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| Irish Cultural Festival kicks off a Celtic celebration - Register-Guard Posted: ST. PATRICK's AND BEYOND Organizers of the Eugene Irish Cultural Festival emphasize that it approaches St. Patrick's Day very differently from the way most Americans have come to celebrate. In years past, the festival has been the weekend before folks are likely to celebrate the holiday in pubs. This year they fall in the same week, but be clear on one thing: The cultural festival is a family friendly event aimed at keeping Irish traditions alive. The other celebrations mentioned here are for those of drinking age who like to be in bars when people are getting jubilant — and maybe a bit rowdy. One way of celebrating is no better or worse than the other. Just be sure to pick the scene that's right for you. Eugene IrishCultural Festival At 8 p.m. today, Hanz Araki and Kathryn Claire will open the weekend's festivities with a sit-down concert, with headliners Kevin Burke and Cal Scott to follow. The concert is at Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th Ave. Tickets are $13 for adults and $9 for students and seniors. Tickets will be available for purchase in the lobby starting at 7 p.m. The balance of the festival is set for Sheldon High School starting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. It ends with the Colleen Raney Band at 5 p.m. Activities include Irish social dancing, hurling matches, crafts, shopping and food. Get full descriptions at www.eugeneirishfest.org. Admission is $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors; children younger than 5 get in for free. Sheldon High School is at 2455 Willakenzie Road. A Luckey birthday Luckey's Club Cigar Store always has a big draw for St. Patrick's Day, but this year is extra special because the bar also is celebrating its 100th birthday with a couple of special reunion shows. There will be a special beer garden set up outside and food available during the event.. The doors open at 5:30 p.m., and at 6 p.m. the first set starts featuring Patrick O'Kelley doing traditional Celtic music. At 7 p.m. is an open jam session. At 8 p.m. is Matthew Hayward-Macdonald (of Toad in the Hole) performing traditional Irish music and original "Irish-flavored" music. At 8:30 p.m. and again at 11:45 p.m., the Eugene City Firefighters pipes and drums will play. Jesse Meade performs at 9 p.m., followed by Toad in the Hole, once a very popular and often-gigging Irish band with a punk attitude. This is its first show in six years. The once-local Sid and Fancy will go on around midnight. The band went on hiatus about two years ago, and members are coming in from Portland, New Mexico and Denver for this appearance. There also will be performances outdoors in the beer garden. There is a $10 cover charge. Luckey's is at 933 Olive St. Attention, publicans Most of the local bars have something going on for St. Patrick's Day, be it green beer on tap or decorations and giveaways. A party bus leaves at 8 p.m. from Sam's Place, 835 Wilson St., that will make rounds to McShane's, O'Donnell's and The Wetlands before returning to Sam's. A seat on the bus is $10 per person. Call 541-520-4005 to find out if space is still available. Normal Bean and his band are among the entertainers at O'Donnell's Irish Pub, 295 Highway 99N. The event starts at 8 p.m. with Irish bagpipe music. There is a $5 cover. At The City, 2222 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., a Thursday dance party offers $800 in cash and prizes for the best green outfits. DJ Tekneek is the host, with Mike P on the drums. There is a $2 cover. Thursday at Sam Bond's Garage and March 18 at the Axe and Fiddle, the Celtonauts will open for Ghillie Dhu and the Dhonts. Thursday's show at Sam Bond's, 407 Blair Blvd., starts at 9 p.m. The Axe and Fiddle gig, 657 E. Main St. in Cottage Grove, starts at 8:30 p.m. Both have a $5 cover. On Thursday at the Axe and Fiddle, a group of strays from local bands Bark Shanty, Under the Trestle and Jimmy O'Schaper will perform as the Lost Patrons of St. John. That 6 p.m. show is free. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| FACTBOX - Libya's key cultural, tribal divisions - Reuters India Posted:
REUTERS - Ancient Greek historian Herodotus divided Libya into four ethnic "nations". Some 2,400 years later, ethnic groups have shifted somewhat but tribal and cultural divisions could still prove key to how the struggle for power in Libya develops. Below is a summary of some of the main tribal and regional divisions within Libya. PROVINCIAL DIVISIONS Coastal Libya has been divided into two distinct provinces since before the time of the Romans -- Tripolitania in the west around Tripoli and Cyrenaica around Benghazi. The two provinces and their capitals have long had different cultures -- the west influenced by its Phoenician colonisers from modern day Lebanon and the east by the ancient Greeks. Conflict seems to have divided Libya once again along those traditional lines, with the area around Benghazi apparently under opposition control and the rebels taking the flag of the former Cyrenaican monarchy ousted by Gaddafi. While many Libyans -- particularly those in the opposition -- play down the East-West divide, outside analysts say anti-Gaddafi feeling was always higher in eastern areas. Gaddafi is seen as having generally retained the support of his own tribe as well as southern Saharan tribes from Libya's old southern desert province of Fazzan and possibly others. TRIBAL DIVISIONS Political risk consultancy Stratfor estimates Libya has up to 140 tribes, but only 30 have any particular significance. Below are some of the main tribes with details provided by analysts and Reuters reporters around the region. Tribal affiliations are seen as most important in rural areas. GADDADFA Muammar Gaddafi's own tribe is one of Libya's smaller groups and not historically particularly powerful. With its territory the port of Sirte midway between Tripoli and Benghazi down into the Sahara, he has used it to help cement his position in power. Analysts say the tribe has become wealthy, is sometimes accused of holding a monopoly of power and makes up the core elements of some of the "regime protection units". This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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