FOLKIES AND FOODIES FESTIVAL HONORS SLAIN JOURNALIST.Byline: Grace Lee Staff Writer The sound of fiddles carried across Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. at Encino's fall folk festival A Folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. Regional Denmark
Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist who was kidnapped and murdered in Karachi, Pakistan. . The musical gathering at Encino Park and Encino Community Center was held in conjunction with the 16th annual Taste of Encino, one of the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley's biggest festivals along Ventura Boulevard. Taste of Encino is co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Department of Recreation and Parks, the Encino Chamber of Commerce, the Encino Woman's Club and a number of local businesses. The entertainment component this year was called ``A Taste of Folk Music.'' Held along Ventura at Encino Park and Encino Community Center, it celebrated cultures throughout the world and was one of a number of worldwide tributes to Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter from the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. who was slain after he was kidnapped in Pakistan. ``It's important to keep folk music alive because it's the people's tradition,'' said Elaine Weissman, executive director of the California Traditional Music Society, which organized the music festival. It was also fitting, she said, that the daylong event honored Pearl, an accomplished fiddler, violinist and mandolin mandolin (măn'dəlĭn`, măn`dəlĭn'), musical instrument of the lute family, with a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. player. ``Music creates harmony in the world. People communicate through music,'' she said, noting that Pearl's work helped shed light on other cultures. The Daniel Pearl Foundation in Encino has organized more than 200 ``Harmony for Humanity'' concerts dedicated to Pearl in more than 30 countries. The Encino event drew more than 12,000 people last year. Weissman said she expected this year's turnout to top that figure because the weather was cooler. Pearl was kidnapped while on assignment in Karachi on Jan. 23, 2002. His death was confirmed nearly a month later. For 73-year-old Louis Richter of Encino, dancing to folk music took him back farther than the months following the Sept. 11 attack when Pearl was killed. ``I dance for nostalgia,'' said Richter, who first learned Israeli folk dancing :''This article is about Israeli folk dancing. For the main article on Jewish dance, see Jewish dance. Israeli folk dancing is a form of dance usually performed to music from Israel, with dances generally created by people from Israel. in the 1940s and mastered his steps while living in Israel for 25 years. ``I like it because of the gentle, sweeping beautiful movements,'' said Richter. Alan Pollack, of Woodland Hills, said it was important for a community to celebrate the folk music tradition. ``It's our history. It reflects our past,'' he said.l=8Grace Lee, (805) 662-6757 grace.lee(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Adriana Lourette bites into her corn on the cob at Taste of Encino, which was held together with the fall folk festival on Sunday. (2) Anna Kunkin teaches a belly dancing move to a group at the folk festival, which featured dance from around the world. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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