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The Edmonton Heritage Festival is a three-day festival honouring Alberta's cultural heritage and cultural diversity, which is held annually over the August long weekend in William Hawrelak Park in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. With the Servus Credit Union as title sponsor since 2007 it is currently known as the Servus Heritage Festival.〔("Servus Heritage Festival" ), ''Servus Credit Union'', 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-15.〕 The Festival is organized annually by the Edmonton Heritage Festival Association since 1976. At that time eleven communities united with the intent to display their cultures by offering traditional cuisine, entertainment, interpretive materials, and crafts to visitors.〔("The Festival History" ), ''Edmonton Heritage Festival Association'', 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-15.〕 Today in 2015 at its 40th annual anniversary the festival includes more than 85 different cultures in over 60 pavilions, where people present their cultural roots and local and national communities.〔("Preparations for the 40th Edmonton Heritage Festival" ), ''Diverse Edmonton'', 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-15.〕 The tents feature food, entertainment, artwork and crafts, clothing, and teach visitors about various cultures with displays including photos, paraphernalia, and stories.〔("Festival Seekers: Servus Heritage Festival" ), ''Seekers Media Inc.'', 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-15.〕〔("Facebook Page of the Edmonton Heritage Festival Association" ), ''Facebook'', 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-15.〕 File:Heritage Festival Edmonton Scandinavia Pavilion.jpg|Scandinavian Pavilion File:Heritage Festival Edmonton Scandinavia dancers.jpg|Scandinavian dancers File:Bangladesh Pavilion at the Heritage Festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.jpg|Bangladesh Pavilion File:Heritage Festival Edmonton Mexico dancers.jpg|Mexican dancers File:Heritage Festival Edmonton Ukraine dancers.jpg|Ukrainian dancers ==Overview== The family-friendly and alcohol-free event offers free admission to its visitors, and gives each pavilion the opportunity to offer independently a sampling of foods, entertainment, arts and crafts, and customs. Entertainment starts on half and full hours for the pavilions, which share stage time throughout the day. The organizers and patrons of the festival encourage visitors for donations to the local food bank.〔 The park area at William Hawrelak Park offers no public parking (except bicycles) during the festival, but is connected well to the City of Edmonton Transit through exclusive Park'n'Ride services.〔("Park and Ride Express Services" ), ''City of Edmonton'', 2012. Retrieved 2015-08-15.〕 The park is open throughout the day between 5am-11pm.〔("William Hawrelak Park" ), ''City of Edmonton'', 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-15.〕 During the time of the festival visitors are asked to leave their dogs at home.〔 The Heritage Festival draws a respectable attendance with an estimated 382,000 people in 2015,〔("Food bank benefits from successful Heritage Festival" ), ''Rachel Ward, Edmonton Journal'', August 3, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-15.〕 360,000-380,000 people in 2014,〔("Edmonton’s growing population helping local festival" ), ''Slav Kornik, Global News'', August 5, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-15.〕 and 380,000–410,000 people in 2013.〔 It is organized on a budget of about $500,000 per event.〔("Fun Festival Facts" ), ''Edmonton Heritage Festival Association'', 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-15.〕 The number of pavilions and represented cultures at the festival have been growing over the years, with new representations for Haiti, Rwanda, Lebanon, Morocco and South Sudan in 2015.〔("Servus Heritage Festival feeds and educates thousands" ), ''Rachel Ward, Edmonton Journal'', August 1, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-15.〕 The festival relies on volunteers to staff the three-day event. Volunteers help with tasks such as food ticket sales, the volunteer registration table, hospitality, amphitheatre, children's tent, and golf course. The cultural pavilions also depend on volunteers to assist with their operations. Volunteers have helped with food preparation and serving, the arts and crafts displays and merchandise, and the actual entertainment. Pavilions sell culturally representative foods and drink at a nominal fee and offer entertainment, displays, and arts and crafts at no charge. A Heritage History tent in the centre of the park celebrates the event’s past featuring a visual look back over past festivals.〔("Rwanda one of five new countries at this year’s Servus Heritage Festival in Edmonton" ), ''Keltyn Marshall, Edmonton Journal'', July 29, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-15.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Servus Heritage Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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