3rd Traditional Tattoo & World Culture Festival

The Traditional Tattoo and World Culture Festival is an all ages, family event which aims to provide an educational forum for members of the public to come and meet various artists and performers from indigenous tribal cultures including Alaska, Thailand, New Zealand, Mexico, the Arctic, West Sumatra, Borneo- Indonesia, Malaysia, the Cook Islands, Philippines,Papua New Ginea, Samoa, to name a few.

The festival will be ran for seven days from the dates of 17th to the 24th of May 2017.

ARTISTS STATEMENT

The entire project is more than 10 years of work and it is something we would like to consider our masterpiece.

The connections and roots of the festival run very deep. It has taken considerable time and years of work to bring it from inception, to the stage it is currently at.

The festival is the absolute essence of what you may regard as a grass roots movement. It has been born out of deep human connections between ourselves and others over 12 years. It has been created from a zero financial budget or outside investment. It’s been built through sheer determination, driven simply by a positive idea and

with the mighty strength of a small collective of very supportive believers and volunteers. It is possible because of the determination of the people involved to keep their arts and traditions alive.

These are the arts we offer to bring to you.

Since our humble beginnings in the Marlogue Inn, Cork, Ireland, we have built the concept to huge proportions, and with a massive international following and support.

This is our Masterpiece, and our chance to make a positive change to the world

Phil Cummins & Joanna Mlynarczyk

2016