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Celebrating Sanctuary Sunday
Come and say hello to Team Refugee Action at Bristol’s flagship Refugee Week festival.
When and where
Sunday 13 June 2010, 1pm – 8pm
Queen Square, Bristol, BS1 4GB
Celebrating Sanctuary Sunday offers you a global experience without having to venture too far from your front door.
This year’s festival will be packing Zimbabwean tunes from Bulawayo, Kurdish music from the Shanga Band, live dance, music and art with Genna Ethiopian Arts and Theatre, vocal stylings from the West Papuan Lani Singers, and Tibetan music and nomadic home, all into a few square metres of Bristol’s city centre.
You can dip into a wealth of different cultures in one Sunday afternoon, with Somali Aqaal, henna painting, storytelling, poetry and films all on offer.
There’s also drum, dance and Gambian mask-making workshops, face-painting and a bouncy castle for small people to let off steam, and the South West gourmands will be spoilt for choice.
At Refugee Action’s stall we’ll be getting all and sundry to get involved in Refugee Week’s Simple Acts campaign by doing some small things to make a big difference to how refugees are viewed and understood in the UK. You’ll be able to test your A-Z of asylum with our quiz and take a snap of you proudly displaying a lovely hand-crafted message of welcome to refugees.
Come down and say hello to our team and help inch us nearer the nationwide target of 20,000 simple acts completed by World Refugee Day!
For more information visit http://bristolrefugeeweek.co.uk or download the Bristol Refugee Week brochure.
Tickets
Free, gratuit, zilch, nada…
In the news
You can view fantastic pictures of the event, including people being photographed with their messages of welcome as part of the Simple Acts campaign, at www.facebook.com/refugeeaction
Sponsors
Celebrating Sanctuary Bristol is brought to you by Tribe of Doris in partnership with Bristol City Council, and supported by Refugee Action and the Quartet Foundation.