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MafiaDanceFestival
Samothraki Dance Festival Team
Posted : 25 Aug, 2009
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01-15/08/2010 Samothraki Dance Festival Team presents: |
 CANCELLED - Mafia Dance Festival - CANCELLED | |
Mafia Island, Tanzania, Africa
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Dear Friends,
It is with great regret and disappointment that we wish to inform you of the cancellation of the Mafia Dance Festival. We hereby wish to present to you the reasons for which, despite all our continuous efforts, this event has been cancelled through no fault of our own and for reasons beyond our control.
During the initial stages of liaising with the responsible authorities of Tanzania with respect to organizing the Mafia Dance Festival, the concept and the realization of the event was received with great enthusiasm and was perceived as an excellent means to improve and develop the greater area, and financially strengthen the local community. The local company RUAZA LTD, which was responsible for the entire organization of the Festival, liaised with the local authorities as our collaborator/facilitator on site. The national and local authorities assured RUAZA LTD of straightforward proceedings, and furthermore guaranteed that all the required actions had been taken in order to obtain all requisite permits for the Festival. All necessary documents were signed and all essential actions had been taken to ensure the proper licensing of the Festival.
However, to our grave disappointment, certain ill-willed groups sought to undermine and accuse the invited artists, the organizing committee and even the attendees of the Festival, aiming at presenting to the authorities a false and completely misleading image of the Festival as a decadent and corrupted event.
We are well aware of the identity of the above mentioned groups and the motivation behind their actions therefore, we assure you that we will proceed to take all necessary legal measures against them, should they decide not to compensate us for this unjustified cancellation. Unfortunately, as a result of the ill-intended efforts of the aforementioned groups, extreme racism and xenophobia have been created, and the relevant authorities of Tanzania and particularly the National Art Council (Basata) decided to revoke our local license that had been issued for the Mafia Dance Festival. Following Basata¢s decision, the Festival was therefore cancelled due to force majeure and despite all our continuous efforts to the contrary. Basata¢s unreasonable and unjust decision, which we publicly denounce has no legal or justifiable basis whatsoever.
At this point, it is important to note that Basata¢s unfair and inappropriate decision to cancel the Festival was communicated to us only a few days prior to the commencement of the Festival, a fact that confirms its objectionable behavior and establishes the total lack of respect towards the organizing committee, the artists but most importantly and foremost towards all of you, disrespecting each and everyone of you having made a personal and financial commitment to attend the Festival and visit Tanzania¢s beautiful nature and civilization.
We stand before you obliged and with a strong feeling of responsibility towards you, as we can only be thankful for the loyalty you have demonstrated towards our company, the trust you have shown in our projects, and the support of our vision during all these years. Sticking to our principles in honoring our relationship, you can rest assured that we are working towards achieving a fast and satisfactory resolution of this unfortunate situation.
With respect to refunds of prepaid festival tickets a relevant statement will be announced very soon.
Prepaid festival tickets of the 3rd Period are refunded as we speak from the relevant Ambassadors (only face value of the ticket, booking fees will be retained from the Ambassadors).
Customers with prepaid tickets (all periods) from Access All Areas - London are refunded as we speak.
We are in talks with other festivals that we feel you will be interested in, as Mafia Dance festival goers, about the possibility of swapping your ticket for another festival at a discounted rate or for free. We will be in touch for this as soon as possible.
Customers who have liaised with the Pangea International Tours agent will receive refund as soon as possible, following an official announcement in the next few days and with communication with them (only face value of the services, booking fees will be retained as an admin fee by Pangea)
Customers renting Safari Tents on Mafia Island will be refunded at once.
Customers renting rooms at Butiama Lodge on Mafia Island can keep their booking and visit the lodge if they decide to (please contact Pangea International Tours to confirm your status).
