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List of songs about animal rights

Animal rights has been a subject of both popular and independent music since the 1970s. Associated with the environmentalist musical counterculture of the previous decade, animal rights songs of the 1970s were influenced by the passage of animal protection laws and the 1975 book Animal Liberation. Paul McCartney has cited John Lennon's Bungalow Bill, released in 1968, as among the first animal rights songs.
Popular themes include anti-whaling (prompted by the Save the Whales movement), opposition to hunting, animal testing and vegetarianism. Bullfighting has been a prominent theme in Spain and some Latin American countries; while folk and pop music have traditionally identified with bullfighting traditions, several ska, rock and punk groups have emerged which oppose them.
Anarcho-punk and veganism have a long association dating back to the 1980s. During this period, American hardcore punk and straight edge scenes became increasingly concerned with animal rights, spawning the vegan straight edge and hardline punk ideologies. An increase in Animal Liberation Front activism in the 1990s corresponded with the rise of vegan straight edge and hardline bands. The more peaceful Krishnacore subgenre, which also advocates vegetarianism and animal rights, developed around this time too. The association between punk subculture and animal rights has continued in the 21st century, with vegan punk festivals including Fluff Fest in the Czech Republic and Verdurada in Brazil.
Death in the Afternoon

Death in the Afternoon is a non-fiction book written by Ernest Hemingway about the history, ceremony and traditions of Spanish bullfighting, published in 1932. It also contains a deeper contemplation on the nature of fear and courage. While essentially a guide book, there are three main sections: Hemingway's work, pictures, and a glossary of terms.
Hemingway became a bullfighting fan after seeing the Pamplona Festival of San Fermín in the 1920s. He wrote about the tradition in the novel The Sun Also Rises. In Death in the Afternoon, Hemingway explores the metaphysics of bullfighting—the ritualized, almost religious practice—that he considered analogous to the writer's search for meaning and the essence of life. In bullfighting, he found the elemental nature of life and death. Marianne Wiggins has written of Death in the Afternoon: "Read it for the writing, for the way it's told... He'll make you like it [bullfighting]... You read enough and long enough, he'll make you love it, he's relentless".
In his writings on Spain, Hemingway was influenced by the Spanish master Pío Baroja. When Hemingway won the Nobel Prize, he traveled to see Baroja, then on his death bed, specifically to tell him he thought Baroja deserved the prize more than he.
Death in the Afternoon was published by Scribner's on 23 September 1932 to a first edition print run of approximately 10,000 copies.
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Spain

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) intangible cultural heritage elements are the non-physical traditions and practices performed by a people. As part of a country's cultural heritage, they include celebrations, festivals, performances, oral traditions, music, and the making of handicrafts. The "intangible cultural heritage" is defined by the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, drafted in 2003 and took effect in 2006. Inscription of new heritage elements on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists for their protection and safeguard is determined by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, an organisation established by the convention.
Spain signed the convention on 3 November 2003, ratified it on 6 October 2006, and it came into force in the country on 25 January 2007. Spain registered its first two elements on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008. As of 2024, it had registered twenty-two elements in the Representative List –of which eight are shared with other countries–, and four in the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices –of which one is shared with another country–.
On 28 May 2015, the national law for the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage came into force in Spain, in which the Spanish government can declare an element "Representative Manifestation of Intangible Cultural Heritage" (MRPCI) for its protection and safeguard at the national level, which makes it enter in the "General Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage" managed by the Ministry of Culture. It is the responsibility of the General State Administration, in collaboration with all other public administrations, to guarantee the conservation of the Spanish intangible heritage, as well as to promote its enrichment and to encourage and protect the access of all citizens to its different manifestations. As of 2023, three elements inscribed in the National General Inventory have subsequently been submitted to UNESCO, which inscribed them in its list for their protection and safeguard at the international level.
Since 2015, the Ministry of Culture of Spain manages the "General Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage" that lists those elements designated "Representative Manifestation of Intangible Cultural Heritage" (MRPCI) for its protection and safeguarding at the national level.
Castilian Spanish

In English, Castilian Spanish can mean the variety of Peninsular Spanish spoken in northern and central Spain, the standard form of Spanish, or Spanish from Spain in general. In Spanish, the term castellano (Castilian) can either refer to the Spanish language as a whole (to distinguish it from other Spanish languages such as Catalan, Basque, Galician, etc.), or to the medieval Old Spanish, a predecessor to Early Modern Spanish.
The term Castilian Spanish is used in English for the specific varieties of Spanish spoken in north and central Spain. This is because much of the variation in Peninsular Spanish is between north and south, often imagined as Castilian versus Andalusian. Typically, it is more loosely used to denote the Spanish spoken in all of Spain as compared to Spanish spoken in Latin America. In Spain itself, Spanish is not a uniform language and there exist several different varieties of Spanish; in addition, there are other official and unofficial languages in the country, although Spanish is official throughout Spain.
Castellano septentrional ("Northern Castilian") is the Spanish term for the dialects from the Northern half of Spain, including those from Aragón or Navarre, which were never part of Castile. These dialects can be distinguished from the southern varieties of Andalusia, Extremadura, and Murcia. Español castellano, the literal translation of Castilian Spanish, is not a common expression; it could refer to varieties found in the region of Castile; however, the dialects of Castile, like other dialects, are not homogenous, and they tend to merge gradually with the dialects of other regions.
National symbols of Spain

According to what is stipulated in the Spanish Constitution, the Kingdom of Spain has three symbols: The Spanish national flag, the coat of arms and the national anthem. Unofficially, there are also additional traditional symbols. The national personification, Hispania, is little used nowadays although it is present in different artistic expressions. The traditional symbolic animals of Spain are the fighting bull and the imperial eagle.
The National Day of Spain (Spanish: Fiesta Nacional de España) is a national holiday held annually on 12 October. It is also traditionally and commonly referred to as the Día de la Hispanidad (Hispanicity, Spanishness Day), commemorating Spanish legacy worldwide, especially in Hispanic America.
The patron saint of Spain is Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, but Saint James the Apostle and Our Lady of the Pillar are highly revered religious figures in Spain, and are considered patrons of different regions and groups.
Saint James the Apostle has been the patron saint of Spain since the 9th century, and his feast day is celebrated on July 25th. Our Lady of the Pillar is the patron saint of "Hispanidad" and her feast day is celebrated on October 12th. She is also the patron saint of Zaragoza and the Civil Guard.
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception was declared patron saint of Spain in 1644, and her feast day is celebrated on December 8.
ADÑ–Spanish Identity

