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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 20th 2003
Contact:
Sahib Lanre Hassan, Coordinator
(916) 532-5848
ONE
ROOT FESTIVAL 2003
Path
To Oneness
One Root Festival returns to the Greater Sacramento
and Placer area again on September 20 and 21 2003 at the Royer
Park in Downtown Roseville, with a message of unity.
This year’s theme is Path to Oneness.
The two-day
area communities’ festival in its fifth year using food arts
and music as simple non-threatening method to bring people of
all cultures together. Last year, there were over 20 cultures represented through
cornucopia of food, galleries of arts and bevies of beautiful
music that serenaded over ten thousand event participants.
The event is free to the public.
This year multiethnic music line-up include Saturday
performance by Shabaz
– Sufi and western fusion, Native Elements – San Francisco
Reggae, Borrina Mapaka & Luzolo – African Hip Hop and
Canela – Tex Mex. Sunday performers include Patchouli - Japanese folk music,
Freight Train Riders of America – Bluegrass, Ebo Okokan –
Afro Cuban Ensemble and Mercy Me-R&B.
Apart from the assorted on-stage music performances,
One Root Festival is the place to taste food from various
national origins. Guest
will be able to patronize food vendors serving food from
different cultures. Past
food vendors have come from many origins including Greek,
Polish, African, African America, Thai, Chinese, Mexican,
Polish, Jamaican, South American and more. From Creole gumbo to Japanese sushi, One Root is the place to
taste it all.
“Artistic expression as the third pillar of the
festival, unearth the creativity in all of us,” said
co-founder Doris Jones Hassan.
At the festival, apart from the performing artists,
there will be art displays for sale at the festival.
These arts from different cultural backgrounds allow
others to admire the creativity of individual cultures being
represented. “The
more we know about a culture through art, the more we see
similarities with our own and the less different we begin to
see others from ours and consequently the more related we will
feel,” said Anita Lowe, a creative potter and One Root
Festival Vendor Coordinator.
One Root Festival is a family event that
has something for everyone in the family.
Apart from adult activities, the One Root Youth Village
is special area filled with entertaining and educational
performances plus arts and crafts and many interactive
activities designed just for kids.
One Root Festival is presented Dunia
United Congress, a Californian non-profit organization, with
major funding from Wells Fargo, NEC and many other local
companies, government agencies and individuals.
For more Information, visit the http://www.oneroot.org
or contact the festival hotline at (916) 772-2557
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