I went to Folkfest this past weekend, and saw all 18 pavillions. It is my favorite Saskatoon summer activity - so much so, that I don't even mind going on my own. For those of you who couldn't (or wouldn't!) come, I took photos everywhere on my "travels". I have posted a few of them here:

Each year, I see people from church visiting and volunteering at the Norweigian and German pavillions. Alice Barth (left) and Esther Grant (right) do Norweigian decorative painting called rosemaling. Alice also made her Bunad (Norweigian costume). Nils Lokken played the fiddle, having just returned from a year away at cultural school in Norway. I also saw a woman from my new church at the German pavillion; she and her sister sing as "The Edelweiss Family".
A young couple from my church saw me at the Irish pavillion, and while we were comparing notes on where we had been so far, they informed me that, "Germany is off the hook!!!". These youth ambassadors from the German pavillion seem ready to get the party started!!!





Ils sont les ambassadeurs du pavillon Francophone.

(I had to get the translation from Natasha's friend, Jerome ... part of why I didn't spend much time there!)

This was a display at the Irish pavillion about the Book of Kells, an ornately illustrated manuscript produced by Celtic monks around 800 AD. It contains the four gospels of the Bible in Latin. The real Book of Kells is on permanent display at the Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland.




This wee lassie couldn't resist joining in the Scottish dancing! She was more entertaining than the people up on the stage as she performed each song from the middle of the aisle.

This is the torah from the Jewish pavillion. It is the first five books of the Bible, written in Hebrew, by hand, using a quill pen. It is currently open to Exodus 20, where the ten commandments are listed.



Speaking of commandments ... here is a dancer from the Hispanic pavillion, shaking her "bon bon". From the cheers she received, I'm sure she had a few men in the audience breaking #10 and ready to go for #7 if she was interested!!!


These children are enjoying some stories and crafts "Under the Coconut Tree" at the Afro-Caribbean pavillion.