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Bayimba International Festival of the Arts 2010 will take place from 17 - 19 September 2010 - Workshops will be held prior to the festival from 1 - 16 September 2010

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Participate in next year’s festival

October 18, 2009
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Today we launched our ‘Kalls‘ for participation in the 3rd edition of the Bayimba International Festival of Music and Arts.
For more info go to the ‘Kalls‘ page or click direct on one of the links below:

Kall 4 Festival Artists Participation
Kall 4 Artistic Creation and Decoration
Kall 4 Live Performance Workshop
Kall 4 Fashion Designers
Kall 4 Small Project [...]

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Bayimba 2009 Festival in Pictures

September 18, 2009

The Second Edition of the Bayimba International Festival of Music and Art was held from 12 – 14 June 2009 at the National Theatre grounds in Kampala.
Below a selection of pictures.
Tip: you can view the pictures as a slideshow by clicking [show as slideshow]  below or click on a thumbnail to start an image browser [...]

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Grand Debate: The Way Forward

June 1, 2009

Background
From February to May 2009, Bayimba Cultural Foundation presented to the general public and the arts sector in Uganda a series of discussions about the Role of Arts and Culture in Society. During these discussions, the role of arts and culture in society, the role of arts in development, the role of the public [...]

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Debate: The Role of the Media in Developing Arts

May 3, 2009

Bayimba Cultural Foundation started producing a television series discussing the role of Arts and Culture in Uganda and East Africa under the theme “Our contribution to society”. Panellists are always invited to these discussions to share their views with the artists and the public. Our first discussion focused on the “Role of Arts and [...]

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Bayimba “Rhythm and Dance Workshop”

May 1, 2009

Introduction
Prior to the Bayimba International Festival of Music and Arts (scheduled for 12th-14th June 2009), Bayimba Cultural Foundation organises a number of workshops for artists. For this year, a Rhythm and Dance Workshop is included.
The workshop will run under the theme “Our contribution to society” – and the general objective of including it is to [...]

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Bayimba “Live Performance Workshop”

May 1, 2009

Introduction
Prior to the Bayimba International Festival of Music and Arts (scheduled for 12th-14th June 2009), Bayimba Cultural Foundation organises a number of workshops for artists. For this year, a Live Performance Workshop is included.
The general objective of including a live band workshop is to emphasis and train local artists – the importance of live performance [...]

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Contemporary Art Workshop

May 1, 2009

Each year prior to the Bayimba International Festival of Music and Arts, a number of workshops for artists will be organised. This year, a Contemporary Art Workshop is included.
The workshop like others will run under the theme of “Our Contribution to society” with a general objective of Artists (painters, poets, play writers, dancers, comedians, sculptors, [...]

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Street Fashion Workshop

May 1, 2009

Each year prior to the Bayimba International Festival of Music and Arts, a number of workshops for artists will be organised. This year, a Street Fashion Workshop is included. Whereas the fashion industry in Uganda has developed over the last decade, this industry targets a specific layer of society – the average youth is not [...]

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Debate: Supporting Arts – Whose role?

April 5, 2009

Bayimba Cultural Foundation started producing a television series discussing Arts and Culture in Uganda and East Africa under the theme “Our contribution to society”. Panellists are invited to the discussion to share their views while the public was also invited to make their comments. The first discussion focused on the Role of Arts and [...]

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Debate: Arts & Development

March 5, 2009

At the 20th Feb 2009 first Bayimba cultural discussion, the panellists defined culture from their perspective. The perspectives presented all came down to the meaning of Culture is who we are, what we do, the sum of beliefs, attitudes and habits.
Art is an expression and a visible part of Culture (quote Serumaga). Today, we are [...]

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