“Different Pasts - Shared Future”

For the last six years Doris has been collaborating with Bristol City Council Refugee and Asylum Services, Refugee Action and Bristol communities from many parts of the globe to create an annual, intercultural arts event to kick start National Refugee Week celebrations in Bristol.

  This year it was on Sunday June 15th at Queen Square, Central Bristol, from 12.30pm - 8pm

As always there was music and dance from many countries, as well as stories, nomadic homes, picnics, mandala making, films, international games, art workshops, Chilean food, Tibetan tea and much more besides. This year we had a concert at the end of the day with local youth performances, Zimbabwean dance band Chimanimani and special guest star  Sudanese rapper Emmanuel Jal.

The day was full of information by, for and about Bristol’s refugee and asylum communities. There were lots of opportunities to meet each other, time to hear gems of music, join in creatively and bask in the sense of harmony and love that happens when people gather together to respect each other and enjoy our differences.

For info on this event in 2008 and everything else that happened in Bristol during National Refugee Week go to www.bristolrefugeeweek.co.uk

We'd like to thank everyone who came and made it such a lovely, happy day.