ADÑ–Spanish Identity (Spanish: ADÑ–Identidad Española), also known as FE de las JONS–Alternativa Española–La Falange–Democracia Nacional, is a Spanish political coalition created for the 2019 European Parliament election.
The eurosceptic coalition is formed by the far-right parties FE de las JONS, Alternativa Española, La Falange and National Democracy.
In October 2018 the political parties La Falange, Spanish Alternative, National Democracy and Falange Española de las JONS announced that they would take part in the 2019 European Parliament election as a coalition named ADÑ Spanish Identity.
In 30 of April 2019, the candidature was proclaimed by the Junta Electoral Central, with the name FE de las JONS-Alternativa Española-La Falange-Democracia Nacional, with the acronym ADÑ (Ante Todo España, in english: Above All Spain).
The coalition takes inspiration in the aesthetic and ideology of other "identitarian" parties in Europe, wanting to take electoral advantage of the Euroscepticism, the suspicion in the PP and the fear to a change in the demographic composition of the country. The party wants to leave the Eurozone and take back "national sovereignty". It also wants to restrict immigration.
The Late Late Show (RTÉ)

Is seó cainte é The Late Late Show a chraoltar ar an gcainéal RTÉ a hAon gach Aoine ó Mheán Fómhair go dtí Bealtaine ag 21:30. "Is cuid de dhlúth agus d’inneach na tíre é an Late Late, meascán mearaí den trom agus éadrom."
Tá meas mór ar an Late Late in Éirinn sa lá atá inniu ann. 'Sé an seó comhrá is fadmharthanaí ar domhan inniu.
Craoladh an Late Late Show don chéad uair riamh ar 6 Iúil 1962, le Gay Byrne mar fhear an tí. Ag an am sin, bhí sé ar siúl gach Satharn. Clár conspóideach a bhí ann sna luath-laethanta agus Gay Byrne mar láithreoir. D’éirigh le "GayBo" an tsuáilce agus an duáilce a chniotáil le chéile. Ba chlár é a gcaití féachaint air óir gur rímhinic a d’eascair allagar na seachtaine as. Ba mhinic breis agus milliún daoine ag féachaint ar gclár.
D’éirigh le láithreoir nua, Ryan Tubridy, in 2009 breis agus 1.6 milliún duine a mhealladh. Ach sa bhliain 2023, ní raibh uaireanta ach 400,000 duine ag féachaint ar an gclár agus d'éirigh sé as a phost.
Ceapadh Patrick Kielty mar láithreoir agus chuir sé tús le séasúr nua ar 15 Meán Fómhair 2023.
Seó na mBréagán

Tá Seó na mBréagánm nó an Late Late Toy Show á chraoladh ón mbliain 1975 ar an Late Late Show ar RTÉ, á gcur i láthair ag Ryan Tubridy. Meallann an clár sciar maith de lucht féachana na tíre gach Nollaig, i measc na gclár ba mhó rath sa tír, agus máite agus dráite na mbréagán ar taispeáint ag an Tiobraideach féin agus a chomrádaithe beaga. "Tá sé chomh holc sin go bhfuil spraoi de shórt ag baint leis."
D'fhéadfaí a mhaíomh go gcuireann an clár luachanna ábharaíocha chun cinn, Cuireann an clár brú breise ar roinnt tuismitheoirí an t-am sin den bhliain a macasamhail de bhronntanais a chur ar fáil lá Nollag.
Chaill RTÉ €2,272,859 san iomlán mar gheall ar an gceoldráma "Late Late Toy Show: the Musical" sa Convention Centre, BÁC in 2022. nach raibh mórán ratha air. Ghlac cathaoirleach Bhord RTÉ Siún Ní Raghallaigh go raibh "easnaimh thromchúiseacha" ann agus ghabh sí pardún leis an bpobal agus le foireann RTÉ as an neamart.
Labhraíodh Gaeilge ar an seó sa bhliain 2012.
Sa bhliain 2019, dúirt RTÉ go raibh ‘fáilte’ á cur acu roimh iarratais ó pháistí le Gaeilge a bheith ar The Late Late Toy Show i mbliana. Ghlacfaí le “hiarratais as Gaeilge agus as Béarla” ó pháistí ar mian leo a bheith páirteach sa chlár, a dúirt RTÉ.
The Late Late Show (CBS)

Is seó cainte é The Late Late Show a chraoltar ar CBS sna Stáit Aontaithe. Bíonn an clár ar siúl ar CBS go mall san oíche.
Ó 2015 go dtí 2023, is é James Corden an láithreoir ar an gclár. Tá clú agus cáil air de bharr an Carpool Karaoke a bhí mar chuid den chlár. Ar Carpool Karaoke, chaith James Corden am le daoine cáiliúla sa charr, agus chan siad amhráin le chéile.
Gay Byrne

