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Worldfest

April 18, 2006

Crafts Area
The crafts area was a great place to meet and create
Marionette
You move him like this...
Taiko Drumming
Precision timing

For two days, the sounds of laughter, music, and applause rang through the Spurlock Museum. WorldFest! What a wonderful time!

Visitors of all ages came to the Museum March 31st and April 1st to enjoy three great performances for the price of one:

In addition to the performances, everyone had a chance to decorate a paper Egyptian mummy mask and a paper Japanese kimono.

Click on the videos below to share a few memories from this exciting event. Then check back soon to our events calendar, for a summer, 2006, WorldFest is in the works. See you there!

The spring, 2006 WorldFest was sponsored in part by East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. We thank them for their continued support.


Quicktime Video Clips
Hula Dancer Figure Clip
Kissed by a hula dancer
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Storyteller Clip
The tale of Arachne
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Taicho Drums Clip
Exquisite drumming
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Donkey Puppet Clip
The donkey steals the show
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Storyteller Wide Clip
Pygmalion’s prayer to Venus
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Japanese Music Clip
Japanese lutes and flute
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