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World of Music, Arts and Dance

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The festival's logo, the Womad lion

World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) is a festival started in Shepton Mallet, England in 1982. The festival was pioneered by Peter Gabriel and his interest in sharing and celebrating world music, arts and dance. A typical festival will include varied live musical performances, workshops, stalls and events for children.

WOMAD currently holds festivals in over 20 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, UK, USA and many European countries.

WOMAD has pioneered the growing acceptance and enjoyment of World music by western society. The festival now draws crowds of over 80,000 people per event, and competes on equal terms with other mainstream western festivals globally.

Over the years, WOMAD has helped launch, boost or revive the careers of many world music (and other) artists, including the Master Drummers of Burundi, the Dhol Foundation, Ozomatli and the Late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Here are the festivals that are happening this year, and have been staged since 2003:

2003 concerts

2004 concerts

2005 concerts

2006 concerts(so far announced)

(Also, the following have been anounced for 2007: WOMADelaide and New Zealand)

External links

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