Ba láithreoir teilifíse é Gabriel Mary Byrne (a rugadh ar 5 Lúnasa 1934 i mBaile Átha Cliath, agus a fuair bás ar an 4 Samhain 2019). Fathach i gcúrsaí craoltóireachta ab ea Gay Byrne nó Gaybo, mar a thugtar air go minic.
Bhí sé mar láithreoir ar The Late Late Show ó 1962 go-dtí 1999. 60 bliain a chaith Byrne i mbun craoltóireachta, agus aithnítear go raibh baint mhór ag an Late Late Show lena linn le hathruithe sóisialta agus eile in Éirinn. Ba é a bhí mar láithreoir ar an seó cainte, atá ar an dara seó dá leithéid is faide ar an aer ar domhan, ó bunaíodh é i 1962 go dtí gur éirigh sé as i 1999.
Rugadh Mary “Gay” Byrne sna Saoirsí i mBaile Átha Cliath ar 5 Lúnasa 1934. Ba é an mac ab óige ag Edward agus Annie Byrne, agus triúr deartháireacha agus aon deirfiúr amháin aige. I ndiaidh freastal ar bhunscoil in Rialto, chuir na Bráithre Críostaí meánoideachas air i Sráid Synge. Bhí sé i gceist aige dul ar an ollscoil, ach nuair a d’éag a athair, ní raibh an dara rogha aige ach dul ag obair.
Cé go raibh suim mhór aige sa chraoltóireacht ó nuair a bhí sé óg, thosaigh Gay ag obair ar dtús i dtionscal an árachais. Mar sin féin, nuair a bhí an deis aige dul le Raidió Éireann sa bhliain 1958, rug sé ar an bhfaill. Roghnaíodh é chun an Late Late Show a chur i láthair nuair a seoladh é in 1962, agus bhí an rath chomh mór sin gur fhan sé sa ról sin ar feadh 37 bliain (seachas sé mhí in 1964, nuair a bhí Frank Hall i mbun an tseó).
Ar feadh an ama seo, bhí sé ina láithreoir agus léiritheoir chomh maith ar sheóanna eile, ar theilifís agus raidió araon. Bhí clár raidió maidine aige, The Gay Byrne Show, le fada. Lean sé air ag craoladh ar theilifís agus raidió ina dhiaidh sin le cláir amhail The Meaning of Life agus clár ceoil ar Lyric FM.
Tar éis dó dul ar scor, chaith sé ocht mbliain mar chathaoirleach ar an Údarás um Shábháilteacht ar Bhóithre.
Roimh a bhás, bhí Gay mar chathaoirleach ar an Road Safety Authority in Éirinn.
Craoladh an Late Late Show don chéad uair riamh ar 6 Iúil 1962, le Gay Byrne mar fhear an tí. Clár conspóideach a bhí ann sna luath-laethanta agus Gay Byrne mar láithreoir. D’éirigh le "GayBo" an tsuáilce agus an duáilce a chniotáil le chéile.
Thuil Gay clú freisin mar láithrigh sé an Rose of Tralee suas go dtí 1994 agus The Gay Byrne Hour (The Gay Byrne show) ar an raidió.
Phós Gay Kathleen Watkins, cláirseoir cáiliúil, in 1964. Bhí beirt iníonacha acu, Crona and Suzy. D’éag Gay ar 4 Samhain 2019 agus 85 in aois dó.
I mBarr do Shláinte

Sraith sláinte ar TG4 is ea I mBarr do Shláinte, le eolas, comhairle agus moltaí ó shaineolaithe leighis ar na haicídí is coitianta agus is marfaí in Éirinn, á chur i láthair ag an Dr. Sinéad Ní Bheirn agus an Dr. Eoin Mac Donncha.
S1 E1 Strócanna agus an chóir leighis
S1 E2 Ag dul in aois agus nithe a chuireann isteach ar aosaigh.
S1 E3 Diaibéiteas
S3 E3ː Haemacrómatóis, tinneas géiniteach a d'fhéadfadh a theacht ort má bhíonn an iomarca iarainn i do chuid fola.
S3 E10ː Diaibéiteas a thagann ar mhná a bhíonn ag súil le páiste, a bhí faoi chaibidil.
Gerard Barrett

Is scannánóir Éireannach é Gerard Barrett a rugadh ar 5 Iúil 1987 i Lios Tuathail, Contae Chiarraí. Bhain sé clú agus cáil amach nuair a bhuaigh sé an Rising Star Award ag an 10ú Irish Film & Television Awards dá scannán Pilgrim Hill.
Craoladh a ghearrsraith Smalltown ar TV3 i mí Mheán Fómhair 2016.
Seána Kerslake

Is aisteoir Éireannach í Seána Kerslake.
Ghlac sí ról sa scannán 2016 A Date for Mad Mary. Ainmníodh í don ghradam an bhan-aisteoir is fearr sna gradaim Irish Film & Television Awards don bhliain 2017. Glacann sí an pháirt mar Aisling O'Dowd sa chlár Can't Cope, Won't Cope.
An Laoi

Abhainn i gContae Chorcaí is ea an Laoi. Tosaíonn an abhainn i nGuagán Barra, in iarthar an chontae, agus críochnaíonn sí i gCuan Chorcaí. Tá sé timpeall 90km ar fad.
Sa bhliain 2009 bhí an tuile is mó le 800 bliain ar an Laoi, agus ní raibh an dara rogha ann ach Stáisiún Caidéalaithe na Laoi a dhúnadh síos. Ansan, ní raibh uisce ag 40% des na daoine i gCathair Chorcaí ar feadh seachtaine. Rinne an tuile damáiste do Choláiste na hOllscoile, Chorcaigh, chomh maith.
Tina Turner

Ceoltóir rac ab ea Tina Turner (26 Samhain 1939 - 24 Bealtaine 2023). Bhí aithne ar Tina Turner ar fud na cruinne sa 20ú haois mar cheannródaí an rac-cheoil, agus níos mó ná 200 milliún ceirníní díolta aici (ceirníní singil agus albaim). Thuill sí an leasainm, the Queen of Rock n' Roll.
Rugadh Turner mar Anna Mae Bullock ar 26 Samhain 1939 , Brownsville, Tennessee.
Thuill Tina Turner clú agus cáil, in éineacht lena fear céile, Ike Turner sna 1960idí nuair a d'éirigh go maith le hamhráin ar nós, Nutbush City Limits, Proud Mary, agus River Deep Mountain High.
Imríodh foréigean uirthi sa bhaile ar feadh roinnt mhaith blianta agus d'fhág sí Ike faoi dheireadh sa bhliain 1976. Ansin thaispeáin Tina go raibh sí ábalta slí beatha rathúil a bhaint amach di féin mar cheoltóir aonarach. le hamhráin ar nós, What’s Love Got to Do with It agus Simply The Best.
Bhuaigh sí ocht nGradam Grammy agus tá réalta aici ar an Hollywood Walk of Fame agus ar an St Louis Walk of Fame.
Rinneadh scannán da dírbheathaisnéis, I, Tina, i 1993, darfb ainm What's Love Got To Do With It. D’inis sé scéal Tina, máthair beirt leanaí a raibh caidreamh suaite aici lena fear céile brúidiúil Ike Turner.
Chas Tina leis an feidhmeannach ceoil Erwin Bach, sa bhliain 1986 agus d'éirigh sé ina páirtí fadtréimhseach. Phós siad ag searmanas sibhialta na hEilvéise in 2013. Bhí cónaí uirthi san Eilvéis ó 1994 i leith agus saoránacht an tír sin bainte amach aici.
D’fhulaing Tina drochshláinte sna 2010idí agus diagnóisíodh le hailse stéigeach in 2016. Bhí trasphlandú duáin aici in 2017.
Fuair sí bás le hadhairt (strócanna, galar duáin srl) ar 24 Bealtaine 2023, in aois 83 di.
Irish above Politics

