Brave Festival
Artists Country Description
Alim Quasimov Azerbeijan Master of mugham - modal singing
Beta Dance Troupe Israel Dance of Ethiopian Jewry
Bistri Vodi Macedonia Traditional music from Macedonia
Bunun Tribe Taiwan Pasibutbut - prayer for a bountiful harvest
Descendance Australia Songs and dances inspired by Native Australians
Narodnyj Prazdnik Russia Traditional Russian-Ukrainian songs
Nomadic Theatre Sakhna Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz epics shown by theatre , music and sculpture
Roudaniates Morocco Roundaniat dance and songs
Song of the Goat Theatre Poland Lacrimosa - experimental theatre
Stari Koni Ukraine Archaic melodies fromWestern Polesie
Theatre of Eight Day Poland Legends of Polish student theater from 1970s and 1980s
Teatro Actores Alidos Sardinia Songs of Sardinian women
Vakhtanguri Georgia Traditional songs from the region of Guria
Festival Main Program -- 2007
Poster of Brave Festival 2007 `` Drowned Songs ''
Brave Festival - Against Cultural Exile is an annual Polish music festival launched in 2005 by Song of the Goat Theatre Association. It takes place in Wroclaw, as well as in other cities in Lower Silesia. Since inception, artists from all over the world have been invited to present their musical/cultural traditions. The festival is intended as an opportunity for attendees to speak about where they come from, their values, their traditions and their spirituality. It aims to save and protect forgotten, abandoned and forlorn cultures. Brave Festival also has a project called Brave Kids, which aims is to introduce, integrate and start a collaboration of artistic groups of children from different continents. Grzegorz Bral is the director of Brave Festival. In 2011 Brave Festival was included in the official list of The Cultural Programme of the Polish EU Presidency 2011 in the category Cylic cultural events and festivals organized by local and non-governmental institutions. The following groups help to support the festival: President of the City of Wroclaw - Rafal Dutkiewicz, UNESCO, Marshal of the dolnośląskie voivodeship - Rafał Jurkowlaniec and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.