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From Germany, the Sorbian Folk Dance Group Shmerlitz portrayed ancient traditions in an amusing manner, like trying to disrupt the pretty girls as they spin flax.

9781853599323 Minority languages and cultural diversity in Europe; Gaelic and Sorbian perspectives.

The 1776 Quilt: Heartache, Heritage, And Happiness" is the profusely illustrated and personal story of how she made this award winning quilt, along with the history of a true masterpiece of needlecraft which was originally made in 1776 by Sorbian soldiers on the battlefield as they awaited invasion, and Pam Holland's dedicated determination to recreate it as a means helping herself to put her own life back together after the untimely death of her daughter.

uk CAPTION(S): TALENTS: Anthony Zammit loves both his roles; Pictures by IAN COOPER; COLOURFUL: Sorbian folk dance group Schmerlitz above and right, and, Romanian dancers Doina Timisului, above right

That, in fact, is the way it seemed to be for Lutheran immigrant Mato Kosyk (1853-1940) until it was discovered just recently that the folks back home in Europe--those who bade him farewell in 1883 either with great hopes and dreams or with a reprimand for having abandoned the Sorbian cause--are now regarding him as their greatest poet and as one of the three greatest Sorbian writers who ever lived

Others appearing at the festival, which runs until Saturday, August 2, are: COLOMBIA: Grupo Folclorico Colombia Viva de la Universidad del Norte; GERMANY: Sorbian folk dance group Schmerlitz; ITALY: The flag-waving Sbandieratori dei Rioni di Cori; MALAYSIA: MASenidaya Malaysian Airways Club; MALTA: Astra folk group, Gozo; ROMANIA: Doina Timisului folklore ensemble; RUSSIA: Kruzheva dance ensemble, University of Ufa in the republic of Bashkiria; SRI LANKA: Trinity College dancers and drummers.