Paimfléad faoi pholaitíocht theanga na Gaeilge atá in Irish above Politics (An Ghaeilge os cionn na Polaitíochta) atá bunaithe ar thrí alt a scríobh Máirtín Ó Cadhain sa nuachtán Gaelic Weekly an 7, 14 agus 21 Márta 1961. Déanann sé cur síos ann ar phlean leis an nGaeilge a tharrtháil.
Olltoghchán na hÉireann, 2016

Reáchtáladh Olltoghchán na hÉireann, 2016 ar an 26 Feabhra 2016. Ritheadh é ó 7 ar maidin go dtí 10 san oíche.
Dúirt Taoiseach Éanna Ó Coinnigh ag preas-ócáid sa bhliain 2013 go dtarlódh an t-olltoghchán i mí Mhárta 2016.
Ar an 6 Bealtaine 2016 fuair Enda Kenny go leor vótaí agus d’éirigh sé ina thaoiseach arís ... rinne Fine Gael margadh le Fianna Fáil agus roinnt TD neamhspleách chun rialtas mionlaigh a chur i mbun. Bhí deich seachtaine imithe ó bhí an t-olltoghchán.
Politics.ie

Is suíomh idirlín é Politics.ie ina bpléitear cúrsaí pholataíocht na hÉireann agus an domhain mhóir. Is ceann de na suímh díospóireachta is mó in Éirinn é.
Bhunaigh David Cochrane an suíomh in 2003 agus bhí sé ina úinéir agus ina eagarthóir air le roinnt blianta. Is iarghníomhaí sa Pháirtí Daonlathach é agus d'oibrigh mar stiúrthóir feachtais Libertas freisin. Is eagarthóir digiteach é leis The Irish Times anois.
Aistríodh freastalaithe an tsuímh go Meiriceá sa bhliain 2008 tar éis bagairtí ó dhlíodóir.
Tá fóram Gaeilge ar an suíomh.
Richard Bruton

Polaiteoir Éireannach de chuid Fhine Gael é Richard Bruton (Gaeilge: Risteard de Briotún; rugadh é ar an 15 Márta 1953) agus Teachta Dála (TD) é do thoghcheantar Bhaile Átha Cliath Thuaidh Láir ón mbliain 1982 i leith. Bhí sé mar Aire Fiontair agus Fostaíochta i rith na mblianta 1994 go 1997. B'é urlabhraí an fhreasúra ar chúrsaí Airgeadais agus Leas-cheannaire Fhine Gael go dtí an 14 Meitheamh 2010 nuair a bhris ceannaire an pháirtí Éanna Ó Cionnaith ó na rólanna sin é. Ceapadh é mar Aire Fiontar, Trádála agus Nualaíochta i mí Márta 2011 sa chomhrialtas idir Fhine Gael agus an Lucht Oibre a bunaíodh tar éis olltoghchán mhí Feabhra 2011.
Sheas Bruton san Olltoghchán 2016 agus d'éirigh leis greim a choimeád ar a shuíochán Dála. Ceapadh mar Aire Oideachais é tar éis bunú rialtais nua
Eamonn Maloney

Is polaiteoir Éireannach agus Teachta Dála do cheantar Bhaile Átha Cliath Thiar Theas é Eamonn Maloney (Gaeilge: Éamonn ó Maoldomhnaigh) (rugadh é [[]], 1953 ). Tá sé ina bhall de Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre. Is iarbhall é de pháirtí Jim Kemmy, an Democratic Socialist Party agus ghlac sé páirt i dToghchán 1987 do cheantar Bhaile Átha Cliath Thiar Theas ar son an pháirtí sin. Bhíodh sé ina bhall de Chomhairle Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath Theas ón mbliain 1999 go dtí 2011, ag déanamh ionadaíochta ar son cheantar Thamhlachta.
Sheas sé san Olltoghchán 2016, ach chaill sé a shuíochán.
An Néamharais

Ceann de na teangacha móra i Neipeal is ea an Néamharais. Ní mór í a aithint thar an Neipeailis, nach bhfuil gaolmhar léi ar aon nós. Ceann de na teangacha Tibéideach-Burmacha is ea an teanga Nepal Bhasa, agus í gaolmhar leis an Tibéidis agus, fiú, leis an tSínis.
Is í an t-aon teanga amháin de chuid an ghrúpa sin a scríobhtar síos leis na litreacha Deiveanágracha, nó is le teangacha Ind-Eorpacha na hIndia is mó a shamhlaítear an aibítir sin.
Ba í Nepal Bhasa teanga riaracháin Neipeal ón 14ú haois go dtí go déanach san 18ú haois. Ag tosnú ag tús an 20ú haois d'fhulaing an teanga géarleanúint oifigiúil Ón mbliain 1952 go 1991, thit céatadán na ndaoine i nGleann Kathmandu a labhair an teanga ó 75% to 44%, Tá bagairt ar chultúr agus teanga an phobal Newar. Liostálann UNESCO Nepal Bhasa mar theanga atá "i mbaol cinnte".
Bernie Sanders

Is Seanadóir na Stát Aontaithe é Bernie Sanders (r. Brooklyn, 8 Meán Fómhair 1941) ó Stát Vermont. Toghadh mar iarrthóir neamhspleách é ach is ball den Pháirtí Daonlathach ón mbliain 2015 agus tá sé ar lorg ainmniúchán na nDaonlathach mar uachtarán. Toghadh go dtí an Seanad é den chéad uair sa bhliain 2007.
Rugadh in Brooklyn, Nua-Eabhrac é. Chuaigh sé go hOllscoil Chicago in Chicago, Illinois tar éis na hardscoile. Bhain sé amach céim i riarachán poiblí. Thug sé aghaidh ar Burlington, Vermont sa bhliain 1968. Toghadh é mar mhéara Burlington sna 1970idí.
Éamon de Buitléar

