Mud and Magic at WOMAD 2015

by Andy Worthington

WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) is a world music festival that was established by Peter Gabriel and a number of colleagues in 1982. It has spawned several other events around the world, while the original event - at Reading until 2006 - has continued since 2007 at Charlton Park in Wiltshire, in the grounds of a stately home.
I have been visiting WOMAD as an artist since 2002, helping my wife run children's workshops with a number of other friends, and this year our posse - eight adults, five teenagers and two children - survived the rainiest WOMAD in our collective experience, although it couldn't dampen our spirits, or that of WOMAD as a whole.
I hope you enjoy the photos!

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