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The Dunya Festival was a performing arts festival featuring world music, storytellers and poets, held annually in Het Park near the Euromast in Rotterdam. It began in 1977 as Poetry Park.

The artists - from young talents to big names - came from all over the world. Many world cultures were represented and the audience could get acquainted with diverse types of music, instruments, sounds and texts. In 2008, more than 50 hours of world music, dance, poetry and storytelling were programmed. The festival attracted approximately 225,000 visitors annually. Since 2008, the festival also toured neighborhoods in Rotterdam, with many local talents performing. The events were all free of charge.

As of 2013, the Dunya Festival together with the Summer Carnival Rotterdam form the new event Rotterdam Unlimited and will no longer take place in Het Park near the Euromast, but in the city center of Rotterdam.