Ba scríbhneoir, ceoltóir agus déantóir scannán Éireannach é Éamon de Buitléar (22 Eanáir, 1930 - 27 Eanáir, 2013) nó Éamon Óg de Buitléar (agus Buitléarach eile ann, 1902–1981, gaol ar bith). Sa bhliain 1987, ainmníodh é mar bhall de Sheanad Éireann ag an Taoiseach, Charles Haughey chuig an 18ú Seanad Éireann.
Bhí athair Éamon i gceannas ar an gCéad Chath d’Arm na hÉireann agus níos déanaí, aide-de-camp Uachtarán na hÉireann Dubhghlas de hÍde. I gcathair na Gaillimhe a rugadh Éamon agus tógadh é i dteaghlach a labhair Gaeilge. Tháinig sé go mór faoi thionchar mhuintir Chúil Aodha i gCorcaigh go luath ina shaol agus é ar saoire ann lena athair. Is ann a d’fhoghlaim sé cuid mhór faoin dúlra agus faoin iascaireacht. Ba ansin a bhuail sé le Seán Ó Riada.
Níorbh ionadh é mar sin go bhfuair sé post sé ag obair sa siopa Garnett and Keegan's and Helys sna 1940idí, ag díol fearas iascaireachta agus gránghunnaí. Bhí siopa dá chuid féin aige ar ball. .
Phós sé Laillí Lamb ón gCeathrú Rua (de shliocht Ford Madox Ford a máthair agus Charles Lamb, péintéir mórcháiliúil, a hathair).
Sna 1960dí, le Gerrit Van Gelderen, rinne an Buitléarach cláracha fiadhúlra do RTÉ. Thuil sé cáil náisiúnta mar nádúraí agus mar chraoltóir raidió agus teilifíse. B’fhéidir a rá gurbh é an clár teilifíse Amuigh faoin Spéir a chuir a ainm i mbéal phobal na hÉireann.
Ba é stiúrthóir bainistíochta Éamon de Buitléar Ltd. é, comhlacht a rinne cláracha faisnéise teilifíse. Ba é an t-aon léiritheoir neamhspleách teilifíse in Éirinn é ag an am.
Sa bhliain 1986, bhuaigh an Buitléarach Jacob's Award dá chlár teilifíse Cois Farraige leis an Madra Uisce. Rinneadh scannáin as a chuid leabhar agus coimisiúin iomadúla ó RTÉ, BBC agus stáisiúin eile.
Ceapadh é ar an bPríomh-Bhord Iascaigh sa bhliain 2005. Bhronn Ollscoil Náisiúnta na hÉireann dochtúireacht oinigh (D.Sc.) air in 1991.
Bhí baint ag Éamon de Buitléar leis an gceol traidisiúnta Éireannach le Seán Ó Riada agus bhí baint aige le bunú Cheoltóirí Chualann (1960-1969).
Mary Kennedy

Mary Kennedy (Irish: Máire Ní Chinnéide; born 4 October 1954) is an Irish television personality and former newscaster, and writer. She presented the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 from the Point Theatre in Dublin. She has also presented her own Saturday night chat show called Kennedy, a precursor to Saturday Night with Miriam. Kennedy was co-presenter of the magazine programme Open House with Marty Whelan. She has previously presented Up for the Match and the People of the Year Awards. She was co-presenter of Nationwide with Anne Cassin until 2019, having been so for a time with Michael Ryan.
Born in Clondalkin, Dublin, Kennedy was educated at Coláiste Bhríde in Clondalkin and University College Dublin, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. She taught English in Brittany, France, before returning to her alma mater to teach Irish and English.
Kennedy's broadcasting career started in 1978 when she applied for a job as continuity announcer at RTÉ. She went on to join the RTÉ News team, becoming a newscaster. She has also presented Eurovision Song Contest 1995, a Saturday night chat show called Kennedy, and was co-presenter with Marty Whelan on the magazine programme Open House. She presented Up for the Match and the People of the Year Awards, until RTÉ replaced her in both jobs with a younger presenter, Gráinne Seoige.
Kennedy began working as Michael Ryan's co-presenter on the RTÉ local affairs show Nationwide.
In April 2008, she commented on RTÉ television coverage of the state funeral of former President of Ireland Patrick Hillery. In May 2011, she fronted RTÉ television coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Ireland. She also provided commentary at the inauguration of the ninth President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins.
She has read the news on RTÉ Radio 1.
She has been a judge at the Rose of Tralee.
In 2003, Kennedy published her memoirs, titled Paper Tigers.
Lines I Love was shortlisted for an Irish Book Award. Lines for Living was published in 2011.
Her niece, Clare, was the girlfriend of Garda Ciaran Jones, swept to his death in the River Liffey after he tried to help motorists during torrential rain in October 2011. Her nephew is singer-songwriter, Dermot Kennedy.
Kennedy was voted VIP magazine's "Most Stylish Woman in Ireland" in 2003.
Thelma Mansfield

Thelma Mansfield (born 1949) is an Irish television presenter and artist that worked mainly with RTÉ television. She started out at RTÉ in 1965 as a continuity announcer.
From 1986–97, she co-hosted the RTÉ 1 afternoon show Live at 3 with Derek Davis.
Since retiring in the late 1990s, Mansfield has concentrated on painting and regularly exhibits her work. She married photographer John "Johnny" Morris, son of Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin and twin brother of Mouse Morris. They have two sons.
Síomha Ní Ruairc

Síomha Ní Ruairc is an Irish television presenter and podcaster. She hosts various programmes for Virgin Media Ireland and TG4. She is one of the main presenters of Ireland AM, Ireland’s most watched breakfast television programme.
Ní Ruairc began her on screen career in 2018, hosting An Ríl Deal and Réalta Agus Gaolta on TG4. She continues to present these series annually.
In 2023, Ní Ruairc produced and presented an investigative documentary titled ‘Síomha: Idir Anam Is Corp’ (Síomha: Body and Soul). This aired on TG4 and the focus of documentary saw Ní Ruairc delve into the root of body issues experienced by women and young girls.
Later on that year, Ní Ruairc presented Virgin Media's new Irish language dating show 'Grá Ar An Trá'. The series was a success and a second season was set to shoot in the summer of 2024.
Since 2023, Ní Ruairc has presented Ireland AM, the country’s premier morning television show.
Ní Ruairc co-hosts bilingual podcast 'How To Gael' with Louise Cantillon and Doireann Ní Ghlacáin. The hosts tackle various topics, with the conversations transitioning between Gaeilge (Irish) and English.
'How to Gael' is Ireland's number one bilingual podcast.
In June 2024, Ní Ruairc married actor and former UFC fighter Cathal Pendred.
Lisa Cannon

