Lost in Flags

WOMAD - festival of global & traditional diversity

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March 18th 2009
WOMAD 2009 Day 1: We left home in the avo 2 go down 2 New Plymouth 4 WOMAD. We arrived at about 19:19 & caught up with Hans, Jay & co once in. Had a gr8 big Indian Curry with Naan for dinner & then watched the evenin with stars of African, Asia, Europe, Australasia & a few from America. There were some amazing guitar breaks, operatic singin, playing broom strings, dancing with excessive flex ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taranaki

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more