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Festival of Guinea: International Heritage and Culture Festival, a Success. Watch for announcements on the 2005 event! Not included:
airfare, special workshops, optional tours, travel
insurance, visa, inoculations, beverages and all
other items of a personal nature Cost : Mariador
Palace or the Camayenne Hotel $1,350 single
occupancy - 1,175 double occupancy Novotel or the
Riviera Royal Hotel $ 1325 Single
occupancy - 1,150 Double occupancy Conditions:
A Minimum $ 250 non refundable deposit is required
to confirm. Full payment
is due no later than
March 15, 2OO4 . After March 15,2004 all payments
are non refundable. Your
deposit may be paid by check, money order and all
major credit cards. Your balance or
any payment exceeding
$5OO.OO must be paid by check, money order or
American Express only.
Checks and money orders should be made payable to:
Brock Tours or other "Official
Tour Operators/Travel
Agent Please view the
Official Website for more details and
information www.festagg.com
or ATA website : www.africa-ata.org or contact: Brock
Tours and Travel * 2612 Rainbow way Ste B * Decatur
Georgia 3OO34 * 4O4-244-198O
Phone, 4O4-244-1982 Fax, or email at ; Guinea Heritage
Culture Tourism Festival 24-30 April,
2OO4 Performing
Artshows and tours Saturday
24/O4/O4 : 15h3O Welcome
party at arrival of officials, special guests and
invitees from friendly countries. 15H45 Bons mots
from Mondial Tours and Brock Tours welcoming and
hailing festivaliers 16HOO Presentation
of Festival by Minister of Culture 16H1O Festivals
official opening address by the
Government 16H2O Film show on
Guinea's tourism and cultural riches 16H3O Welcome to
carnaval, anthem of festival and logo's
presentation 16H4O Art show by
"Ensemble Symphonique Traditionel" 18hOO End of
official opening ceremony participants return to
hotel 21HOO
Dinner 21H15 Show
performed by the Ballets Africains de
Guinée staging
"Heritage" or by the
Percussions de Guinée Staging " Pyramid of
Rhythms' Interlude: (Cora
and Songs) by M'Bady Kouyate and Spouse Guest Stars: Sayon
Camara, Winner of the UNESCO 2OO3 Peace Prize, Lama
Sidibe The famous Ballets
Africains will be celebrating their 5Oth
Anniversary on this occasion. Formed in 1952 in
Paris, France by Keita Fodeba, the Ballets
Africains are the world's best known and the most
prestigious African dance and choreography
groupe The percussion de
Guinée troupe brings together the seven best
African percussionists with Djembe, Kirin,
Dundun, and Calabash. Lead star in the Imax Stomp
inspired movie "Pulse" in the USA. Leader of
the Memorable Africa Oye tour in Japan, the USA,
Europe. SUNDAY
25/O4/O4 O9HOO Symposium
concomitant to the cultural events and
artshows. Topic: Investment
Opportunities in Guinea's Tourism and
Culture Participants:
Foreign investors, business players and promoters
with projects or local investors seeking
partners.... 12HOO Meal and
rest 15H3O Opening of
exhibition stands in the Jardin O2 Octobre urban
park: Art pieces,
Handicrafts, Cuisine, Crafts, Homegrown
Technologies, Native Architecture, Potentials in
Mining, Industrial or Commercial, Agribusiness,
Agrofood, Industries, Showbiz, Music and Video
production, Venues and Management, Travel Agencies
and for Tours Operators. The exhibition
will afford opportunity to discover cultural and
touristic trends of the four natural
provinces of Guinea. 16h30 City Tour of
Conakry and itinerant festival in the
communes Venues: Boulevard
Diallo Telly in the urban commune of Kaloum with
"Etoiles de Boulbinetg as group
leader Troupes invited:
Folklore troupes 19HOO Dinner and
rest 21HOO Show
performances at the Palais du Peuple: Lead troupe: The
Ballet National Djoliba staging " Nature
and culture Guest Star:
Bembeya Jazz National Band Starring:
Bambino * Etoiles de
Boulbinet: Music and songs from the Guinean coast
with market inspiration from the gospel. Most
acclaimed group in Guinea and at the Abidjan
African Art and Show Fair (Cote
d'Ivoire) * The Ballet
National Djoliba formed in 1964 with support from
the American Artist Harry Belafonte. "Jeux
de la Francophonie" Laureate, twice gold Meadal and
several round-the- world
tour. *Bembeyya Jazz
National and Bambino: group formed in 196, symbolic
