The News Review:
- 58th Berlin Film Festival kicks off
- Photo gallery: Inside the Winter Beer Festival
- CHINA: STATE MANAGEMENT SAPS CLR AND LIFE FRM FESTIVALS.
- With feasts for all the senses locals enjoy the festivals boom
- Lantern Festival keeping traditions alive
- Saarc Poetry festival of young poets concludes
- Skies clear in time to light up Lantern Festival (+photos)
58th Berlin Film Festival kicks off
央è§åé – Feb 25, 2008
com 02-25-2008 10:13 58th Berlin Film Festival kicks offThe Golden Bear prize at this year’s 58th Berlin Film Festival went to a controversial Brazilian film. And a Chinese production won a Silver Bear. The Berlin Film Festival is equal in prestige to France’s Cannes Film festival and Italy’s Venice Film Festival.
Photo gallery: Inside the Winter Beer Festival
mlive.com – Feb 25, 2008
open(urlwinnameoptions) newwin. GRAND RAPIDS — Kalamazoo Gazette photographer Jonathon Gruenke probably worked harder than anyone during the Michigan Brewers Guild’s third annual Winter Beer Festival in Grand Rapids Saturday (and yes we’re bias).
CHINA: STATE MANAGEMENT SAPS CLR AND LIFE FRM FESTIVALS.
Free with registration – Interpress Service – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 25, 2008
By Antoaneta Bezlova BEIJING Feb. Recent changes in China’s public holiday schedule — changes that favor traditional festivals at the expense of revolutionary dates from the communist era — have allowed people more time to enjoy folk festivities which were once neglected or altogether banned. But despite a record turnout at Beijing’s big temples and parks celebrations of the spring festival or the Chinese New Year in the capital have been derided as unsophisticated and lacking in content. “Any resemblance to the elaborate imperial sacrifices to heaven and earth of the past was lost in these caricature performances of poorly trained traveling troupes from the provinces” columnist Zhang Min wrote in the.
With feasts for all the senses locals enjoy the festivals boom
The Age – Feb 25, 2008
Photo: Penny Stephens YU wouldn’t normally expect it in a month of Sundays. Melburnians yesterday turned out in force to enjoy a feast ofsummer festivals. ne of them — the Laneway Festival — started on a tinypath outside a hot city cafe in 2006.
Lantern Festival keeping traditions alive
Denver Post – Feb 25, 2008
The festival was the conclusion of the Asian New Year celebration. 6-year-old Jackwin Hui studies the Chinese characters on a game board with his mother Areana Chen at the festival. Chen of Arvada teaches Chinese in the metro area.
Saarc Poetry festival of young poets concludes
Hindu – Feb 25, 2008
The varsity Vice-Chancellor Debdas Chhotray inaugurated the session while eminent riya poet Jayant Mohapatra joined the function as guest of honour. Inaugurating the session Chhotray a former IAS officer and also a poet of repute observed that such festivals would go a long way in establishing stronger cultural links between the participating countries. He said more such cultural festivals should be arranged in other fields so as to create a sensitive and compassionate atmosphere of understanding each other’s problems and finding solutions to them. Senior poet Mohapatra said poets have greater responsibility towards life.
Skies clear in time to light up Lantern Festival (+photos)
New Zealand Herald – Feb 25, 2008
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