Museumsuferfest 2010, Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main waved a farewell to the summer of 2010, by organizing another grand event - Museumsuferfest.
Celebrations continued for three days, from Friday to Sunday. Planned without a minute’s pause, the program was enough to fill all fifty-two pages of the brochure.
Frankfurt celebrations always successfully engage and satisfy all their visitors. The Museumsuferfest 2010 was not an exception. People of any ages and lifestyles could find something interesting to enjoy themselves with. There were city’s numerous museums welcoming visitors of their exhibitions until late night; There were concerts held at both banks of the river Main where the audience could also join in to dance; Stalls all the around the place offered food and drinks as well as souvenirs from around the world. And despite the cold rainy weather, the streets were full of people.
After the Parade of Cultures, the Museumsuferfest was one more opportunity for the international residents of the city to swirl and rejoice in the diversity of their cultures.
During the festival Frankfurt hosted the annual book exhibition with Argentina as a focus country. Moreover, the land associated with football, tango and Gauchos served as the leitmotif for the whole Museumsuferfest this year.  Argentinean tango show, followed by the fireworks, was the concluding performance of the celebration.

Heidelberg Triathlon, 2010

On the 1st of August about 500 sportsmen and women took part in the 18th annual sport competition Heidelberg Man. Participants ran 10 km and took 32 km-long bicycle ride to show Heidelberg their physical strength and prove themselves to be ‘iron’ men.
Due to the weather conditions, this year’s event did not include swimming, which normally is the part of the competition triathlon, making it more a biathlon than anything. Still pretty tough.
At the end of the tense hours of non-stop competitive movement, the sportsmen happily gave themselves into the hands of masseurs.

Days of Africa, Heidelberg

Afrikatage - days of Africa, launched on June 11th in Heidelberg and Mannheim, focused our attention on African cultures and problems.  Against this year’s WM in South African Republic, the time is perfect to let the people know once more what Africa is in all the diversity of the continent.
At the festival one can taste African food; choose the most desirable from the ocean of colourful hand-made jewellery and interior decorations, each of them different from the other, carrying a special meaning; dance under the rhythms of African drums and enjoy the show of Egyptian belly-dance.

Parade der Kulturen 2010, Frankfurt – Part 2

One of the climaxes of the parade was the large Bolivian dance group. As they entered the ......... square jumping under the beats of the tribal drums, the audience was hypnotized  by their energy and colours! Bolivia presented the ancient folk dance - Tobas.
The people of Toba used to  perform it on religious parties dressed in wilderness costumes. Nowadays it is danced at different times and in very long streets.

Parade der Kulturen 2010, Frankfurt – Part 1

Representatives of one-hundred-and-seven different nations living in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, cheered through the streets of the city on June 26th to express their cultural identity and offer a magnificent show of colours, costumes, music, dance.  The capital of Hessen hosted its seventh annual Parade of Cultures.