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Philadelphia's main Independence Day celebration was started in 1993 by Welcome America, Inc., a non-profit organization. The first event highlighted the opening of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The series of events have relied heavily on corporate sponsorship, which enables the organization to keep all of the events free to attend. [1]
Burkina Faso's 23 million people belong to two major West African ethnic cultural groups: the Voltaic and the Mandé (whose common language is Dioula). The Voltaic Mossi make up about one-half of the population. The Mossi claim descent from warriors who migrated to present-day Burkina Faso from northern Ghana around 1100 AD. They established an ...
Chefs from the city provided food and entertainment was provided by local groups. The concert itself was held outside the museum, using the stage from the Live 8 concert only a few days before. VIP tickets costing $500 allowed people to sit in twenty-five rows set up in front of the stage; otherwise, it was a standing only event. More than one ...
16 December – ECOWAS approves the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from the bloc effective January 2025 but gives them until July 2025 to reconsider. [ 25 ] 19 December – Four French soldiers detained in Ouagadougou on charges of spying since 2023 are released following negotiations between the Burkinabe government and France ...
From 1971, the professional theatre of Burkina Faso emerged when the government created a Directorate of Culture to oversee the management of cultural affairs. [2] They organised an annual cultural festival called the "semaines de la jeunesse" (or "youth week"). [7] This festival was responsible for developing rural theatre in the country. [7]
Labour Day: May 15 Day of Customs and Traditions May or June Ascension Day: Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. August 5 Independence Day: From France, 1960. August 15 Assumption Day: Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven. October 31 Martyrs' Day: Dedicated to the victims of the 2015 Burkinabé coup d'état. [2] November 1 All Saints' Day ...
[3] [11] The thirteenth edition of the festival was held from February 27 to March 5, 2016, and featured masks from over 50 communities from six West African countries: Burkina Faso, Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, and Togo. [2] [12] ASAMA estimated 100,000 people attended the event, [2] including more than 2,000 international tourists. [12]
The oral tradition continued to have an influence on Burkinabé writers in the post-independence Burkina Faso of the 1960s, such as Nazi Boni and Roger Nikiema. [2] The 1960s saw a growth in the number of playwrights being published. [1] Since the 1970s, literature has developed in Burkina Faso with many more writers being published. [3]