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Moomba is an annual festival in the city of Melbourne, Australia. Moomba is celebrated during the Labour Day long weekend (the first Friday to the second Monday in March), and has been celebrated since 1954. It is run by the City of Melbourne Council. The 2006 Sinulog festival in the Philippines Renaissance festival A festival or fest is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-08-20, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Look up March in Wiktionary, the free dictionary March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

Highlights of this family festival include water-skiing in the Yarra River, a carnival, and floats through the streets of Melbourne. The floats have an annual theme, usually an elaboration on "Let's get together and have fun", the avowed mission and vision statement of Moomba. The floats are usually from sister cities (of which Melbourne has six), schools and community groups. They also promote some aspect of the arts, like singing, dancing, or design. Melbourne as seen from south-east side along the Yarra River, home of many rowers and active crew teams The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia), originally called Birrarung by the Wurundjeri people who occupied the Yarra valley prior to European settlement. ... Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival is a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ... This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ... American high school students in a school A school is most commonly a place designated for learning. ... Winged Victory of Samothrace exihibited in the Louvre. ...

In 2001, the floats came under controversy when some contained representations of nude people. In the past few years Birdmen have added to the colour of the festival, and applications are welcome during a two-month period. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Bognor Birdman started in 1971 as the International Bird-Man Rally in nearby Selsey, West Sussex. ...

Moomba celebrities include Ernie Sigley and Denise Drysdale, and the clowns from Peters Ice Cream, Zig and Zag. A local urban legend claims that the word "Moomba" means "asshole" in the local Aboriginal dialect. The phrase has been known to be etymologically traced to the phrase "up your bum" in an aboriginal dialect and was reported in some news papers. However, this finding is inconclusive. The official translation of the word is "Let's get together and have fun". Ernie Sigley (born September 2, 1938, in Adelaide, Australia) is a popular Australian television personality characterised for his square-rimmed spectacles, the gap between his front teeth and his riotous slapstick approach to comedy. ... Denise Drysdale, publicity photograph Denise Drysdale is an Australian television personality and comedian. ... Peters Ice Cream is an Australian ice cream brand developed by former American Fred Peters in the 1930s, using his mothers recipe. ... Zig and Zag - in real life Jack Perry and Doug McKenzie - were a clown duo who appeared on television from 1957-1969 in Melbourne, Australia, beginning with Peters Fun Fair. Doug McKenzie (Zag) had been a prisoner of war at Changi in World War II. Dressed in costumes advertising Peter... Urban legends are a kind of folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them (see rumor). ... This article is about the word Asshole. ... Australian Aborigines are the main indigenous people of Australia. ...

External links

• Melbourne City Council's Moomba page
• Snopes.com entry on the word "Moomba"

• Moomba, South Australia, Australia