Cultural festivals have become a prominent topic of research because of their socio-economic value. However, thus far, limited research has been conducted on the more profound issue of the possible contribution of festivals towards constructing a cultural identity. The aim of this study was therefore to determine the role that one particular festival, the Lamu Cultural Festival, plays in constructing cultural identity, particularly when people from different cultural backgrounds are involved. Lamu in Kenya was chosen as the study area, due to its rich and unique cultural heritage, with the main aim of investigating whether the Lamu Cultural Festival is helping to preserve the cultural heritage of this area and/or to create a new Lamu identity. An anthropological approach was used to conduct the study on cultural identity. The research was conducted on the 14th annual Cultural Festival in Lamu, where the festival has taken place since 2001, after the Island was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The best way to understand another culture is to experience it first-hand by travelling to the destination, hence the use of participant observation for data collection. The dissertation looks at various debates regarding identity construction through cultural festivals. It also investigates the development of festival literature, festival tourism and the history of festivals. Cultural practices among the Aweer, the Bajuni, the Sanye and the Orma in Lamu, and these people's sense of cultural identity before the introduction of the Lamu Cultural Festival are also assessed, in order to understand the respective senses of cultural identity of these four indigenous groups involved in the festival. The Lamu Cultural Festival itself is also discussed in detail: the planning process, stakeholders and organisers, people's motivations for participating in the festival, festival items and their composition. The research findings may assist festival organisers in achieving a better understanding of the importance of involving indigenous communities in the planning process and possibly in achieving a Lamu identity over time. / Dissertation (MHCS)--University of Pretoria, 2017. / Historical and Heritage Studies / MHCS / Unrestricted

The target of my thesis is to analyse and recommend the appropriate financial resourses for the commercial subject operating in culture. For analysing this problem I have chosen an external company, which mainly focuses on organizing the music festivals and I have used different forms of funding from not only public resources. The conclusion of the thesis should help the owner of the company to raise the potencial of the festival due to the financing from more resources.

This paper seeks to understand the feast of Lambe dirty versus Caboclinhos leaving the party concept and what this engaging , as jokes , routine breaks , social and historical continuity , legitimacy , taking as focus performance in the theatrical aspect, bringing a theoretical and methodological implementing some ideas that emerged in the middle of the master research. The object described is the festival that takes place for more than nine decades in the city of Orange in Sergipe which its plot is the struggle between blacks and Indians , dirty Lambe and Caboclinhos respectively , however within this narrative exists indirectly white , represented by bush captains as intercessors of relations with indigenous. So the story presented during the second weekend of October is the confrontational battle of the three ethnic groups, which unfolds with clashes and a number of symbols and meanings to be described in this work . For the development of this research will use several authors from the most classic to the most contemporary, and it comes to an ethnography, field research and applications of semi-structured questionnaires in open and closed questions that will be of great justification shall be used to continue the analysis informal and formal conversations through testimonials and historiographical sources for the composition of the historical and geographical context of the city. The advancement of research linked to the experience and the theoretical basis will lead me to structure the synchronic and diachronic thesis to lead to right conclusions about which involve actions presented, coming to the realization as the parties reflect the social dilemmas experienced and remembered through these. / Este trabalho busca compreender a festa dos Lambe Sujos versus Caboclinhos partindo da conceitualização de festa e o que esta acopla, como brincadeiras, quebra de rotina, continuidade social e histórica, legitimidade, tomando como enfoque a performance no quesito teatral, trazendo um embasamento teórico e metodológico da aplicação de algumas ideias que surgiram no meio da pesquisa do mestrado. O objeto descrito é a festa que ocorre há mais de nove décadas na cidade de Laranjeiras em Sergipe cujo seu enredo é a luta entre negros e índios, Lambe sujos e Caboclinhos respectivamente, no entanto dentro desta narrativa existe de maneira indireta o branco, representado pelos capitães do mato como intercessores das relações com os indígenas. Assim sendo a história apresentada durante o segundo fim de semana do mês de outubro é a peleja conflituosa destas três etnias, que se desenrola com embates e uma série de símbolos e significados a serem descritos no decorrer do trabalho. Para o desenvolvimento desta pesquisa utilizarei diversos autores desde os mais clássicos aos mais contemporâneos, e se tratando de uma etnografia, será utilizada a pesquisa de campo e as aplicações de questionários semiestruturados em perguntas abertas e fechadas que serão de grande fundamentação para dar continuidade à análise, conversas informais e formais através de depoimentos e fontes historiográficas para a composição do contexto histórico e geográfico da cidade. O avanço da pesquisa atrelada à experiência e o embasamento teórico me conduzirá estruturar a dissertação sincrônica e diacronicamente para conduzir às devidas conclusões sobre as quais envolverá as ações apresentadas, chegando à conclusão de como as festas refletem os dilemas sociais vivenciados e relembrados através destas.