B.R.E.A.D! Festival

Join the Dublin Arts Council as they celebrate the many rich cultures that call Dublin home. Discover what sets each culture part and celebrate similarities by enjoying authentic cuisine, dance, art and more.

The 2nd annual B.R.E.A.D! festival of arts and community takes place in Coffman Park on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018 from 12 to 9 p.m. Activities will include community booths, traditional music and dance, hands-on artmaking, international cuisine, bread vendors, food trucks, a global marketplace and more.

The festival will include The Mystical Arts of Tibet featuring the Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery constructing a Mandala Sand Painting in the Coffman Park Pavilion from Oct. 10 through Oct. 14. Millions of grains of sand are painstakingly laid into place in this spiritual art form in order to purify and heal the environment and its inhabitants. The public is invited to an opening ceremony including chants, music and mantra recitation to consecrate the site, at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10.
 
The mandala is dismantled shortly after its conclusion, symbolizing impermanence and change. The closing ceremony, which begins on Sunday, Oct, 14 at 7:30 p.m., includes disbursement of sand to members of the audience as blessings, and a procession with dispersal of the mandala sand into a nearby stream to share the healing energies of the mandala throughout the world. The dispersal practice is environmentally safe, according to the EPA.

The festival is free of charge and is being developed by a diverse group of community members to preserve cultural authenticity. For more information, visit www.dublinarts.org/BREAD or contact Dublin Arts Council at 614-889-7444.