DANDANAT

Bethlehem Youth Festival

Palestinian Swedish Cultural Encounter

Between August 2nd and August 6th, 2005, Dar Annadwa Addawliyya (ICB) in cooperation with Bilda/Swedish Christian Study Centre, will launch what we hope will be an annual Bethlehem Music Youth Festival. The festival will allow young Palestinians and Swedes ages 18 to 25 that are interested in the arts to meet and exchange their cultures, talents and cooperate together in a unique program.

The Palestinian and Swedish students will gather and interact with each other in English and absorb culture through the arts, music, dance, food, theatre and travel. There will be workshops, trainings, city tours of Bethlehem and other West Bank towns, folklore dance shows, concerts and a festival finale at Ad-Dar Concert and Conference Hall.

Dandanat is aimed towards young and talented people from Palestine and Sweden to meet and develop a better understanding of each others culture, and promote culture of peace, respect and friendship.

Dar Annadwa Addawliyya (ICB) is a Lutheran-based, ecumenically-oriented institution serving the whole Palestinian community.  The programs of the center serve the entire community from “the womb to the tomb” with an emphasis on children, youth and women.

The Educational Association Bilda in Sweden has established the Swedish Christian Study Centre in 1991 in the Old City of Jerusalem.  The SCSC receives groups from Sweden coming on study trips to Israel and Palestine, organizes lectures and talks, initiates and coordinates a multitude of cultural and artistic activities ranging from music and dance to exhibitions and theatre.

For further information on the project please contact:

Email: scsc@bilda.nu