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Festival Section
Newfor 2000
Thingvellir
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Nýja Island
The Miij.ennium project of the
Icelandic Festival of Manitoba will
center on the theme of Thingvellir; the.
place where the Icelandic people
assembled to hear the laws of the land
and see justice carried out.
“Thingvellir Nýja ísland” will be a
“community” that will be located with-
in the grounds of the Gimli Park. A
series of open tents will be sét up and
representatives from various communi-
ties that have a strong and active
Icelandic presence will occupy these
tents. Each tent will display historical
artifacts and cultural exhibits unique to
their area, all of which will be consis-
tent with the mandate of the project—to
preserve and promote the Icelandic cul-
ture and to bring together people of
Icelandic descent to celebrate the
accomplishments of the Icelandic set-
tlements in Canada.
Each community tent will also act
as Homecoming Headquarters for peo-
ple who have roots in that area and who
will be attending the Icelandic Festival.
It will be an area where these peole can
connect with family and friends who
will be in Gimli for the millennium cel-
ebration of Islendingadagurinn.
The community tents will encircle a
central “common area” which will serve
as a gathering spot for people to meet
and greet, renew friendships and to cel-
ebrate our heritage and achievements.
For more information on
“Thingvellir Nýja Island” please con-
tact Tim Arnason; e-mail
<timam@escape.ca>.
President Grímsson, seen here with his daughter Dalla in Mountain, ND last
year, will visit Canada in August. Photo:Jón Einars. Qustufsson
State visit
Continued from page 1
Legislative Building the President will
meet with the Governor General of
Canada and the Premier of Manitoba.
Thereafter, together with Premier Gary
Doer, the President will lay a wreath at
the foot of the Jón Sigurdsson
Monument in honour of this leader of
Iceland’s independence movement.
President Grímsson will travel
from Winnipeg to Vancouver for the
weekend and retum to Manitoba for
Monday, August 7th to take part in a
full day program in Gimli’s Icelandic
Festival program, including a walk-
about at 1:30 p.m. in Gimli Park.
President Grímsson will also have an
opportunity to visit Willow Point,
where Icelandic settlers first came
ashore in 1875. The President will con-
clude his visit in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Among the scheduled events in Halifax
is a visit to an exhibition of Icelandic
companies in Nova Scotia, where he
will give an address at a business con-
ference luncheon. In Halifax President
Grímsson will also tour a new museum
on the history of settlement in Canada,
and meet with descendants of Icelandic
immigrants there.
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