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Turkey: Diyarbakir's International
Children Festival
16.5.2006
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Diyarbakir's 6th festival dedicated to Enis Ata
and Abdullah Duran who lost their lives when police
opened fire during March incidents. "Let my dreams
remain childish" theme to mark festival that will
end on May 18.
Diyarbakir, Kurdistan-Turkey - The 6th
International Children's Festival organised by the
Diyarbakir Sur Municipality started on May 14 and
will continue until May 18 Thursday.
This year's festival dedicated to Kurdish 6-year-old
Enis Ata and 9-year-old Abdullah Duran who lost
their lives when police opened fire during March
incidents and thousands of children from Diyarbakir,
around the country and abroad are attending.
Children from Spain, Iran and Syria have joined
those from (Kurdistan-Eastern Turkey) Diyarbakir,
Semdinli, Tunceli, Bostanici, Cizre, Adana,
Dogubeyazıt, Batman and Sanlıurfa for a series of
events over four days that include colourful face
paintings, animation shows, drum shows, children's
fashion shows, ballet, readings and book corners,
festival tents and visits to areas in the city.
On Sunday, thousands of children gathered in front
of the Ugur Kaymaz Statue of the city where they
held an opening march for the festival to Mardinkapı
shouting slogans including "no to war, peace now
immediately".
While the theme of the festival this year is "Let my
dreams remain childish" most speeches marking the
opening of the festival have concentrated on
children rights and the conflict in the region that
has affected children.
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