This was the Sunday afternoon parade... lots of drumming, artists and kids showing off their crafts. It was so cute !
Here is was of the artists dressed as a dinosaur... a very creative outfit ! He saw I was taking a picture of him and so came right up to me and pretended to snap at me.
Individual music artists were invited to take part in a global kitchen type of activity. It was great and you got to see your favourite artists in a totally different mode. There were also workshops where the musical artists could discuss or present various theme, such as blues across the world and learning how to play east indian drumming.
And of course, as usually takes place at festivals, there was no lack of shopping there to be had. I bought myself a very inexpensive drum to learn basic rhythms and a ridiculous amount of CDs. Artist even were booked in at a specific area after their shows to sign CDs and talk to their fans.
I liked this sign "Please touch and try on". I saw this type of message in a few places in the market.
These "Mud Drums" were invented in Adelaide. Their sound is slightly higher pitch than one with a wooden base like the djembe.
The festival had a healing festival where they offered massages, tarot readings, etc.
There was also an area dedicated to not-for-profit organization, including big names likes the red cross and doctors without borders but also smaller local groups.
I find people at festivals are especially creative. I thought this guy with the leaf hat was particularly funny.
He let me take a portrait shot of him (after I took the sneaky shot earlier).
These moss based hats were really popular at the festival, and came in all shapes and size.
Some even came with accessories, like this flower.
This father and daughter duo was too cute too pass.
And this guy's shirt made me smile : "May all beings be happy. Especially the grumpy ones"
Finally, there was this interesting rice exhibit which display amounts of people through grains of rice on large white sheets of paper. The large pile of rice on the left showed the inscription below it "People murdered in Rwanda in Six Weeks from 06/04/1994" and the smaller one to the right of it stated "United Nations Peace Keeping Forces in Rwanda 04/04/1994". What an appalling comparison !
On a lighter note this series displayed the following, from left to right "Members of staff at Australia Zoo", "People who look after crocodiles at Australia Zoo" (there's about a dozen pieces of rice there), "Steve Irwin" (one piece of rice), and "People who attended Steve Irwin's Memorial Service".
