Cultural Survival Bazaar: A New Event on Provincetown's MacMillan Pier

Event new to Provincetown features indigenous & ethnic culture through music, performance, food & crafts

This year, Cultural Survival, an international non-profit organization, will celebrate its 29th year of bringing indigenous arts and crafts to locations throughout New England. On August 11th & 12th, 2007 from 11am to 7pm, Cultural Survival will celebrate its 2nd Annual Cape Cod Bazaar at the MacMillan Pier in Provincetown, MA.

At the Cultural Survival Bazaars you can shop for unique, hand-crafted, fairly traded gifts crafted by indigenous artisans in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, enjoy exotic cuisine, live “world music” performances, listen to a variety of cultural presentations, learn about Cultural Survival’s 35 year history of non-profit work, or go booth to booth learning about different cultures. “This unique & valuable cultural experience helps expose children and adults to the rich diversity of culture and tradition in our world, fostering a mutual respect and appreciation of culture,” says David M. Favreau, Events & Membership Associate with Cultural Survival.

Featured Vendors

Cultural Survival will host 40 vendors selling fairly traded & hand-made items such as Hand-Knotted Tribal Rugs, Jewelry, clothing, decorative items such as masks, hand-made carvings, pottery, baskets, beadwork, weavings, textiles, art, and other crafts from around the world. Items include Zapotec weavings & pottery and other Mexican art, handicrafts, and furniture, African crafts such as carvings & art from Nigeria, Sudan, & Zaire, Maasai beaded jewelry & sandals from Kenya, music & crafts from Ecuador such as jewelry and decorative pieces, Southeast Asian crafts, Balinese silver & Batiks, San eggshell beadwork & jewelry, Articela Shawls, Cameroonian art paintings, Thai handicrafts, silk batik and weavings from Laos & Cambodia, Ghanaian art, Native American crafts &
instruments, crafts from India, Tibet, Peru, & Bolivia, Wampanoag hair ties & crafts, Maya arts & crafts, and cultural/ethnic antiques from around the world.

Cultural Survival will host 40 vendors selling fairly traded & hand-made items such as Hand-Knotted Tribal Rugs, Jewelry, clothing, decorative items such as masks, hand-made carvings, pottery, baskets, beadwork, weavings, textiles, art, and other crafts from around the world.

Food Vendors will include Indian food & Samosas, and Wampanoag Foods (Native American) such as venison & quail.

Featured Entertainment

The entertainment includes the Kenyan singer/songwriter Sali Oyugi, Indigie Femme, a unique
collection of two singer/songwriters Tash of the Bitter Water Clan, Navajo Nation and Elena, Maori / Samoan from Aotearoa, New Zealand, traditional Lakota drumming, singing, and medicine pouch making workshop by Tim
Swallow, Native American Storytelling, Native American Flute music by flute maker Hawk Henries, Chia
Khang Hmong appliqué-traditional Hmong embroidery demonstration, a craft demonstration by Madeline Corey Thomas, demo and presentation on Wampanoag culture and traditional crafts by Linda Coombs, Wampanoag Indigenous Program at Plimoth Plantation, music by RUMBAFRICA and a special presentation/demo by two artists from San Martin, Tilcajete, Oaxaca (Mexico) specializing in the making of alejibres (fanciful wood carvings).

About Cultural Survivial

Cultural Survival is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, founded in 1972 to promote the rights, voices, and visions of indigenous peoples. Through its programs and publications, Cultural Survival raises the awareness of policy makers, scholars, the media, and the public about indigenous peoples’ rights, cultures, and concerns. Cultural Survival works with indigenous communities to protect their rights, preserve their traditions, cultures, & lands.

What are Cultural Survival Bazaars?

These annual events, hosted by Cultural Survival for more than 29 years around New England, are sensory celebrations of the music, food, art, and crafts of cultures & indigenous groups from around the world. Serving as both a vehicle for educating the public about indigenous cultures, and a fundraiser for Cultural Survival and its indigenous partners, each Bazaar is a unique and unforgettable cultural experience.

The event offers shoppers a chance to purchase a wide range of unique, hand-made, fairly traded gifts while supporting a wide range of world artisans, non-profit programs, and Cultural Survival’s non-profit work in the
Americas, Asia, and Africa. The entertainment often includes various demos showing how specific indigenous/traditional items are made, workshops that teach pottery, native flute playing, & traditional medicine pouch making, presentations that educate the public about specific indigenous cultures, share traditional storytelling from a variety of cultures, & exhibit/display Cultural Survival’s non-profit work, and performances by a variety of world musicians.  Bazaars also offer a selection of ethnic foods that includes African, Tibetan, Indian, Native American, and Vietnamese cuisine.

The proceeds of this event supports Cultural Survival’s work with indigenous peoples worldwide.

Musical Performance Schedule

Saturday, August 11th

• 12pm-2pm:  Navajo/Maori duo Indigie Femme
• 2pm: Sali Oyugi from Kenya
• 2:30pm: Lakota Drummer Tim Swallow
• 3pm: Nipmuc flute player Hawk Henries
• 4pm-6pm: Navajo/Maori duo Indigie Femme

Sunday, August 12th

• 12pm -2pm: Navajo/Maori duo Indigie Femme
• 2pm: Nipmuc flute player Hawk Henries
• 3pm: Congolese Rumba Africa
• 4pm-6pm: Navajo/Maori duo Indigie Femme