Carassauga

Carassauga is an annual multi-cultural festival in Mississauga, Ontario, founded in 1986.

The festival was founded after volunteers from different ethnic communities wanted to organize a festival celebrating diversity and cross-cultural friendship. With a name based on a similar Toronto event, the Caravan Festival of Cultures and Brampton's Carabram, Carassauga's first event included Italian, Scottish, Ukrainian, and West Indian pavilions. By 2007, forty-five-thousand visitors visited 23 pavilions.

Mississauga Transit runs a free service connecting the pavilions, for people presenting a ticket to the festival.

Pavilions

Countries, continents, states and geographic or cultural regions that have been represented at Carassauga through the years include Africa, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Caribbean, Central America, China, Comoros, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, England, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Hawaii, India, Indonesia, International, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latin America, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Macedonia, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Somalia, South Korea, South Pacific, Sudan, Syria, Tahiti, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Yemen.

Sponsorship

* 2007: The city of Mississauga, Mayor Hazel McCallion, The Ontario Trillium Foundation, Peel Regional Police, Pepsi Canada, FedEx, Winners, HomeSense, Rogers Television, Omni Television, CJEZ-FM, Hershey Centre, CJMR (AM), The Mississauga News, Green belt, Square One, Mary Kay, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.

Board of directors

* Jack Prazeres, Chairperson
* Jennifer Bolton, Vice Chairperson: Marketing & Fundraising
* Laura Noray James, Vice Chairperson: Pavilions & Programs
* Linda Siutra, Secretary
* Sean Franklin, Treasurer

External links

* [http://www.carassauga.com/ Carassauga] , official