Lisa Cannon (born June 1978) is an Irish television presenter and producer known for her work with Xposé Ireland AM and Box Office all broadcast on Virgin Media Television where Cannon has been a presenter for 11 years.
Born in Dublin in 1978, to secondary school teachers Michael and Laura Cannon, Cannon attended the private girls' Mount Anville Secondary School, where she was a prefect/head girl, and was the recipient of the school prize for outstanding achievement in the arts, presented by the Irish President Mary McAleese. She went on to study at Trinity College, Dublin, where she graduated with a B.A in Drama & Theatre Studies, and an M.A in Film.
Cannon started her media career with a five-year stint on FM104 and Dublin's Q102 and in print journalism, before moving to Ireland's national television networks RTÉ, working on Nationwide and then to TV3 (now Virgin Media Television), where she has spent over 10 years.
She currently anchors and produces Box Office which airs on Virgin Media Two. Cannon also works as an event host, brand ambassador and influencer. She has interviewed numerous individuals, including Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Mick Jagger, Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé, and Brad Pitt, and Duchess Meghan Markle.
As an MC, Canon's introductions include the first European screening of the James Bond 007 movie, Spectre. She has received multiple nominations for ‘Most Stylish Woman in Ireland' at the VIP Style Awards.
Cannon was the first ambassador for Weight Watchers Ireland. Cannon was Editor of Irish Wedding Diary for 11 years and was ranked in the #murraytweetindex Top 2 most Influential Entertainment Journalists in Ireland in 2016 and 2017.
As a TV/film producer she has worked on productions such as King Arthur, In America and Sex and the City for HBO in the USA. She produced the documentary I Shot John Lennon for NBC and Channel 4 and recently developed, produced and presented the From Presenter to Powerlifter television documentary, a personal account of her physical journey from TV presenter to the Powerlifting Championships in the space of 3 months broadcast on Virgin Media.
Cannon married Welsh former professional Rugby Player Richard Keatley in 2015 in Florence, Italy.
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Irish American Cultural Institute

The Irish American Cultural Institute (IACI) is an American cultural group founded in Saint Paul, Minnesota, by Dr. Eoin McKiernan in 1962. The group's purpose is to promote an intelligent appreciation of Ireland and the role and contributions of the Irish in America culture. It also sponsors research and awards prizes in the field of Irish Studies. It also awards the Annie Moore Award, which is given "to an individual who has made significant contributions to the Irish and/or Irish American community and legacy".
From 1962 to 1995, the institute was hosted by the College of St. Thomas (now the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)). In 1995, the organization moved its headquarters to Morristown, New Jersey.
The Institute publishes:
Its current patron is Michael D. Higgins, the President of Ireland.
Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland

The Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland (ICCI; Irish: Ionad Cultúrtha Ioslamach na hÉireann) is an Islamic complex, including a mosque, in Clonskeagh, Dublin, Ireland. It is funded by the al-Maktoum Foundation of Dubai and has a Sunni orientation.
In 1992 Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Governor of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry in the United Arab Emirates, agreed to finance a piece of land including a building to house a school. Later on agreed to sponsor the construction of an Islamic Centre on the same site. At the time, 4,000 Muslims lived in Ireland. Construction of the ICCI began in 1994. It was officially opened on 16 November 1996 by President Mary Robinson and Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum. It is located next to University College Dublin. The mosque and cultural centre include a main prayer hall, a restaurant, a library, meeting rooms, mortuary facilities, Nurul Huda Qur'anic school, a youth club room, an events hall for sporting activities/conferences, administrative offices and a shop. A primary school is also located on the premises.
The ICCI was designed by the Irish architect firm, Michael Collins & Associates. The layout is based on a square divided into nine smaller squares, with the mosque placed in the centre. The building is a steel frame structure with brick infill and is detailed with stainless steel.
In November 1996, Imam Yahya Al-Hussein became the first Imam of the ICCI, with his administration, Mr. Fazel Ryklief and Dr. Mudafar Al-Tawash, who were the original administration of the Islamic Foundation of Ireland (IFI) at the time. They were running the operations of the ICCI while the IFI offices were closed. As of late 1997, they had moved back to the IFI.
In late 1997, Imam Hussein Halawa and Mr. Nooh Al Kaddo oversaw the operations of the ICCI. The current Executive Director of the ICCI is Nooh Al Kaddo, an Iraqi native who moved from Liverpool to Dublin in 1997 to run the Islamic centre. The imam of the ICCI is Hussein Halawa, who came to Ireland from Egypt in 1996 and is also chairman of the Irish Council of Imams. The ICCI hosts the headquarters of ECFR.
The ICCI hosts the Muslim National School, a state funded primary school, with an Islamic ethos and with over 260 pupils. The religious department is sponsored by the al-Maktoum Foundation.
The Centre housed the headquarters of the International Association of Muslim Scholars (later International Union of Muslim Scholars) before it moved to Qatar.
Also the ICCI hosts the European College for Islamic Studies which holds correspondent courses for another Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE) central institution, the European Institute for Human Sciences. Analysts state that FIOE is an umbrella for Muslim Brotherhood organisations in Europe.
In 2018 it endorsed the No Vote for the Abortion Vote and the No vote for the removal of the blasphemy ban.
Catherine Agbaje