of African popular music. Guinea
representative at all major world Music Venues:
Algeria's Festival (1969), Festac Lagos
(1977), Angouleme Multicultural Music Festival,
Toulouse France. Many tours in
Africa, Europe and the USA outstanding guitar
virtuose Sekou Bembeya Diabate a.k diamond
fingers with the voice of Africando lead vocal in
songs. Monday
26/O4/O4 O9HOO - 19HOO
Tours optional in the provinces Eco Tourism and
discovery tour in Kindia Beach Tour and
Heritage sightseeing at Fotoba and Loos
Islands Beaching at BeL
Air and Heritage Sightseeing at " Slave Route"
Sites along the Rio Pongo. Visit of the
Sogbane tourist resort Transportation by
bus Warning: number of
beds limited, spending one night in the provinces
will be registered for Kindia and the
Loos Islands ( read detailed notice for each tours
carefully. 21HOO Artshows at
the Palais du Peuple. Lead artist " Kerfalla
Kante" Guest Star: The
Amazones of Guinée * The Fouta Djallon
Minstrels * Yarie Toure (Singer) *Kerfalla Kante:
musician, singer, composer, arranger, Kerfalla is
one of the worthiest Guinean musicians for mandigo
music creation adapted to rhythms of urban
music. * The Amazones de
Guinée first African women to play modern
musical Instruments on stage. All women band
with 3O years success * The Nyamakala of
the Fouta Djallon: Acrobats,musicians, singers and
wordsmiths, they are the survivors
of popular music erstwhile contesting or otherwise
demanding and self affirmative in a
traditional environment then excluding the
"uncivilized" Tuesday
27/O4/O4 O9HOO Continued
visit of exhibition in the "Jardins du 2
Octobre" 12HOO Meal and
rest 14HOO Courtesy
Calls and /or business Calls at Ministries, to
Business People and/or Local Companies
and Firms . 16HOO - 18H3O
Visits to the exhibition and Itinerant Festival for
the Dixinn and Ratoma Communes. Venue; 28
Septembre Stadium, Conakry 19H3O Dinner and
Rest 21HOO - 22HOO Art
Show at the Palais du Peuple Lead troupe; Bote
Percussions Guest Star:
Johanna Barry ; Leds Zawagui Bote Percussions:
A Bote is a small drum found in sosso and
baga lands,up till now
left second rank for socials (baptisms,
weddings) regenerated by
Bote Percussion, it is nowadays part of
some exceptional
composition composition. Artists and Shows to rock
you. Johanna Barry: the
most demanding Guinean star And the finest for
arrangement and stage act. Veritable stage artist
with rich and diverse music: biguine, zouk, folk
and danzone. She is beautiful, very
beautiful. * The Zawagui:
traditional therapeutic music or land and
divinities rites in Kpele, kissi, loma forest
hinterlands, original and colorful. Wednesday
28/O4/O4 O9H30 Continued
Visit Exhibition 12hoo Meal and
Rest 14HOO Press
Conference 16HOO Itinerant
Festival for the Matham and Matoto Communes at the
Coleah Stadium 19HOO Dinner and
Rest 21HOO - 23HOO
Artshow at the Palais du Peuple Guest Star:
Kerfalla Kante, Les Amazones de
Guinée, Nyamakala du
Fouta-Djalon, Yarie Toure Thursday
29/O4/O4 O9HOO Symposium on
Heritage Tourism in Guinea 12HOO Free
time Friday
3O/O4/O4 O9HOO Continued
Visit Exhibition in "Jardin du O2
Octobre" 11HOO Exhibition's
Official closing ceremony; signing of golden book
and b-cards and Congratulation Bons mots
Exchanged 12HOO Meal and
Rest : Free for all time 16H3O Festival's
Official closing Ceremony on the Palais du Peuple
Plaza; Prizes, Honors, Satisfecits, Participation
Certificates handed; Vote Thanks to Partner,
Sponsors and resource persons by Mondial Tours
Guinée and Brock Tours Travel; Official Closing
Address by Government, Anthem of Festival,
Fireworks and Finale by Festivaliers. 12HOO Closing
Dinner NB: SUNDAY
25/O4/O4 TO Friday 3O/O4/O4 African Culture
Workshops: African Dance, Percussion
Drumming, Contemporary Arts.
Everyday from O9HOO TO 12HOO and from 15HOO to
18HOO At the Premises of
the Ballets de Guinée Youth's Center/House
at Coleah
corniche Officers handling:
Hamidou Bangoura, Morcire Camara, Mme
Irina Conde, Fatoumata
Koumate, Aly SYLLA, Damaye Soumah and Mariam Bailo
Diallo. USA CONTACT:
BROCK TOURS & TRAVEL AFRICA CONTACT:
GROUPE MONDIAL TOURS Africa Travel
Association Web Site:
http://www.africa-ata.org/guinea.htm Festival of
Guinea Web Site:
http://www.festagg.com Canadian Web
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