Western Canada Festival Eritrea On August 8 & 9 2015 In Edmonton and in its environs Concluded successfully with patriotic zeal!!

From: Samuel Igbu <igbu.samuel_at_gmail.com_at_dehai.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 17:59:15 -0400

The annual Western Canada Eritrean Festival was officially opened on
Saturday August 8 and concluded on August 9 2015, in Edmonton, Alberta.
Eritrean-Canadians from Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, Vancouver, Winnipeg and
more took part in athletic events, fun entertainment and family gathering
and picnic at a local park. Teams from the regional cities played against
each other in soccer tournaments, including youth -both boys and girls-who
also participated in their own sports tournaments. Mr. Estifanos Nuguse
from the Eritrean Consulate in Toronto officially opened the musical
festivities in the evening by cutting the ribbon and commencing the night
celebrations.

Mr. Elias Amare (Journalist and Horn of Africa expert) speaking at the
seminar organized for the community. The seminar focused on relentless
hostilities/ war on Eritrea over the past 18 years and the Eritrean
people’s heroic popular resistance; in particular Mr. Elias Amare
highlighted the latest assault on Eritrea’s dignity and civilized culture
under the guise of “human right”. The baseless allegations and outright
lies of the “commission of inquiry” of UNHRC were also exposed in detail
and we have to have a clear understanding on the importance of being aware
of the politically motivated tools to compromise the sovereignty of Eritrea
reiterated Mr. Elias Amare during the Seminar that took place at the
Eritrean Festival in Edmonton.

The evening kicked off with a resounding poetry reading and skit performed
by Milka Debesai and her sister Haimanot from Regina. The Festival and 54th
anniversary of our armed struggle witnessed the staging of cultural shows,
furthermore involving children as well as youths, among others the
participants pointed out that the manner through which nationals celebrated
the momentous day attest to the way they cherish national independence and
the heavy price paid for it. Musical artists Helen Meles, Ogbay Mesfun,
Million Abraham, Sammy Ginbot and Tedro Tewolde (Rasta), entertained
hundreds the rest of the night on Saturday and performed to the delight of
the masses well into the night of Sunday night." Further the chairman of
the community's remarked that the active communal participation
demonstrated in the events attests to the fact that the societal values
remain intact.

Furthermore participants expressed assurance that the spirit of Eritrean
that celebrated urged to further commit in the national building process,
Eritrean resident in western Canada are in higher keen to the manifestation
taken place by the Government of Eritrea and the Eritrean people within
Eritrea at large to build they nation economy, Educational curriculum and
the nation infrastructure etc. that been said the Festivities concluded in
high enthusiasm.



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