Womad: Saturday 26th July.....Kenyan, Balkan, Cambodian....what a mix!!

I arrived back on site late morning, pitched my little tent and then made my way to the center of the site just in time to catch the African liveliness of Kenge Kenge Orutu Systems (from Kenya) performing on the BBC stage....a slightly more restricted platform than they had had when I saw (and much enjoyed) them yesterday. But they were still lots of fun to listen to and watch, complete with some enthusiastic dancing!!

And this song tribute for their Luo relative Barak Obama....

....after a pint of Somerset Cider, and a Greek style lunch, I endulged in a little shopping before returning to the BBC stage for a musical taste of the Balkans ("Paprika Balkanicus" to be precise!!) Womad had a flypast from the Red Arrows during this part of the day!!! (YouTube link here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uH0G0R5Xtas )
I looked the band up on YouTube and found this....

and this...

Later in the day, temperatures rising in the glare of wonderful sunshine, came "Denge Fever", a group from California with aims to revive Cambodian rock music traditions after its suppression by the Khmer Rouge.....interesting. (I loved the beard too!!) The Children of the Khmer joined the performance for a time adding to the Cambodian aspect with some traditional folk dance arrangements and ever graceful hand gestures...

One more visit to the BBC stage today, and an attempt to see Punk veteran "Jah Wobble" with a "Chinese Dub" performance with elements of traditional Chinese music and Western modern rock styles. I tried to penetrate the depths of the crowd to get a clear view, but managed barely a squint through the trees....

So sadly I missed seeing some apparently rather spectacular mask changing dances...