Grand Duchess Maria Teresa officially opened the 51st edition of the festival Saturday afternoon. The bazar is primarily a charity fund-raiser, but is also a great place to meet people and enjoy a great variety of food and drink and find gifts.
Held the weekend before Saint Nicholas’ Day, the event featured some 60 national and association stands selling all manner of items and food and drink particular to their home country. That meant visitors could take away some original gifts and partake in a culinary journey around the world.
Funds raised from the weekend benefit 98 charitable organisations that are active in countries around the globe. The principal charity supported this year is TARGET, a project in Ethiopia that fights the practice of female genital mutilation.
Four Luxembourg-based charities are amongst those receiving receive a share of the receipts: Fondation Lëtzebuerger Kannerdorf in Mersch; Zesummen aktiv--ZAK; Fondation EME (Ecouter pour mieux´s entendre); and ALAPS, the Association Special Olympics Luxembourg.
Organisers say about 25,000 people visited the bazaar.
www.bazar-international.lu