The mission of the East-West Passage is to present the many-faceted culture of the Balkan peninsula. The two striking arches of this intercultural patchwork of world music concerts, art exhibitions, conference papers and discussions are formed by the Balkan World Music Festival and the Meeting at the Balkan Gateway International Interdisciplinary Conference. The event simultaneously offers an experience and information in order that the Balkans enter the eneral consciousness as an cultural, literary, philosophical, political and artistic sphere.