Brave Festival
| Brave Festival | |
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| Genre | World music, Rituals, Theatre, Prayers |
| Dates | first half of July |
| Location(s) | Wroclaw, Poland |
| Years active | 2005 – present |
| Founders | Grzegorz Bral |
| Website | www.bravefestival.pl |
Brave Festival - Against The Cultural Exile is a multicultural ethnical culture festival held in Wroclaw, Poland. It is one of the biggest cultural events in Poland (see ). It was created in 2005 by theatre director Grzegorz Bral. It is organized by the Song of the Goat Theatre Association, which has since run the festival as a non-profit organization for preservation and support of the marginalized or almost extinct cultures.
It is mainly music and theatre festival. It presents concerts, theatre, performances, rituals, prayers and art of the people, tribes, groups or individuals from all over the world.
Festival is non-commercial and all income is to be resend for development projects made by non-governmental organization Rokpa International.
Headliners
2011
The new edition called Mask will be held between July 2 and July 8 2011
2010
Brave Festival edition 2010 was called Enchanters and it was held between July 2 and July 9 2010.
| Artist | Country | Type of performance |
|---|---|---|
| Ahn Sook-sun | South Korea | Old Korean pansori opera performing art |
| Bi Kidude | Zanzibar | The queen of African taarab music |
| Bistritsa | Bulgaria | Balcan Polyphonic singing - diaphony |
| Royal Drummers of Burundi | Burundi | Drums |
| Lorenzo Aillapan | Chile | The bird poetry, onomatopoeic vocal show |
| Mawawil | Egypt | Traditional music from the Egyptian riverside settlements |
| Sekouba Traoré | Mali | Virtuoso donso ngoni player |
| Mazaher | Egypt | The forbidden tradition of Zār: a pre-Islamic ritual |
| Song of the Goat | Poland | Macbeth - new theatrical avant-garde |
2009
Brave Festival edition 2009 was called Prayers of the World and it was held between July 3 and July 11 2009.
| Artist | Country | Type of performance |
|---|---|---|
| El Cuadro Flamenco | Spain | flamenco "rough" voice |
| Zikr Ritual | Georgia | Sufi ritual by Kist Women |
| Theyyam | India | Dance of the Gods ritual from Kerala |
| Monks from Sherab King Monastery | India | cham dances of Tantric Buddhism |
| Gogo Milungu | Tanzania | Taming rituals |
| Divna | Serbia | Byzantine monodic and polyphonic chants |
| Ahellil | Algeria | Singers from Gourara Region |
| Imzad | North Africa | Tuareg Women secret instrument |
2008
Brave Festival edition 2008 was called Rituals: Out Of Africa and it was held between July 4 and July 12 2008.
| Artist | Country | Type of performance |
|---|---|---|
| Fulani - Dance of Male Beauty | Niger | African tribal singing and dancing |
| Wagogo Muheme Group - Tradition of Muheme | Tanzania | rituals of iniciation and circumcision |
| Who I Am - Kyendi Breakdance | Uganda | Breakdance |
| Akhtar Sharif Arup Vale | Pakistan | Qawwali music performance |
| A Fileta | Corsica | Corsican polyphony |
| Romafest | Romania | gypsy music |
2007
Brave Festival edition 2007 was called Drowned Songs and it was held between July 7 and July 14 2007.
| Artist | Country | Type of performance |
|---|---|---|
| Sakhna - The Nomadic Theatre | Kyrgyzstan | Kyrgyz epic theatre |
| Beta Dance Troupe | Israel | Dance of Ethiopian Jewry |
| Theatre of The Eight Day | Poland | theatre |
| Descendance | Australia | songs and dances of far North Queensland |
| Teatro Actores Alidos | Sardinia | Songs of Sardinian women |
| Bistri Vodi | Macedonia | traditional music of Macedonia |
| Bunun Tribe - Sound of Lileh | Taiwan | mysterious Pasibutbut |
| Vakhtanguri | Georgia | men choir of Guria |
| Narodnyj Prazdnik | Russia | Ukraine-Russian tradicional songs |
| Roudaniates | Morocco | songs and dances of Roundaniat |
| Alim Quasimov | Azerbaijan | mugham - Caucasus modal singing |
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