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Balkan dancers highlight festival
MATTHEW BOYLE
Culture Writer
Issue date: 3/8/07 Section: Culture
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This extravagant festival will take place from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. in
the Mardi Gras Ballroom, which is located at 615 9th street in
Downtown Boise.
Young Blossom is the non-profit organization that is using this event to raise funds for the members of its Cultural Center to go on a trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina this summer to perform the dances it has learned.
Many different organizations from the Northwest including a group from Seattle and another group from Salt Lake City will be performing at the non-profit, fundraising event.
The other three performing dance groups are from Idaho.
There are three major types of dance that the dancers will perform at the festival, namely, Bosnian folk dance, Middle Eastern belly dance and Turkish-style dance.
Each style of dancing signifies each region’s struggle to adapt and cooperate culturally with the surrounding cultures, which have historically clashed.
The people of the Balkan region and Middle East have kept these centuries-long dance traditions alive. Each distinct constituency in these areas has a slightly different form of dance.
Major areas of the Balkan Peninsula that have noticeably different forms of dance include Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey, Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, and many more.
The upcoming dance festival will portray primarily Bosnian and Herzegovinian dance along with some Turkish and Middle Eastern dance as well.
Kolo and Sevdah are both Bosnian folk dance groups, from Salt Lake City and Seattle, respectively. Barish is a Turkish dance group and Nejwah is a Middle-Eastern belly dance group, both from Idaho. Young Blossom is the Bosnian folk dance group from Boise that is hosting the festival. Young Blossoms’ ultimate goal is to raise money to travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina over the summer to perform its dances.
To accompany the culturally rich dances, Bosnian and Herzegovinian food will also be prepared for those who attend the festival.
Tickets are $20 for adults and children under age 12 can attend for free.
Each woman in attendance will receive a carnation, symbolizing her important contributions to the Bosnian and Herzegovinian Cultural Center.
All of the proceeds from the festival will be used for “Young Blossom” trip over the summer.
Reservations are strongly recommended because the actual number of patrons the Mardi Gras Ballroom can hold is limited.
Tickets are available for purchase by calling either Besima Kajdic at (208) 288-2980 or Ramiz Duratovic at (208) 376-9166.
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denisbasic
Denis Basic
posted 3/08/07 @ 2:05 PM MST
I am sorry to have to inform you that the information given in this article is incorrect.
Namely, the Bosnian-Herzegovinan Cultural Artistic Association SEVDAH of Seattle, WA has never been contacted and invited to perform at this event. (Continued…)
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