Timor Furak attended 5th World Summit on Art and Culture

Timor Furak Group Manager attended the 5th World Summit on Art and Culture held in Melbourne-Australia from 3-6 October, 2011.

With over 80 speakers from around the world and close to 500 delegates from 75 countries, the 5th World Summit on art and culture brought together Government and cultural leader to explore how artist can give voice to diverse communities and concerns through collaborations with experts in many sectors. The 5th World Summit, co-hosted by the Australia Council for the Arts and the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), was held at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre.

To date, five world summit have been held

•    Ottawa, Canada 2000
• Singapore, 2003
• Newcastle Gateshead, England 2006
• Johannesburg, South Africa 2009 

•  Melbourne, Australia 2011

6th World Summit to be held in Chile from 13-16 January 2014

Participants gathered at the opening day

with Sarah Gardner, the Executive Director of IFACCA

with Robyn Archer, the Programme Advisor for the World Summit

Pose with one of event organizer and speaker from Indonesia Vincensius 'venzha' Christiawan

Director / Media Artist, House of Natural Fiber 

with culture 360 team

http://artsummit.org/

III AP- CPLP 20-23 Sep 2011 in Timor-Leste

Timor Furak group performing at the III Parliamentary Assemblies of the Nations belonging to the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (III AP-CPLP) event held in Timor-Leste from 20-23 Sep 2011. The event was a very important event because it showed to the World Timor-Leste ability to host such a international conference that brings eight (8) member state of CPLP with location spread over 4 continents- Europe, America, Africa and Asia.

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culture360.org “maps” the impressions of the World Summit

culture360.org “maps” the impressions of the World Summit

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THE 36 GEEN FO ANNIVERSARY COMEMORATE

HimeKami Dance

Ku'u Kafe Dance






Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure was among the guests

 

Timor Furak Group performed "HimeKami & Ku'u Kafe Dance" at the special reception organized by the Dili Chinese High School GEEN FO Student Association of Australia in honor of celebrating the 36 GEEN FO Anniversary commemoration on Monday 25 April 2011 took place at La Mirage receptionand convention centre, Somerton Victoria, Melbourne.

FIFA President Mr. Blatter official Visit to Timor-Leste

During FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter tour of Asia  in April 2011. His first destination was Timor-Leste, whose national football association was affiliated to FIFA in 2005.

Apart from meeting High Level officials from Government of Timor-Leste and gave speech to Timorese parliament, Mr. Blatter also inagurated FFTL Training center called "Xanana Sport Center"

During the inaguration ceremony Timor Furak presented a Timorese traditional dance "Kakoak"
Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, Secretary of State for Youth and Sport Miguel Manetelo, UN representative Ameerah Hag, Ex-Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri and FFTL president Sico Calbuadi was among the guests.

Timor Furak participated in Timor Leste Culture & Food Festival, Melbourne Australia

Organized by the Timorese Associationin Victoria (TAV), Australia, Timor-Leste Culture and Food festival held on Feb 2010 at Queen Victoria Market which attracted  over 10 thousand visitors. The Secretary of State for Culture, Virgilo Simith and Timor-Leste Ambassador to Australia, Abel Guterres, Timorese Students and communities in Victoria, Australia are among the guest.

Performing two dances namely "Hime Kami" and Ku'u Kafe, Timor Furak participationi has contributed to the tremendous success of the Festival in showcasing the richness and uniqueness of Timorese culture.