First Host Gathering - Learning about Aboriginal Tourism Experiences in the greater Vancouver area
First Host Gathering at The Bill Reid Art Gallery of Northwest Coast Art in Vancouver, B.C.
We spent a quite interesting evening at the First Host Gathering held at the Bill Reid Art Gallery in Vancouver learning about Aboriginal Tourism Experiences in the greater Vancouver area. It was attended by over a dozen indigenous culture organizations: BigHeart Bannock Catering, Lelelmè Arts & Cultural Cafe, Kanata Festival, Musqueam Cultural Centre, Salmon n Bannock Bistro, Skwachays Lodge & Art Gallery, Stanley Park Ecology Society - Indigenous Plant Use with Lauraleigh Paul, Takaya Tours, Aboriginal BC.
Please click in the following links if you want to learn more about the organizations:
#RemembranceDay ceremonies include: •9:45am: Victory Square Cenotaph at West Hastings Street and Cambie Street . •10:30am: Memorial South Park Cenotaph 41st Avenue and Windsor Street . •10:30am: Royal Vancouver Yacht Club . •10:40am Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park . •10:45am: Grandview Park . •10:55am: CRAB Park at Portside . •12:30pm: Chinatown Memorial (Keefer at Columbia streets)
For more info, visit vancouver.ca
For more information about Remembrance Celebrations visit:
"In Flanders Fields" war poem by Canadian Lt.-Col. John McCrae - We Stand On Guard For Thee Exhibition at The Roedde House Museum in Vancouver - Nov 2013
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields.
- John McCrae
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Lest We Forget An exhibit in 2014 honouring the Centenary of WWI - Roedde House Museum in Vancouver
We Stand On Guard For Thee Exhibition at The Roedde House Museum in Vancouver - Nov 2013
Remembrance Day Ceremony & Parade at Victory Square 2014 Pictures
Remembrance Day Ceremony & Parade at Victory Square 2013 Pictures
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Remembrance Day Ceremony and Parade 2012 - Victory Square, Vancouver
Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artists Emily Carr and Frida Kahlo
Some pictures of the Day of the Dead altar dedicated to two of the most renowned female artists: Emily Carr and Frida Kahlo at the Maple Beach B&B in Vancouver.
Emily Carr a Canadian Artist who was born and died in Victoria, British Columbia whose works were inspired by the First Nations people and the rain forest of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Frida Kahlo a Mexican Artist who was born and died in Mexico City. She is one of Mexico´s greatest artists best known for her dramatic self-portraits and dedication to indigenous culture.
All the altar artifacts: sugar skulls, clay skulls, skeletons, papel picado, cardboard doll , Frida Kahlo rag doll are from different parts of Mexico: Oaxaca, Jalisco, San Luis Potosí and Guanajuato. The Frida Kahlo rag doll is a "Mariquita" from Toluca, Edo. de Mexico.
Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artists Emily Carr and FridaKahlo
Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artists Emily Carr and FridaKahlo
Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artists Emily Carr and FridaKahlo
Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artists Emily Carr and FridaKahlo
Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artists Emily Carr and FridaKahlo
Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artists Emily Carr and FridaKahlo
Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artists Emily Carr and FridaKahlo
Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artists Emily Carr and FridaKahlo
Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artists Emily Carr and FridaKahlo
Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artists Emily Carr and FridaKahlo
Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artists Emily Carr and FridaKahlo
Day of the Dead altar dedicated to artists Emily Carr and FridaKahlo
Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival - Sept 13 2014 - Vancouver
Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival
Saturday Sept. 17 2016
Slocan Park/Renfrew Park
Art - Music - Environmental Stewardship - Community Participation
Autumn in Vancouver begins with The Annual Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival. This is a beautiful festival that celebrates the full moon and harvest abundance. It also honors diverse cultural traditions.
The festival is organized by the Still Moon Arts Society, The Renfrew Park Community Asociation and the Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood.
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It feels like Autumn in Vancouver, and it was was a crispy nice night to enjoy the Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival.
This festival celebrates the full moon and harvest abundance, honouring diverse cultural traditions. There was a display of beautiful lanterns in the Streamside of Renfrew park characterized as salmon, shark, jelly fish, octopus, turtles, and many more. There were also the traditional moon cake, great jazz music and dancing.
Jelly Fish - Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival in Vancouver
Renfrew Ravine Park - Moon Festival Vancouver
Moon Festival - Vancouver
Lanterns - Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival, Vancouver
Octopus lantern - Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival in Vancouver
Jelly Fish lanterns - Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival in Vancouver
The cow jumped over the moon lanterns - Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival in Vancouver
Salmon Fish Lanterns - Renfrew Ravine Moon Festival in Vancouver
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