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| Brave Festival | |
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| Genre | World music, Rituals, Theatre, Prayers |
| Dates | first half of July |
| Location(s) | Wroclaw, Poland |
| Years active | 2005 – present |
| Founders | Grzegorz Bral |
| Website | www.bravefestival.pl |
Brave Festival – Against Cultural Exile is an annual Polish music festival launched in 2005 by Song of the Goat Theatre Association.[1] It takes place in Wroclaw, as well as in other cities in Lower Silesia. Since inception, artists from all over the world have been invited to present their musical/cultural traditions. The festival is intended as an opportunity for attendees to speak about where they come from, their values, their traditions and their spirituality. It aims to save and protect forgotten, abandoned and forlorn cultures.[2] Brave Festival also has a project called Brave Kids, which aims is to introduce, integrate and start a collaboration of artistic groups of children from different continents. Grzegorz Bral is the director of Brave Festival.[3]
In 2011 Brave Festival was included in the official list of The Cultural Programme of the Polish EU Presidency 2011[1] in the category “Cylic cultural events and festivals organized by local and non-governmental institutions.” The following groups help to support the festival: President of the City of Wroclaw - Rafal Dutkiewicz, UNESCO,[4] Marshal of the dolnośląskie voivodeship - Rafał Jurkowlaniec and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
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- ^ Berent, Jolanta Maria (1 June 2011). "Teatr i zupa dla bezdomnych". Zwierciadło.
- ^ "Bravery Beyond Borders". The Hans India. Retrieved 2018-09-12.