, after lunch continue Damascus city tour | |
| Thursday 13 - aug | After breakfast tours to Ma'alula and Saidnaya, in the evening concert in Azem Palace, late dinner and overnight in Damascus | |
| Friday 14 - aug | Early departure after breakfast to Tartous, stop over in Hama to see Water Wheels on Orontes River, arriving to Tartous, in the evening concert, dinner and overnight in Tartous | |
| Saturday 15 - aug | Later check out from hotel, lunch and departure to see Crack de Chevalier, late evening arriving to Damascus for dinner and departure to Dam. Int. Airport | |
| Sunday 16 - aug | Arrival Amsterdam airport 09.00 | |
Participating groups:
The Netherlands
Folk Dance group Oriënt Culemborg
10 augustus Bosra Amfi theater
together with one other group and after the break the famous Syrian singer
Ali Deek
11 august solo concert in Sweida
13 august solo concert in Damascus the Azem Palace
14 august in Tartous Mediterranean costal city
France
Les Enfants du Morvan folk dance group
http://enfants-du-morvan.net/index.htm
Greece
Monolofos Folk Dance group
Spain
Escola de Musica I danses de Mallorca
http://www.emidm.com/index
Belgium
Koninklijke Volkskunstgroep Reuzegom
9 august Latakia ( Mediterranean city) solo concert
10 august Tartous ( Mediterranean costal city) solo concert
12 august Sweida, solo concert
13 august Bosra concert
14 august Damascus Azem Palace
Russia
Chuvashian State Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance
This year in the Netherlands at festival Odoorn: http://www.sivo.nl/?id=participants&group_id=44
In 2007 they were in Edegem België: http://www.folklorefestival-edegem.be/dev/cmsms/index.php?page=78
Italy
Aria Di Casa Nostra Folk Group
http://www.ariadicasanostra.it/home_engl.htm
And several Arabic and Syrian groups.
The members who participate in this Festival:
Thursday the 12th of March 2009 first rehearsel
The local newspapers:
Another rehearsel 18 - 6 - 2009
Stroopwafelactie!
We are selling typical dutch "stroopwafels" (treacle waffles) to raise some fundings to finance our trip to Syria
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6 july 2009 rehearsel together with the orchestra
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Rienk en Véronique |
Hans en Jannie oefenen een walsje! |
Local newspapers:
Culemborgse Courant 8 juli 2009
The 12th of july 2009 Fund-raising Action Day
as a part of the event "Culemborg Bijvoorbeeld"
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See our (dutch) story and pictures of the trip to Syrië
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