1969 Every memory of the summer of 1969 is connected to‚ in one way or another‚ the historical event‚ Woodstock. The festival could not have left more of an impact on the “hippie” generation anymore than it did those three days of music and peace. The generation of the time wanted nothing more than what they got out of Woodstock. Today‚ people still look back on the festival and think of how well it made history without the expectance of doing so. Woodstock‚ one of the most important cultural
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Woodstock was a three-day outdoor festival of peace‚ love‚ and music in the summer of 1969 in Bethel‚ New York. But it was more than just a rock music festival; it symbolized the developing counterculture of the 1960s. Over the course of the weekend‚ thirty-two bands performed in front of an enormous group of youthful people. There were about 500‚000 people that attended Woodstock through the rainstorms and mud puddles. It was the first concert to have that kind of crowd. It is recalled as having
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efforts: Woodstock. Woodstock Art and Music Festival‚ inarguably the largest music concert in the world at the time‚ was held in 1969 in Bethel‚ New York on 660 acres of farmland. The festival took place over a long weekend: the afternoon of Friday‚ August 15 to the morning of Monday‚ August 18. Organizers had planned for 50‚000 people per day‚ but to everyone’s surprise‚ the farmland concert attracted more than 400‚000 people for the three day festival. Because of the unexpected swarm of people
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TUGAS KAJIAN SENI “OPERA JAWA” - ANALISIS Disusun oleh: NAMA: NEBOJSA DJORDJEVIC NIM: S7012080012 PROGRAM STUDI PASCASARJANA KAJIAN BUDAYA FAKULTAS SASTRA DAN SENI RUPA UNIVERSITAS SEBELAS MARET SURAKARTA 2012 Preface During my stay in Indonesia I was introduced to more traditional forms of arts here: theatre through ketoprak is closest to definition of ‘western’ theatre‚ wayang orang – staged Ramayana based theatre and wayang kulit which can be roughly defined as leather theatre
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Oktoberfest in Munich‚ Germany Want to experience the largest festival in Europe? Maybe even the world? Does dancing on giant wooden benches‚ and singing along in the company of thousands of people from all over the world‚ appeal to your sense of fun? Well‚ you have come to the right place to learn about Oktoberfest in Munich (München)‚ Germany – the largest beer festival in the world. (Held annually in late September and through the first weekend of October and ranging from 16-18 days depending
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Kristy Breitling-MUS 222 1960’s March 17th‚ 2013 Who has not heard of Woodstock or psychedelic music? What is it you think of when you hear of these? Free love‚ hippies‚ peace‚ and drugs. Well this was the end of the 60’s an era where musicians believed drugs gave them the ability to make their songs and how they sounded. This era came right after an era of civil rights movement‚ war and the world in an uneasy place for the population. In the First World‚ Rock ’n’ Roll‚ Pop music‚ Swing music
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a hard place? Two Bob Mermaid (1996) is a short film that was written and directed by Darlene Johnson and will have you wondering how the lead character‚ Koorine‚ will ever squirm her way free. This headline film of the 2013 Tropfest short film festival strongly explores its theme of identity and belonging through its setting of a hard and racist Australian town in 1957 and a young Koori girl’s struggle to find a place to belong when she is trapped between two worlds – really a rock and a hard place
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Festivals The tradition of the fiestas/festivals is a tradition handed down from the many Spanish religious practices. Most fiestas are celebrated among patron saints and or the major events in the life of Jesus Christ and His Mother. Sinulog The Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City and Maasin City‚ Southern Leyte‚ Philippines. The festival commemorates the Visayan people’s pagan origin‚ and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism. The main feature is
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religious festivals See also: List of Hindu festivals Govinda celebrations during the Krishna Janmaashtami festivities Hindus observe sacred occasions by festive observances. All festivals in Hinduism are predominantly religious in character and significance. Many festivals are seasonal. Some celebrate harvest and birth of God or heroes. Some are dedicated to important events in Hindu mythology. Many are dedicated toShiva and Parvati‚ Vishnu and Lakshmi and Brahma and Saraswati[1] A festival may
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required such an abundance of sheer power and know all with the recognizable equipment from the 20th century and one such occurrence was the Woodstock music festival in 1969 at Bethel‚ NY. To be precise‚ Bill Hanley was largely responsible for the creation of this monstrous and spontaneous sound system with unanticipated size of the crowd. Festival Producer Michael Lang was quoted saying‚ “When you’re starting something on this scale‚ the most critical thing is the people you bring to it.” Bill
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