DOHA: Austrian group WachauerFolkstanzgruppe put on a dazzling performance at the Cultural Diversity Festival at Katara Esplanade.
The festival, which runs until May, is organised by the Unesco Doha office and Cultural Village Foundation-Katara.
Visitors from all walks of life were dazzled by the traditional folk performances and experienced live music played using traditional Austrian musical instruments like accordions, flutes, guitar and horn.
Sieglinde Fedele, Australian Chargé d’Affaires, said: “We are pleased to have Austria presenting at a great initiative between Unesco and Katara. It is an opportunity to bring the world to Qatar.”
WachauerFolkstanzgruppe have been performing and joining parades at international folk dance festivals in Germany, Belgium, Slovakia, Estonia, Czech public, the Netherlands, China, Australia, Mexico, Italy, Hungary, Switzerland, the US, Canada and Macedonia.
WachauerFolkstanzgruppe came from the beautiful Austrian region ‘Wachau’ which has been on the Unesco World Heritage List since 2001. Their hometown Kerms-Stein is more than 1,000 years old. The old lanes, homes, churches, abbeys, the river Danube and vineyard terraces make the region very picturesque. Kerms- Stein is about 880km west of Austria’s capital city Vienna.
The festival continues to amuse Katara visitors until May with the participation of over 20 countries from all over the world which will showcase their traditions and heritage.
