The
Gilded Serpent presents...
Photo Gallery of
“The Festival Fantasia 2002, A Rose Production”
Photography by Lynette Harris of Gilded Serpent |
| In
Sebastopol, California, October 12th and 13th of this year,
the Ninth Annual Festival Fantasia took place. This exciting
festival is one of the Northern California area’s most eagerly
anticipated events of the year and is produced by Ellen
Cruz of Rose Productions. Ellen manages to design an
enjoyable and relaxed atmosphere each year, and this one
was no exception! Gilded Serpent was pleased, not only to
attend, but also to record some of the event’s fun moments
and little happenings that you might have missed even if
you had been present. If you were there, look and see if
your face is among our photos! These random photos are of
shoppers, vendors, musicians, dancers and their fans. We
hope our Fantasia Gallery will give you some feeling of
the atmosphere of this event. Please help us with adding
the names under the photos by emailing us at editor@gildedserpent.com |
Cane dancer from Saba Banat |
Guido Ricciadi is the standing drummer, Ellen Cruz on
dumbek, Doug Adams on violin, Evan Morgan on oud , collectively
form the world fusion band, Collage |
Kim Ligocki from Saba Banat |
Saba Banat |
Kajira and troupe |
|
 Seana |
Evan playing the oud for Kajira and her group |
Kim Ligocki and beautious boxes |
Hanan vending her assuit and other treasures |
Izora vending |
a Sonoma snake dancer, Karen Andes, and ? |
Leslie |
shopper with bag of money ready to spend! |
Susie and daughter bringin' in the cash! |
|
Rachel Bochover |
Ellen's booth |
Zohra's daughter from Kabul Bazaar |
Christina Sophia |
The Mystery couple that nobody seems to know but we all
see at many community events |
Hanan read a prayer for peace
that was also being read today in Baghdad, Iraq, commemorating
Earth Day
click for
sample |
Marilyn Lane
of the Jewels of Cairo |
Farasha of the Jewels of
Cairo
(Thanks, Jennifer!) |
|
Samra displays elegance |
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As I had suspected, Afghan women belly dance. |
