Cultural Survival Bazaar

The Cultural Survival Bazaar is the Biggest & Best International Indigenous Festival in America. 

Cultural Survival Bazaars are fair-trade events around New England that give indigenous artists from around the world the chance to sell their work directly to the American public. They also expose 30,000 Americans each year to indigenous food, music, and culture, and give visitors a chance to talk with indigenous artists directly.

In the past six years alone the bazaars have generated $3 million for indigenous artisans, fair trade businesses, indigenous communities’ programs, and Cultural Survival’s work on behalf of indigenous peoples. Revenue from past bazaars has supported education and micro-finance in Uganda, literacy projects in Mexico, land and forest conservation across Latin America, language training and economic development for Tibetan refugees, and the building of a school in Adkhoy, Afghanistan, that strongly encourages female attendance, free of tuition.

Every year, hundreds of artists and their representatives sell traditional crafts, artwork, clothing, jewelry, carpets, and accessories. The bazaars also offer a wide assortment of cultural performances, from the live music of Ecuadorian Band Yarina (yarinamusic.com) to the Native American (Nipmuc) Flute Performances of Hawk Henries (hawkhenries.com),  traditional Native American storytelling by Leonard Fourhawks, telar (loom) demonstrations by Zapotec weaver Jose Buenaventura Gonzalez, Craft making demonstration with Paula Sanchez who will be making Alejibres (wood carvings), Algonquin/Abenaqui artist Lenny Novak, Henna, and craft-making demonstrations by Zimbabwe's Shona artisan Bernard Domingo.  Also enjoy our two short films about Cultural Survival's own Guatemala Radio Project and our Endangered Native American Language Project.

FREE ADMISSION

RAIN OR SHINE!

2009 Cultural Survival Bazaar Schedule

(30th Annual)

Summer 2009

July 11th, 2009
Boston Common (2nd Annual)
(Park Street-Green/Red Line)
170 - 175 Tremont Street
Boston, MA.  02116
10am to 6pm

Boston Common Parking Garage at 0 Charles St. Boston, MA #617-954-2098