Folk Festival flags to fly

NEWS RELEASE - Distributed June 4, 2015 1:00 PM

Summary

The skyline at Maffeo Sutton Park will get a bit brighter this week as the Nanaimo International Folk Festival Society flags are installed for the season.

Proceeds from an annual banquet fundraiser are used to purchase the flags of the members’ countries. The International Folk Festival Society wishes to thank Nanaimo for 43 years of generous support. The group works with the city parks department to provide this colourful display each year.

For more information on the Nanaimo International Folk Festival Society, please contact Sue Ghose at 751-1223 (President).

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Key Points

On display for 2015 the nations represented will include: Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and Ukraine.
The society’s collection of flags will be flying for the 43rd year.