Catherine Funmilayo Agbaje (born 23 June 2000) is an Irish television personality, known for appearing as a contestant on the tenth series of the ITV2 dating show Love Island in 2023 and appearing on the second series of Love Island: All Stars in 2025.
Catherine Funmilayo Agbaje was born on 23 June 2000 in Tyrrelstown, County Dublin to parents of Nigerian descent. She obtained a BA in psychology and sociology from Maynooth University, before going on to get an MSc in real estate from the University of Greenwich. Prior to appearing on television, she worked as a commercial real estate agent.
In June 2023, she entered the Love Island villa to appear as one of the original contestants on the tenth series of the show. She was initially coupled up with André Furtado on the first day of the series, and subsequently featured in couples with Zachariah Noble and Scott van-der-Sluis, before deciding to couple up with Elom Ahlijah-Wilson during the show's "Casa Amor" twist. She was dumped from the island alongside the latter on Day 38 of the series, after the pair received the fewest votes to save from the public. They were briefly in a relationship after the series concluded, however confirmed their split in July 2023. In January 2025, it was announced that Agbaje would return to Love Island to appear as a contestant on the second series of Love Island: All Stars.
Declan Buckley

Declan Buckley is an Irish television personality and drag queen from Dublin, Ireland, going by the persona Shirley Temple Bar. This name is a play on the name of the American child actress Shirley Temple and a cultural area of Dublin city called Temple Bar. He also writes a weekly column in national newspaper, The Star on Sunday. He has a business degree from Dublin City University. He featured on several documentaries for Irish and British television, an Irish language programme by broadcaster TG4 was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award in 2003.
A 1997 winner of the Alternative Miss Ireland competition which helped launch his career, Buckley hosts a weekly bingo and drag show in Dublin's gay bar, The George.
In 2001, he caused a stir when his character Shirley Temple Bar took over the presentation of the National Lottery game show, Telly Bingo, on television. In 2004, Buckley began to present the show as himself.
List of television shows notable for negative reception

This list includes a number of television shows which have received negative reception from both critics and audiences alike, some of which are considered the worst of all time.
Factors that can reflect poorly on a television series include inherently poor quality, the lack of a budget, rapid cancellation, very low viewership, offensive content, and negative impact on other series on the same channel. Multiple outlets have produced lists ranking the worst television series, including TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly and Mail Online. TV Guide published lists in 2002 and 2010, each of which had contemporary shows near the top of the list.
The following is a list of television series notable for negative reception — some of which are considered the worst of all time by critics, network executives, and viewers (with extremely low viewership despite high promotion). Situation comedy shows make up a large percentage, so they are listed in a separate page.
This list also includes non-fictional programs (as in the case of sporting events, news broadcasts and talk shows).
The Late Show Band

The Late Show Band is a band originally founded and led by American musician Jon Batiste as Stay Human. They became the house band for Stephen Colbert's late-night talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on September 8, 2015. When Batiste departed the show on August 12, 2022, Louis Cato became the new bandleader and Stay Human was renamed The Late Show Band, a change that took effect on September 6, 2022.
From 1993 to 2015, the band formerly known as Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band served as the Late Show's house band under host David Letterman. During Letterman's tenure as host, the band used the name "CBS Orchestra."
Jon Batiste met fellow musicians Joe Saylor and Phil Kuehn in 2004 while attending The Juilliard School. Batiste began performing in New York City in 2005 with Saylor and Kuehn as a trio with Kuehn on bass and Saylor on drums. They were joined by two more musicians: Eddie Barbash on alto saxophone and Ibanda Ruhumbika on tuba. They then became known as Stay Human. In 2013, they released their first full-length album, Social Music, through Razor & Tie along with the single "Express Yourself," co-written and produced with Austin Bis.
On June 4, 2015, Stephen Colbert announced on his YouTube channel that Stay Human and its bandleader would be the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Batiste and Stay Human's "stirring" 2014 performance of "Express Yourself" on Colbert's previous TV show, The Colbert Report, was the basis for Colbert's decision to name Batiste as bandleader on The Late Show. At this time Batiste also invited multi-instrumentalist Louis Cato to join the band.
In February 2016, the band released an album entitled The Late Show EP.
On April 22, 2017, Batiste and Stay Human played for the March for Science rally at the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. In the mission statement for the March for Science it states, "The March for Science champions robustly funded and publicly communicated science as a pillar of human freedom and prosperity."
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021, the band was introduced as "Jon Batiste and Stay Home-in", as they recorded their musical segments from home.
On August 12, 2022, Stephen Colbert announced that Jon Batiste was leaving The Late Show to focus on his solo career. The band was renamed The Late Show Band, with Cato promoted to band leader. The change took effect on September 6.
Naisula Josephine Lesuuda

Naisula Josephine Lesuuda (alizaliwa Samburu, 30 Aprili 1984 ) ni mwanasiasa na mwanaharakati wa haki za wanawake wa Kenya. Pia ni Mbunge wa Bunge la Kenya.
Lesuuda alizaliwa ni mtoto wa kwanza kati ya watatu kwa mama yao ambaye ni askofu wa Kianglikana na mfanyabiashara.Alihitimu shahada ya mawasiliano na maendeleo ya jamii kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha Daystar.
Lesuuda alifanya kazi kama mwandishi wa habari katika Shirika la Utangazaji la Kenya, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuandaa na kuendesha kipindi cha Good Morning Kenya yaani Habari ya asubuhi Kenya. Mnamo 2009, baada ya watu kumi kuuawa katika wizi wa mifugo huko Laikipia, alikua mwanachama mwanzilishi wa Msafara wa Amani wa Laikipia. Hili nalo lilipelekea kuanzishwa kwa idadi ya mashirika mengine ya amani ya ndani, yanayoungwa mkono na serikali ya Kenya na Marekani (USAid). Mnamo 2010, kazi yake na shirika hili ilimpelekea kuwa mwanamke mdogo zaidi wa Kenya kushinda Tuzo ya urais ya Grand Warrior.
Mnamo 2013, Lesuuda aliacha kazi yake na kuanzisha "Naisula Lesuuda Peace Foundation" ambayo inatetea elimu ya wasichana na kutokomeza ukeketaji na ndoa za utotoni.
Lesuuda alishiriki katika kampeni ya Rais Uhuru Kenyatta mwaka wa 2013,na kisha kuteuliwa kwa tiketi ya chama chake cha TNA kuwakilisha Kaunti ya Samburu katika Seneti mwaka wa 2013, na kuwa mwanachama mdogo zaidi wa kike. Kisha alichaguliwa kuwa Makamu Mwenyekiti wa Chama cha Wabunge wa Wanawake wa Kenya.
Mnamo 2016, alitangaza kwamba angeondoka kwenye Seneti kutafuta kuchaguliwa kama mwanachama wa Bunge la Kitaifa la Samburu Magharibi, kisha mwaka wa 2017 akihama kutoka Jubilee hadi chama cha KANU.
Katika uchaguzi wa 2017, Lesuuda alichaguliwa kwa kura 14,560, akimshinda Jonathan Lelelit aliyemaliza muda wake aliyepata kura 13,970, na kuwa mbunge wa kwanza mwanamke katika eneo/jimbo hilo. Bunge lilipoketi mnamo Agosti 2017, alitangaza nia yake ya kuomba nafasi ya Naibu Spika, lakini akashindwa kuwasilisha ombi lake kabla ya kupiga kura.
Alichaguliwa tena katika Eneo la Bunge la Samburu Magharibi katika uchaguzi mkuu wa 2022.
Lesuuda ameolewa, na ana mabinti wawili.
Hifadhi ya Samburu

