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H contacted, awaiting response. This group act as the Redcoats in Zulu vs. English re-enactment battles. The largest re-enactment is the Battle of Isandlwana held in January each year, comprises several hundred Zulus vs. 30-40 redcoats.
Japan
S says not suitable. Info about the island and the reunion.
Russia
Simon already contacted through Boris
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This period has very few reenactors and we never dream of any large events like napoleonic ones. Instead we try to act in historical fortresses where even small troop of reenactors looks like a garrison. Our main event will be held in Narva, Estonia (battle site of Great Northern war 1700-1721, Russians vs Swedes) in mid-August http://www.peter.petrobrigada.ru/news/narvfest/fest08_eng.htm and will gather between 50 and 100 participants.
In July in Belgium there will be another major event for this period - tercenteniary of the bettle of Oudenarde (War of Spanish Succession).
Contact Boris
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Middle East
Last summer, the sky above Beirut's southern suburbs was filled with Israeli warplanes; Tuesday night, it exploded with color as Hizbullah supporters came out in force to commemorate "the day of victory" that marked the end of the 2006 war with Israel. Packing an empty-lot-turned-outdoor-auditorium and spilling into crowded streets nearby, they waved Hizbullah and Lebanese flags as color-coordinated balloons bobbed overhead and fireworks shot off periodically.
50 Australian and New Zealand horsemen galloping in a desert in Israel to commemorate the Battle of Beersheba in WWI.
Many of the horsemen over 70, some direct descendants of the original horsemen.
Group responsible for the Cavalry re-enactment at Beersheba. H contacted to request info on other events.
More photos showing outside exhibits as well. The museum houses a model and dioramas showing the invasion of Kuwait. Outside there are captured Iraqi weapons.
Photos and article about the museum. There doesn't seem to be an official website.
Ashura, the holiest period for Shiites, has become something of a litmus test for the change. Just a few years ago the 10-day commemoration of the seventh-century martyrdom of the Imam Hussein, the most defining event for Shiite Muslims, was largely hidden from public view, held in illegal community centers. This week Saudi Shiites burst into the open in the streets of the oil-rich Eastern Province, holding carnivals and re-enactments of the killing.
In Saudi Arabia, the commemorations have grown larger and more colorful. This year, about 500,000 people attended nightly lectures espousing Imam Hussein’s virtues and applying the lessons of his life to modern times. Worshipers marched under large posters of Shiite figures as well as posters of the Lebanese Shiite Muslim leader Hassan Nasrallah, and they shared food and gifts, all emphasizing the human battle between good and evil.
Shiites have begun calling for the Saudi government to enshrine their rights, while encouraging residents here to focus their sights on local Saudi issues, not regional or international ones. They say all that they have achieved has been fought for.
“Things have changed here not because the government wanted the change, but because the world itself has changed,” said Sheik Nimr al-Nimr, who advocates a more confrontational stance with the government. “We see better conditions not because of government support but because of our demands for change. The government will not give us anything unless we demand it.”
Some Shiite leaders read much in the lack of coverage of Ashura in the Saudi news media. “This is one of the most important cultural events for us,” said Sheik Fawzi al-Seif, a local Shiite cleric, who notes that the Saudi news media normally cover religious events in faraway places but rarely ever here. “But no one outside of here knows about it.”
An anti-Ashura website, has interesting photographs of all events during Ashura. In 2009 it fell on 7th January and will fall again on 26th December 2009.
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