Carabram

Carabram is an annual multi-cultural festival in Brampton, Ontario, founded in 1982.

The festival was founded after volunteers from different ethnic communities wanted to organize a festival celebrating diversity and cross-cultural friendship. With a name based on a similar Toronto event, the Caravan Festival of Cultures, Carabram's first event included Italian, Scottish, Ukrainian, and West Indian pavilions. By 2003, forty-five-thousand visitors visited 18 pavilions. Canada itself had an anchor pavilion in the late-1980s and early-1990s, but ceased when it failed to get sponsorship.

Brampton Transit runs a free service connecting the pavilions, for people presenting a ticket to the festival.

Pavilions

Countries, continents, states and geographic or cultural regions that have been represented at Carabram through the years include Africa, Arab (dubbed "Arabian"), Canada, Caribbean*, China, Croatia, Chile, England, Germany*, Greece, Hawaii*, Hispanic, the Netherlands, India*, Ireland*, Israel, Italy*, Macedonia*, Mexico, Myanmar*, Pakistan*, Philippines*, Poland*, Portugal, Romania, and Ukraine*. Those pavilions marked with asterisks were part of the 2006 festivities.

Timeline

1982: Italian, Scottish, Ukrainian, and West Indian pavilions to start.
2006: Myanmar and Pakistan added, the Netherlands dropped.
2008: Canada, Caribbean, Croatia, Germany, Hawaii, India, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland and Ukraine.
2008: Bulgaria, Portugal added. Ireland dropped.
2009: Ireland added. Croatia dropped. Bulgaria, Canada, Caribbean, Germany, Hawaii, India, Italy, Ireland, Macedonia, Myanmar, Philippines, Poland, Portugal and Ukraine
2011: Latin America, United Africa added.

Attendance

2006: 40,000^[1]

Sponsorship

2006: The City of Brampton, Mayor Susan Fennell, The Ontario Trillium Foundation, Peel Regional Police, RBC Royal Bank, Bacardi, Da Silva Catering, Bramalea City Centre, Coca-Cola Canada, Western Union, Shoppers World Brampton, COOL Beer, and John Logan Chevrolet.

Board of directors for Carabram 2011

Angela Johnson, President
David Elich, Vice-President
Paula Fanni, Secretary
Thomas Gabowski, Treasurer
Gloria Rousseau
Michelle Blinch
Eric Chan
Sarb Rana
Judith Sylvestre
Tish Guerin
Bessie Terzi

References

↑ Welcome to www.carabram.org

External links

Carabram official site

Brampton

Geography	Bramalea Castlemore Claireville Heart Lake Loafers Lake Mount Pleasant Camp Naivelt Professor's Lake Snelgrove Toronto Gore Township

Buildings and structures	A. Grenville and William Davis Courthouse Bramalea City Centre Brampton Civic Hospital Brampton Library Brampton Soccer Centre Korean War Memorial Wall Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (formerly the Peel Heritage Complex) Peel County Courthouse Peel Memorial Hospital Powerade Centre Rose Theatre Shoppers World Brampton Trinity Common Mall

Organization	Brampton Arts Council Brampton Board of Trade Visual Arts Brampton

Events	Brampton Fall Fair Carabram

Politics	Brampton City Council Brampton City Hall 10 Peel Centre Drive

Media	The Brampton Guardian Defunct The Bramptonian CFNY-FM CIAO The Brampton Times

Education	Peel District School Board Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board Conseil scolaire Viamonde Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud Sheridan College, Brampton Campus Algoma University, Brampton Campus

Transportation	Brampton Airport Brampton Transit Züm

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