9 June: Global Culture Festival

World Music, a Sport Market, delicious food & drinks, the sun (of course!), various dance and sports shows.

On saturday 9 June there will be a big party at the Markt (Market Square) of Maastricht (City Centre). This special day is organized together with Maastrichts Mooiste.

1 PM
The Maastrichts Mooiste Sport Market takes place between 1 - 6 PM. All Maastrichts Mooiste Running participants (they have to run on Sunday) can collect their starting numbers at this market. Maastrichts Mooiste will throw a party on the beautiful market square, with music, dance, sport clinics and a serious catwalk

4 PM
The Global Culture festival starts at 4 PM. Four groups of the famous Dutch world music Festival Mundial will perform till deep into the night. A DJ plays dance music between the performances. Come to listen to music from South Africa, India, Surinam and Mozambique and enjoy this laid-back ambiance.

Programme Global Culture Festival

16.00 PM Drum Se (India)
16.45 PM dance demonstration
17.15 PM Okubua (Surinam)
18.45 PM dance demonstration
19.15 PM Drum Se (India)
20.15 PM dance demonstration
20.30 PM Kwani Experience (South Africa)
22.00 PM dance demonstration
22.30 PM Nfithe (Mozambique)

Drum Se [India]
Drum Se presents thunderous drums and fast percussion in a colourful show with the tabla, chang, dhol, the dholak and other drums.

Okubua [Surinam]
The drummers of Okobua play during the many “winti-pre” in Surinam. A winti-pre is a seance in remembrance of the ancestors. During these seances family members dance, eat and drink together. The drums (especially the apinti drum) are used to evoke the spirits of the dead.

Kwani Experience [South Africa]
Kwani Experience brings the new sound of Soweto, lounge music with traditional elements - a unique fusion of jazz, soul, funk and hip-hop.

Nfithe [Mozambique]
It is hard not to dance during the performance of Nfithe from Mozambique. African traditions are fused together with modern music. In this, Nfithe has created a characteristic sound with guitar, bass, percusison and keyboard.

Source: Studium Generale