There were also all types of souveniers to take home from each pavillion: jewellery, clothing, toys, keychains, pins, flags, CDs, books, imported food and drinks, and traditional handicrafts ... just to name a few!!!



These ash trays from the Phillipines bring a whole new meaning to "wood carving"!!! Remember to put that away before Grandma comes over!



These Norweigian love spoons are much more my style. When a Norweigian boy loved a girl, he would carve her a set of love spoons: two wooden spoons connected by a series of chain links. The more the boy loved the girl, the more elaborate and ornate he would make the spoons. By accepting his gift, the girl would also be agreeing to marry the boy. At the wedding, they would use the spoons to eat together from a bowl of traditional porridge. Each set of love spoons is carved from one piece of wood only, and never cut or glued. What an amazing amount of time and talent it must take to craft them, but what a beautiful keepsake they would be to pass on from generation to generation.



There were even souveniers for dogs!
These were on sale at the Jewish pavillion, and are made by "Chewish Things".



This is probably my favorite souvenier booth. I already own three of their t-shirts, and I bought a new one this year that says, "Got Borscht?". They told me that their best seller at Folkfest 2006 was, "My Baba Thinks I'm Cool". If you long to be as cool as your Baba thinks you are, you can find their booth at Ukrainian Day in the Park, Vesna, or next year's Folkfest, or you can e-mail:

graphic.golf@shaw.ca