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’]"‘:ulmg a banner and delivering a message. people of various ethâ€" nicities celebrated in downâ€" town Waterloo in an effort to promote better fair trade standards last weekend. The festival kicked off celâ€" ebrations on the corner of King and William streets with a rally and a parade that folâ€" lowed from Bridgeport Road and returning to the store. Festival held to promote fair trade Intisar Awisse is the assis tant manager of Ten Thou sand Villages, 80 King St. S., in Waterloo, Awisse was responâ€" sible for organizing the Globâ€" al Journey festival on Aug. 12â€" 13. She said the festival‘s purâ€" pose was to celebrate the creâ€" ation of a new fair trade logo. The logo, featured on the fesâ€" tival‘s banner, was developed in response to consistent growth in the global fair trade market. The logo also formalâ€" ly recognizes organizations that do abide by strict fair trade standards. "It‘s important that people in our community, being such an ethnic community that it is, are aware of where the products they‘re purchasâ€" ing for their home come from," Awisse said. "With it being such a small world, we need to be aware of what‘s going on and how our lifestyle can change someâ€" body else‘s life. We also need to be aware of who‘s supportâ€" ing our lifestyle." Among the celebrations included middleâ€"eastern perâ€" formances with dancing and drumming. Alana Miller. from Kitchener‘s Haft Vadi School of Middle Eastern Arts, was among the enterâ€" tainment for the evening. The dance studio, which teaches TK HOME APPLIANCE CENTRE ( ©B â€" 30 coLUMBIA ST. E., WATERLOO 888â€"7204 . am BATE‘S MAYTAG By Rxas Conaen bor the Chromicle dance, music, literature and art of the Middle East, feaâ€" tures Egyptianâ€"style bellyâ€" dancing. Dale Marcell, from the Marcell School of Drum, in Kitchener, also participated in the festivities with his thythâ€" mical styling on the drums. Awisse said she was pleased to see all the various talent that the Region has to offer in order to make the fesâ€" tival come together. Samuel Nii Addico demonstrates the ancient technique of batik printing at Ten Thousand Vilâ€" lages Saturday as part of Global Journey Festival. Ten Thousand Villages works in the community with artisans who would otherâ€" wise be unemployed or underemployed to provide sustainable income through fair trade. The following day had fesâ€" tivities take place within the store. Ghanaian artist and woodcarver Samuel Nii Addiâ€" co demonstrated the cenâ€" turiesâ€"old method of batik "We told him about the festival and he was really interested in participating. He is very skilled in doing batik where it‘s so intricate and elaborate that it‘s really something you have to see to appreciate," Awisse said. The local artisan, who recently immigrated to Canaâ€" da, demonstrated the elaboâ€" rate procedure | which involves decorating material by covering a part of it with a coat of wax followed by dyeâ€" ing the cloth.Once the wax is removed, the undved areas create a unique pattern. The banner on display at the festival is making its way www.napoleongris.com GOURMET GRILLS Puixt Warriet Pradecks around the world during after getting its in India. _ _ The banner was handâ€" sewn in cooperatives in India, where most everything in the fair trade market is handâ€" made. The banner will be touring Canada throughout August to promote the prinâ€" ciples of fair trade. .5 7 !‘.u. * 7am 39 Hears! * CAIT.N CaRPENTER PNOTG August 26â€" 28, 2005 . in us for °neg§,t§e%n family festivals *â€"5+ _ in Squthern Ontario. ‘Winona Park, Winona