The Festival of Diversity
From 2 p.m. until late in the evening we celebrated the Festival of Diversity on the banks of the Rhine
A holiday of sense and the senses – diversity has thousands of faces, tastes, drinks, traditions, songs and treats. We invited professional and amateur farmers and gardeners, seed producers and propagators, chefs and food producers to present the diversity of their products, varieties and plants to be seen and smelled, shared and tasted. It was a great Festival of Diversity, to which we invited the people and families of Bonn, Cologne and surrounding areas as well as all friends from Europe and the world. With theatre, music, animals, plants, seeds, actions, dance and music, videos, presentations of all kinds and thematic pavilions we celebrated the diversity of life. See the 
Pavilions' programm and the Supporting Organisations
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Programm on the main stageJapanese DrummersDJ Papa JoeDie neuen Barden (band)Kantuta (dance)Greeting from the Mayor HauschildSpeech from the Bolivian Ambassador Magnet VelizMarjanne Behrens (vocalist)Haste Töne (choir)Mama Afrika (percussion group)Linko MatiqueHautnah (band)Gregor Lawatsch (cabaret)Capoeira (Brazilian dance)Popmotor (school band)Georg Jansen (Association of Family Farmers, AbL)Tahitian dancerDiscussion: Agrobiodiversitywith Cathy Rutivi, Consummer International, Zimbabwe, Ushakumari Jayakumar, Thanal, Kerala, India, María Isabel Manzur, Fundacion SociedadesSustentables, Chile and Ute Sprenger, Vern, Germany
Max Sharam (singer)Poetry from Marlene StamerjohannsManduco (music from Colombia)Speech: Miguel AltieriSinti/ Romaandine mask dancePaul Montmorensy (singer)Einstürzende Heuschober (folk music)Cosmonautix (band) |
In the Circus Tent
Paitersclan-Performance from the Malwerkstatt Bonn |
Film from „Seed the Future“, Switzerland, Seeds Action in Switzerland against GMOs |
Clown Ninio: Clown against GMOs |
Dorle Ferber with Feen-Schreien |
SATU e.V.: Seeds tale « The Knot » with performers from Indonesia |
Kathrin Bechtloff: African Rythms and African Dance |
Film from Marina Meneses from Mexiko on the cultural meaning of Tortilla |
Gregor Lawatsch: Kabarett: Programm: „Friss mich, bitte friss mich!“ Ein Mann mutiert zum Schwein |
Dirk C. Fleck: „Das Tahiti-Projekt“(Roman); Lesung und Diskussion über ein alternatives Wirtschaftssystem |
Film: „Mit Gift und Genen“; on Monsanto; discussion with Film-maker Monique Robin, Vandana Shiva and guests. |
Concert: Die neuen Barden: Songs against GMOs |