The organizing committee is currently investigating the best way to refund the festival ticket holders. Based on the terms and conditions of the tickets, the Ambassadors are not liable and hold no responsibility with respect to refunds or any further transactions. For further information and ticket terms and conditions, please follow the link:
http://mafiadancefestival.com/terms
We are deeply sorry for the unforeseen circumstances which, beyond our control, and through no fault of our company, forced the festival to be cancelled and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.
We will be in touch for everything as soon as possible. Please bear with us as things cannot happen overnight. |
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MafiaDanceFestival
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Posted : Aug 25, 2009 05:17
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all relative info at official website:
www.mafiadancefestival.com (will be up by the end of Sept)
facebook group: mafia dance festival |
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oMcyLOm
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Posted : Aug 25, 2009 10:52
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WoW 15 days of arts and music festival.... 
waiting for more info... 
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tina_84
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Posted : Aug 25, 2009 16:38
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Hope I'll be there.
I got my ass kicked to greener pastures.Hopelessly wired as I might be.My chair was pulled out from underneath as I sat down to the free falling, fast moving new me. |
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Shawnodese
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sotokkan
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Posted : Sep 1, 2009 20:28
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All the Best
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BEAT-BOX
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Posted : Sep 2, 2009 03:25
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Definately there......,.
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Posted : Sep 5, 2009 22:32
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ZENLINK
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Posted : Sep 9, 2009 19:07
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All the best!!definately there..!
"It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception".
Albert Einstein, speaking about his theory of relativity.
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acidzoo
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Posted : Sep 11, 2009 20:28
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Oloi Kato
Min To xasete tha xasete |
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lord meltatron
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Posted : Sep 12, 2009 11:20
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wrong flag... thats the philippine flag
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Deo
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Posted : Sep 14, 2009 13:38
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This will rock a lot for sure.
All the best .
Good luck.
Deo (Phantasm rec./TK rec.] |
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MafiaDanceFestival
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Posted : Sep 17, 2009 19:58
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Mafia Dance Festival - 320 days left!
hello friends & travellers
As you know Samothraki Dance Festival team is Back and
This project is simply magic, and we hope you can join us in 2010.
We need your support and help to spread the infomation.
We are sure you will make a lot of your friends very happy to hear about these festival news and for the tropical paradise they are about to discover!!
Last updated info:
Early Bird Tickets will be Limited to 1000!
Early Bird Ticket Price 110 euro (for 15 days festival!)
and will be available October, November & December 2009!
LINE UP SOON OUT!!!
The tickets for whole Mafia Dance Festival 2010 will be limited to 3.000 and limited for each country (with a logic flexibility). We need to control our invasion to such a pure and paradise place. From next year, we will build the knowledge to except more people and also our people, will build the knowledge of showing our civilization to the local purity that lives in the island for long...
Visiting Mafia Island is like time travelling in the past...Mafia Island, lies off the mouth of the Rufiji River in Southern Tanzania. It is one of the least developed parts of an undeveloped country, yet it has been, and continues to be, part of important historical processes. Although its spectacular marine life is becoming increasingly well known, especially since the setting up of the Mafia Island Marine Park, little other information is widely available.
A total pure, free and untouched island of the world!!
All related information and beyond thru our official website.
Presale tickets will divided in 3 periods...starting end of september/early october 2009!...
We thank all Artist and People from our depths for the great daily feedback's we are getting here... wait & see what comes!!!!
Thanx for supporting the vision
Love & Light
Samothraki – Mafia Dance festival Team
www.mafiadancefestival.com (up in the next 2 weeks!) |
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eliot
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Posted : Sep 20, 2009 12:15
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good luck guys |
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Posted : Sep 25, 2009 04:29
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On 2009-09-11 20:28, acidzoo wrote:
Oloi Kato
Min To xasete tha xasete
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kanonika.. |
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and will try me utter best to get the silly ass over there for some serious dust-stomping ! 
- Free Parking
- ChillOut Area
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- Deco
- Eco Friendly
- Children Zone
- Workshops/Market
- Water Access
- Transportation
- Discounted Presale