FESTIVAL NAZZJONALI TA' L-GHANA 2001 - IR-RABA' EDIZZJONI

Ir-Raba' Festival Nazzjonali ta' l-Ghana organizzat mid-Dipartiment tal-Kultura fi hdan il-Ministeru ta' l-Edukazzjoni se jsir fil-Gonna ta' l-Argotti, il-Furjana, mis-17 sa l-20 ta' Mejju, 2001.

Fil-Festival se jiehdu sehem 'il fuq minn sebghin ghannej flimkien ma' daqqaqa u muzicisti ohra maghrufa fil-qasam tal-folklor lokali.

Ghal Festival ta' din is-sena, gew mistiedna erba' gruppi etnici li jirraprezentaw ir-regjuni ta' pajjizhom. Minn Spanja se jiehdu sehem il-gruppi Collectivo YESCA mill-Belt Baska ta' Burgos u Cant d'Estil minn Valencia. It-Three Pressed Men minn Oxford, l-Ingilterra u l-grupp Remintinde minn Sardenja, bhal dawk Spanjoli mir-repertoju taghhom ghazlu programm interessanti u mzewwaq.

Il-lista ta' talent lokali tinkludi wkoll il-grupp folkloristu "Etnika" u l-kummidjanti poplari Joe Attard, Paul u Eileen Micallef.

L-Organizzaturi hasbu biex din is-sena minbarra l-palk principali jizdiedu ukoll zewg palketti ohra biex il-programm ta' kull serata jibqa' ghaddej minghajr interavalli.

Id-dhul ghall-jiem kollha tal-Festival hu bla hlas. Cisk Lager, Forum Hotel u OmniStat huma l-isponsors principali tal-Festival.

THE NATIONAL FOLK SINGING FESTIVAL 2001 – FOURTH EDITION

The Fourth National Folk Singing Festival organized by the Department of Culture, within the Ministry of Education will be held at the Argotti Gardens, Floriana, between Thursday 17^th May and Sunday 20^th May, 2001.

Over seventy popular local folk singers (ghannejja) and guitar players (daqqaqa) will feature in this year's program.

Other participants include entertainers associated with traditional music. Special foreign guests for this year's festival are ethnic groups representing a cross section of ethnic music and chanted poetry in their regions. Two ethnic groups are representing Spain, "Collectivo YESCA" from the Basque city of Burgos and "Cant d' Estil" from Valencia. The English trio " Three Pressed Men" from Oxford and "Remintinde" from neighboring Sardinia have included an interesting and varied repertory and throughout the four- day festival.

Local talent includes "Etnika", a folk group playing traditional music and well-known comedians Joe Attard and Paul Micallef.

For a non-stop performance throughout the program, besides the main stage, the organizers have added two other secondary stages at the far end of the Argotti Gardens.

Entrance for the festival is free of charge. Cisk Lager, Forum Hotel and Omnistar are partly sponsoring the National Folk Singing Festival 2001.