I CIOFF Burkina

The CIOFF started to officially cooperate with Burkina Faso in 1999 at the time of the meeting of Bingerville (February 1999, Ivory Coast). The section CIOFF Burkina Faso, which intervenes as a corresponding member, is chaired by Mr. Koudbi Koala. He created the Atypical Nights of Koudougou: the N.A.K. which aims at being "a link to bring together peoples, to enhance comprehension and love”.

The NAK are the 1st private festival decentralized in Burkina Faso. These Nights are characterized by their international and multi-disciplinary aspect, since in more of the music, the song and the dance, there is also the atypical Village: a place of exhibition-sale made up of several hundreds of stands reserved to the craftsmen, to producers, associations from the North and the South, wishing to make known their activities.

They were created in 1996 and they will celebrate their 13e édition in november 2008 with the theme “ culture and fight against poverty”.

II Information about ours partners

CIOFF supports the ASAMA association, created by M. Tankien Dayo. It works to the promotion of traditional masks, notably with the festival FESTIMA.

III Cultural life and festivals

-Festima - dédougou / March 08 9e édition
To promote the masks tradition
Organizer of festival M.Tankien Dayo
tankasama2002@yahoo.fr
festima_org@yahoo.fr
-craft industry exhibition - ouaga /october
Best visibility of african craft industry
-Fitma - Ouaga / novembre
To promote the puppets tradition
-Festival wed bindé - kaya / november
To promote center-north area
-The atypical nights - koudougou / november 2008
-Festival Yeleen, Bobo Dioulasso / December
To promote the art of storytelling and diversity of its practices.

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