Hifadhi ya Samburu inapatikana katika kaunti ya Samburu nchini Kenya.
Ndiyo "nchi huru" ambapo Joy Adamson alikasirishwa mno na simba. Hii imeifanya mbuga hii kuwa maarufu sana na kuvuta watalii wengi kutaka kuizuru.
Watalii pia huvutiwa mno na utamaduni wa Wasamburu pamoja na mavazi na mienendo yao.
Kaunti ya Samburu

Kaunti ya Samburu ni mojawapo ya kaunti za Kenya zilizopo baada ya katiba mpya ya Jamhuri ya Kenya kupatikana mwaka 2010.
Wakati wa sensa ya mwaka 2019 wakazi walikuwa 310,327 katika eneo la km2 21,065.1, msongamano ukiwa hivyo wa watu 15 kwa kilometa mraba.
Makao makuu yako Maralal.
Kaunti ya Samburu ina eneo la km 20 182.5 (sq mi 7 792.5). Imepakana na Marsabit, Turkana (kaskazini), Isiolo (mashariki), Laikipia (kusini) na Baringo (mashariki).
Ina hali ya tabianchi kavu na nusu kavu.
Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Samburu, Msitu Loroki, Mlima Ng'iro, Milima Ndoro na Ol Doinyo Lenkiyo hupatikana Samburu.
Kaunti ya Samburu ina maeneo bunge yafuatayo:
Samburu Project

The Samburu Project (TSP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, California, founded on the promise of delivering access to clean water to the Samburu pastoralist community in northern Kenya. Since its inception, the Samburu Project has drilled 137 wells, that currently provide water to over 100,000 Samburu individuals. The organization is recognized as both a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and a Community Based Organization (CBO) in Kenya.
The Samburu Project was founded in the Fall of 2005 by Kristen Kosinski, a former television executive at Paramount Pictures. during a trip to Kenya. Along with respected Samburu elder, Mama Musa, she was inspired to start the organization as a vehicle for women's empowerment. After ten years, Ms. Kosinski resigned the position as executive director. In February 2016, former board chair Linda Hooper assumed directorship, and the office was relocated to its current location in the historic Helms Bakery Complex in Culver City.
As of 2020, the organization has a staff of three in Los Angeles, and a staff of five at their Wamba office in Samburu county, Kenya. A diverse Board of Directors is composed of 11 individuals in the US. The organization also has an active internship program open to high school and college students.
With 137 wells providing clean water, The Samburu Project has expanded its program to support women with empowerment workshops, teenage girls with menstrual hygiene products and reproductive health information, and gardening workshops as a way to expand food security, food diversity, and income generation.
The Samburu Project is supported by foundation grants, personal donations, events, peer-to-peer fundraising events, and corporate partnerships.
The Los Angeles Times featured the work of the Samburu Project in an article by Iris Schneider in November 2016 that chronicled the daily life of a village called Ntilal. A companion article appeared in LA Observed on December 8, 2016.
Tobong'u Lore

The Tobong'u Lore, known in English as the Lake Turkana Cultural Festival, is a celebration of indigenous culture held every spring in Turkana, northern Kenya. The festival is hosted by a number of indigenous communities adjacent to the lake, and is meant to promote peace, cultural exchange, and tourism. The El Molo people host the festival in Loiyangalani every June, and the Turkana people host the festival in Lodwar in April. The Tobong'u Lore is considered among the largest of cultural festivals in Kenya, and has become a venue for appearances by prominent Kenyan politicians.
The festival in Loiyangalani was first held in 2008 as a mechanism of promoting peace and cooperation among the communities that border Lake Turkana. In Lodwar, the festival began being held in 2014. Participating communities, which extend across national borders, include the Turkana, the Dassanech, the Samburu, the Somali, the Borana, the Gabbra, the Rendille, the Sakuye, the Wata, the Burji, the Garee, the Konso, and the El Molo people. The festival's creation was supported by the National Museums of Kenya and the German Government, and coincided with the opening of a museum in the town.
The festival attracts thousands of visitors every year. Some visitors are from countries that border Kenya, including Ethiopia, Sudan, and Uganda. A delegation from Nigeria has also attended. Turkana County officials state that the festival is intended in part to promote tourism and development. The Tobong'u Lore is one of a number of initiatives advanced by the Kenyan government to promote cultural tourism and preserve local culture among smaller ethnic groups in Kenya.
The phrase "Tobong'u Lore" means "welcome back home" in the Turkana language. The phrase is a reference to the archaeological and paleontological heritage of the Turkana Basin.
In 2019 Turkana officials reduced spending on the festival from 70 million Kenyan Shillings to 33, diverting funds to address a local drought crisis.
The festival features local culture, nature, and archeological heritage. Participants wear traditional attire during ceremonies. Activities include a three-day carnival, with music and dance from local groups, and speeches by local leaders. Consistent with local customs, the festivities continue after sundown.
Exhibitions promote local crafts and food. The protection of wildlife is another theme addressed by the festival.
Many Kenyan officials have attended the festival, and some politicians have used the event to make announcements related to political campaigns or policies. In 2019 the festival was attended by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and by the Deputy President William Ruto; in 2020 Governor Kivutha Kibwana used the festival as a venue to announce his bid for the presidency in upcoming elections.