Colorful costumes, lively dancing, authentic
Mediterranean music and sumptuous foods
will be featured August 5th and 6th at the
9th Annual Turkish Arts and Culture
Festival in Monterey. The two-day festival
will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both
Saturday and Sunday at Monterey State
Historic Park’s Custom House Plaza, near
Monterey’s famous Fisherman’s Wharf. Admission is free.
The festival on Monterey Bay, organized by the nonprofit Turkish American
Association of California and the Monterey Chapter, will provide fun for the whole
family. Folk dancers in the colorful costumes of Turkey will perform to live, authentic
music. Belly dancers with sheer veils and finger cymbals will demonstrate the
spellbinding techniques that for centuries have been part of the culture in Turkey, an
important crossroads between Asia and Europe. There will be art exhibits and
displays of the intricately woven Turkish carpets. Gold, silver and beaded jewelry will
be on display, as will pottery, country dolls and many other ethnic, traditional arts
and crafts.
For the children, there will be tents for face painting, story telling, shadow puppets,
coloring, a drawing competition, folk line dancing and many more activities.
Vendors will provide the delightful foods that offer true tastes of Turkey, including a
hamburger-like sandwich seasoned with tasty spices (adana kebap), spicy barbecue
(doner kebap), phyllo crust filled with creamy cheese and spinach (borek), bulghur
salad (kisir), grape leaves stuffed with rice and mint (dolma) and, of course,
traditional Turkish pastries, including baklava, the phyllo pastry made with ground
walnuts and honey, which goes perfectly with a cup of strong, thick Turkish coffee.
If you drink the coffee, fortune tellers will be on hand to “read” your coffee grounds.
The rich and diverse cuisine is an important part of the more than 4,000-year-old
culture and spirituality of Turkey and its Anatolian peninsula, the acknowledged
“cradle of civilization.” The Turkish Arts and Culture Festival was created to help
people understand and enjoy the diverse and fascinating culture that emerged in a
country that has long been a melting pot of many civilizations and cultures.
More information can be found at www.TURKFESTCA.ORG or by calling 831-655-
7509 or 831-646-1916.
Dokuzuncu Kalifornia-Monterey Sanat ve Kultur Festivali
Festival Nasil Basladi:
Bu sene 9. Kalifornia-Monterey Turk Sanat ve Kultur Festivali 5-6 Agustos da
kutlanacak. Festivali baslatan ve yoneticiligini yapan Syn Yavuz Atila hem TAAC
(Turkish American Association of Caifornia)'in ve Monterey Bolumunun ayrica ATAA
nin bati bolumu eski baskanlarindandir.
Festival komitesi baskani Ilge Ozersen in anlattigina gore festivalin baslamasi soyle
olmustur. "Sayin Atila asagi yukari 10 sene once Monterey deki Yunan festivalini
izlemeye gittiginde festival de yasli bir Turk amca'nin gozleri dolmus bir sekilde
-neden bizim de bir festivalimiz yok- dedigine sahit olmus ve neden yok diyerek
kollari sivamis"
Bir sene sonra 1998 de 3 kisi tarafindan organize edilen ilk Turk festivali ile bugun 9.
cusu olacak festival Monterey de baslamis oldu. Festivalimizin amaci Amerikalilara
Turk kulturunu tanitmak oldugu icin her yaz milyonlarca turist alan Monterey festival
yeri olarak secilmistir. Yillardir buyuk bir basariyla tanitan festivali gunde ortalama 5
bin kisi ziyaret etmektedir.
Yaklasik 25 bin Turk un yasadigi Kaliforniya'daki tek Turk Kultur ve Sanat festival,
festival komitesi tarafinda yonetilmekte ve her sene artan gonulluler ile Kaliforniya'da
yasayan Amerikalilara ve Turklere hizmet etmektedir. Bu seneki festival komitesi
Yavuz ve Nurten Atila, Deniz Bilgin, Ozden Matsu, Saime Matsu, Oya Bolgun, Suha
Kilic, Ilge Ozersen ve Horon halk oyunlari ekibinden olusmaktadir
Festivale sponsor olmak icin ->
Festivalde gonullu calismak icin ->
Festivale exhibitor olarak katilmak icin ->
Festivale vendor olarak katilmak icin ->
Festival fotograflari icin ->
Program
AUGUST 5, Saturday
12:00pm - Turkish Folk Music with Saz (Baglama)
1:00pm - Folk Dance
1:30pm - Belly Dance
2:15pm - Folk Dance
3:00pm - Live Concert
4:00pm - Belly Dance
4:30pm - Turkish Music with Oud
5:00pm - Folk Dance
5:30pm - Halay/Dance Music
[CLOWN for Childen in the Plaza-- 1:00-2:30pm, both days]
AUGUST 6, Sunday
12:00pm - Turkish Folk Music with Saz (Baglama)
1:00pm - Folk Dance
1:30pm - Belly Dance
2:15pm - Folk Dance
3:00pm - Live Concert
4:00pm - Belly Dance
4:30pm - Turkish Music with Oud
5:00pm - Folk Dance
5:30pm - Halay/Dance Music
